Below a list of some good DIY Kayak building resources: Portable boats: A former NASA engineer who now designs small boats which can be taken apart for easy storage and transport. There are also some plans for e.g. a foldable kayak seat, foldable mast, and for tape and glue joining wooden panels. https://www.portableboatplans.com/a-test-page.php Sawfish, the…
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Although my Nomadulino v01 foam kayak (extruded polystyrene based) is unsinkable, and I row in calm inland waters, there is still some collection of water dripping into the boat from the paddles, or there might be some coming in from waves when rowing in wind and waves on open water. Sit on top kayaks tend…
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This winter I build my first hybrid foam kayak / canoe, the Nomadulino v01. Nomadulino is the Esperanto word for ‘small wanderer’, which fits with the size of the boat and the intended use as small nature photography kayak (or fishing kayak for those who fish). The core is made of pieces of 4 cm…
Read More Nomadulino v01, my first hybrid foam kayak / canoeIt took a bit of time, but after an unanticipated computer failure perspektivo.nl is up again under updated software. The prolonged transition was due to the fact that the old software was outdated and no longer supported. Thus testing of various alternatives was needed. This resulted in a choice for a single underlying content management…
Read More Perspektivo.NL website is up again after computer failure and switch to a new environmentThe Geany text editor is a cross -platform text editor which can be expanded through plug-ins to understand different ‘languages’, such as programming languages (e.g. C++, Java, Python) or formatting sysstems (e.g. HTML, Markdown). It is lighter weight than a full blown word-processor, allows multiple tabs to be able to work on multiple files in…
Read More Geany text editorKeepass and KeepassX are open source password managers which allow you to keep all your passwords safe in an ecrypted database. Both use the Keepass version 2 file format for storing data. Both are available for Windows, iOS, Linux, and Android, either as official releases, or in the form of file format compatible derivatives. Various…
Read More Keepass and KeepassX password managersXnView MP is an excellent image management program with well developed capabilities to quickly update images, for example by auto-adjusting colour and lighting to remove haziness of underwater photographs. In addition it is a very capable Exif / IPTC editor allowing you to tag, comment, and provide author details into your photos. XnView can certainly…
Read More XnView MP image browsing and updatingWith the introduciton of Office 365 I switched from buying a full version of MS Office Professional to the Small Business subscription services as this offered me the full MS Office package, including MS Access, for up to 5 users at a competative rate per user. However I-ve now just been confronted with the fact…
Read More Microsoft Office and extortionHoe onafhankelijk het rapport van vorige week is van een ex-Rabo topman en zijn werkgroep met voorstellen over de toekomst van de huizenmarkt, kan je je serieus afvragen. Het lijkt volledig geschreven naar de wensen van Rutte en Dijsselbloem. Een onafhankelijker en inventiever groep mensen had dit niet geschreven. Studenten komen met toenemende schulden van…
Read More Een nieuwe sociale spaarhypotheek voor de woningmarktAbout 2 years ago I switched from a simple TomTom Go to a Garmin Nuvi 2370LT. The reasons for the choice were: Nice slim design like a large mobile phone, instead of the bulky, thick TomTom designs. Longer battery life: 4 hours instead of most TomTom’s very limited 1 or 2 hours, thus allowing more…
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