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It has been too long since my last entry in this blog.  In the last months I've been busy writing and finishing the book for my PhD defense. The good news is that the date for my defense is set (april 5th) :).  I just have to finish minor details in the book, and it is ready for printing.  The cover was designed by Koleia :)  A super wow cover! :)  Mil gracias Kole.  :)

With all this work going around, I've neglected friends. Calls, emails, cards ... are growing in my 'to-do' list.  Also, clean up here and there, send photos around to people, put some buttons in pants/skirts... just name it, and you'll see it in my list.

A nice point is that I started yesterday with a new job:  Post-Doc position @ Erasmus. I'll continue with research in the same field I did my PhD research.

We bought Carcassone (inspired by Miguel and Lina) and we have played almost every day.   W. has won every single game.  :P

I'll be aunt! :) from my Sis Laura and from my very good friend Sarah :)  Nice year starts. :) Let's see how it develops.

Something else??  well. Happy 2012 to everybody! :) 

Degenerated Grid

African violet (update)

And this is how it looks today! :)

I like how the "hairs" of the leaves are visible in the photo!

Sarah's flower

I got a plant to "babysit", and now it is starting to bloom.  Here 2 pics. The first was take last january the 13th and the second one today.  Checking fast in internet, it is an african violet.

Melting snow

Another photo from Muenster. :)



Photo taken last Saturday 18-12-2010.

Snow on branches

Today we were in Muenster, Germany. Charming little city!  :)   We took some pics. from the city, but what stole most of my attention were the trees and the snow on them. It has been snowing for quite a while, and the city was just like a xmas postcard.  Here one of the photos I liked the most.  Other photos can be see here.

Art within Interpolations

As it happens many times, I came across a beautiful image during my work. This is the difference between two interpolated CT images using different window functions (Lanczos and Welch) in a Windowed Sinc Interpolator. The cold areas indicate that the 'colors' of the resulting images were almost the same, while warm areas indicate larger differences.  In general you can see a kind of a grid, which is an aliasing effect (at least, that's my theory...).

Winter outlines

Some pics of frozen dew in the garden, taken yesterday around noon. :)









Happy winter! ;)

Orange star

macro of the star of an orange I ate today! :)

Buying olives

Last Saturday in the market @ afrikaanderplein.

Fall colours

The new NeRD of the family! :)

Yesterday we picked it up! :) :) :)

Willie Colon in Amsterdam

Last friday was Willie Colon performing in Amsterdam. W and me were there!
WOW! :)  :)  :)

Image filtering and a lion

Filtering some CT images (for my last project in my PhD), I came across some nice and "wise" face of a lion(?)

or here only the face:

PS: CT is a computed tomography. Let's say that it is a "picture" or the interior of, in this case, a human being.

Strawberry and keyboard

Summer in the garden

A pair of damselflies (waterjuffer in dutch or caballitos del diablo, o libelulita in spanish).


A papaver (klaproos in dutch, amapola oblonga in spanish) in front of our pond.

Friendly bird

On the way to the office, we come across this guy often... He stands with its wings fully extended till its wings are dry (that's what we have heard). Any idea of the name of the bird?

World cup 2010

And the Netherlands is still on the game! It was amazing that they sent Brazil home. The whole country will be watching next match against Uruguay, the last south-american team.

Summer Leaves

Photo taken the day before yesterday on our way back home. I think it is a hazelnut tree. We have a little one in our garden, which I've intended to photograph.

>> Yes, the sky is overexposed... that was the idea ;)

Estaba la pájara pinta...

A photo of a bird and her/his food.. :)



Taken this morning (around 9h) close to the office. The bird was standing on a hedge for long time, till we came out of the car.

The title of the post is a child songs: Estaba la pájara pinta sentada en su verde limón, con el pico cortaba la rama, con la rama cortaba la flor. :)
So far in time and space...