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I like programming and computer science in general, playing the piano, taking walks, running, bouldering, [reading](./reading.html) and playing DnD. You can contact me at this domain at gmail dot com.

[Click here](/project/sesamstraat) to be redirected to a random Sesamstraat episode. *([context](/post/sesamstraat))*

# Projects

- My gamedev portfolio site *(2018)*
- Co-founded [RoboTeam Twente](https://roboteamtwente.nl/) in 2016 and participated in the RoboCup (small size league) in 2017. [We placed fourteenth!](https://web.archive.org/web/20260124195932/https://www.utwente.nl/en/news/2017/8/99143/roboteam-twente-comes-in-fourteenth-in-robocup-2017)
- Finished [NaNoWriMo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Novel_Writing_Month) 2015.
- Participated & finished One Game a Month 2013.
- My high-school CS portfolio site. *(2012)*
- ROLLI, an online dictionary for a pig-latin like mini-language me and a few highschool friends came up with. *(2012)*

# Previous blogs

This is not my first blog. 

- [This Is a Blog](/archive/thisisablog) - *November 2014* to *October 2015*, and a last post in *April 2018*.
- [Knights of the Compiler](/archive/kotc) - *December 2012* to *October 2013*.

I've also had at least two other small websites when I was younger. One was on the family domain, <http://rubbens.nl/bob>, but I don't think I ever put anything significant on it besides just HTML experiments. The other was, I think, a geocities website with a bright red background and yellow letters. I admit, colors have never been my strong suit. I remember reviewing a handful of games and movies, and putting the reviews on that website. I fondly remember declaring my groundbreaking opinions on some Gamebody Advance Yoshi game. Too bad the site's been lost to time.

Starting websites and putting my writing on them seems to be a recurring activity for me. This site is the most prolific attempt so far!