Posted in May 2014

Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, …, welcome, welcome, welcome, …, welcome, welcome, …, welcome,

As you all know, the last couple of weeks the Netherlands/Holland/Dutchland had some really nice weather! Which is good if you want to train a lot for some 1/4 triathlon (like I do). But, of course, there is also a downside.

As I am writing this, I am sitting at my desk, inside…, behind my computer…, with the iron curtains closed…. and no possibility to open a window… I am still trying to think of a way where you can combine a desk-job with being inside and outside. It would be even better if the work you do outside is somewhat physically challenging and still counts as ‘work’.
For now, I have not found a solution to this problem… (If you have found the answer to this, let me know! Sitting inside gets really boring…)

Speaking of solutions, my Matlab file keeps getting more complex/better/awesome’r and is actually solving physical relevant “problems”. These problems aren’t actually problems, when you compare the things you see on the news, they are just a tool to impress your colleagues with your Matlab/smartness-skills.

That is how I feel when I solved another problem.

Now you might be wondering.. oh, what did Seb do? Why is he talking about all this stuff? Well.. just for a quick `heads up’. My intern at TNO consist of simulating the airflow inside a Greenhouse with the Lattice Boltzmann Method. Which is some new fancy method that is mildly awesome and can simulate quite complex stuff.

These last days I’ve been trying to model the relative humidity inside a greenhouse. Which I’ve been somewhat successful in, but I’m not sure yet.
Here is an impression of what I’m looking at most of the time:

(Click on it for a better view)

This is a simulation of a square that is heated from below. It looks nice, but I’m not sure whether it has any use.

In whatever way, anyhow, anyway, -random-, in either way, the intern at TNO is quite alright! (By the way, those first few words are all synonyms).
Yes, you have to be inside all day, yes it might get boring sometimes. But when you are working, you are not alone. You always have your colleagues that can cheer you up, or distract you when you are all out of concentration.

My final presentation will be on the second of June, so my time here is almost over. And I think I’ll miss the people here. The `ambience’ and the way of working appeals to me, not a lot people seem stressed and for most people the quote `work to live, don’t live to work’ applies.

Oh, and check out this video:

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/80318195[/vimeo]