Welcome to my website!https://www.ibos1.com/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2022-06-30-portrait-matting/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2022-06-30-portrait-matting/Paper I wrote on Portrait Mapping during my studiesThu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2024-10-02-glass/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2024-10-02-glass/Exploration on the manufacturing and history of glassWed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-06-15-thesis-proposal/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-06-15-thesis-proposal/Below is a topic I'm planning to write my thesis about; Written while on a trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:42:51 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-08-22-advandedappliedecconometrics/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-08-22-advandedappliedecconometrics/Past summer I extended my earlier Master's thesis work to more advanced econometric approachesFri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-09-02-on-dynamic-thinking/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-09-02-on-dynamic-thinking/Considerations on the nature of human thinkingTue, 02 Sep 2025 08:19:32 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-09-28-on-self-preservation/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-09-28-on-self-preservation/One might imagine the self as a sort of blubber entity in outer space representing a planet. Any other being we interact with might then be another blubber entity, and whenever...Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:40:21 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-01-senseo_prelude/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-01-senseo_prelude/A thought exercise I’ve been engaging in since I was a little boy is that of the time machine game: what if I was teleported back in time some 500 years, or better 5000 years? ...Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:40:21 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-08-profit_paradox/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-08-profit_paradox/Thoughts on profit paradox and earlier considerationsSat, 08 Nov 2025 15:56:30 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-13-senseo_electricity_part1/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-13-senseo_electricity_part1/Electricity is the most straightforward element, but essentially I could write a post on this topic in and of itself, purely for considering where it comes from and how to go fr...Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:43:21 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-17-senseo_basic_electricity_part2/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-17-senseo_basic_electricity_part2/I think the most interesting question that may not be relevant to the Senseo machine is that of how electricity is harnessed from nature. I’d say the easiest way to do this woul...Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:43:21 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-17-senseo_basic_electricity_part3/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-17-senseo_basic_electricity_part3/To bring it all together, we can now look what happens from the point the moving electrons leave the power station, to the point it comes out of my wall socket. First, we’ve see...Mon, 17 Nov 2025 03:32:43 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-25-senseo_boiler_p1/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-25-senseo_boiler_p1/This next chapter is one I’m very much quite interested in, as truly the only way I can imagine making water heat up is by creating a fire and putting a pot of water from a stre...Tue, 25 Nov 2025 04:09:31 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-25-senseo_boiler_p2/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-25-senseo_boiler_p2/The obscure white wire entering the side of the boiler and having a long metal pin to it, is the temperature sensor of the Senseo (See both picture on the right and open boiler...Tue, 25 Nov 2025 04:30:31 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-25-senseo_boiler_p3/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-25-senseo_boiler_p3/This NTC thermistor for the boiler of the Senseo machine is placed on the control board in a series of two resistors. In fact, it’s the second resistor in that series where the...Tue, 25 Nov 2025 04:50:31 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-28-senseo_boiler_p4/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-28-senseo_boiler_p4/If we look on the image with arrows, we see some components that haven’t been identified yet. We’ve already seen the NTC thermistor (entering the side), the two red terminals, e...Fri, 28 Nov 2025 04:20:31 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-28-senseo_boiler_p5/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-28-senseo_boiler_p5/We then lastly also have the stub that looks like a chimney (Nr. 2) in the picture at the beginning of last post. This isn’t a chimney, however, it’s the hole where the water le...Fri, 28 Nov 2025 04:50:31 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-30-plastic_origins/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-11-30-plastic_origins/While writing on the PCB Senseo section, I went back to an old text I wrote exploring what sand is at its base, as it was relevant in the discussion on Fiberglass. Now the other...Sun, 30 Nov 2025 04:40:21 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-12-07-senseo_pcb_p1/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-12-07-senseo_pcb_p1/Let’s now start with arguably the most intricate sections, the ones exploring printed circuit (or wiring) boards. In its essence, it functions as a fixed path for components to...Sun, 07 Dec 2025 04:19:21 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-12-08-senseo_pcb_p2/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-12-08-senseo_pcb_p2/I mentioned that MOSFET transistors are the reason this chip can achieve so much yet be so small. Now a MOSFET is like a tiny switch. It has three legs where drain and source co...Mon, 08 Dec 2025 03:43:21 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-12-13-senseo_pcb_p3/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-12-13-senseo_pcb_p3/We've now seen the most important building block for most of the electronics in our Senseo machine, so the next step is to explore how it's utilized so effectively. We're theref...Sat, 13 Dec 2025 03:30:21 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-12-25-senseo_pcb_p4/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2025-12-25-senseo_pcb_p4/Now that we can build logic gates, the next question is: how do we use them to make useful decisions and computations? We’d like to have a machine react to inputs and perform th...Thu, 25 Dec 2025 07:48:21 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-01-01-senseo_pcb_p5/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-01-01-senseo_pcb_p5/At the end of the sequential logic section, we saw the SR latch and how it provides a way to overwrite memory created by cross-coupled inverters. Now the problem is that such an...Fri, 02 Jan 2026 05:07:00 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-01-05-senseo_pcb_p6/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-01-05-senseo_pcb_p6/We’ve now seen quite a few basics, from combinatorial logic where basic circuits create a stable equilibrium dependent on current states, to memory and the way latches are used...Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:38:00 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-01-07-senseo_pcb_p7/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-01-07-senseo_pcb_p7/We’ve now seen quite some fundamental concepts from which most other elements are also built. We’ve seen MOSFET, CMOS logic, extensions into combinatorial logic, feedback, latch...Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:38:00 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-02-06-senseo_pcb_p8/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-02-06-senseo_pcb_p8/Next in the MCU we encounter the GPIO - General Purpose Input Output pins. We’ve seen the CPU, which is essentially millions of flip flops connected via combinatorial logic and...Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:38:00 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-02-14-the_intellectual_scout/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-02-14-the_intellectual_scout/Linking scouting to modern day life and the future of jobsSat, 14 Feb 2026 08:02:32 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-02-23-age_of_abundance/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-02-23-age_of_abundance/The idea of a fast for me is to trim down the fat. Not just around the body, but in the brain as wellMon, 23 Feb 2026 08:20:32 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-01-reflection_on_quality_zmm1/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-01-reflection_on_quality_zmm1/I recently read the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and took some notes along the way. This is an attempt to make those more coherent...Sun, 01 Mar 2026 05:20:32 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-11-senseo_pcb_p9/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-11-senseo_pcb_p9/We’re now in the perfect place to briefly explore something on the side, apart from the intricate MCU electronics. With the tactile switch, we found the object that connects a w...Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:38:00 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-13-reflections_on_quality_zmm2/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-13-reflections_on_quality_zmm2/Exploring the tension between quality and efficiency in modernityFri, 13 Mar 2026 14:55:32 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-17-senseo_pcb_p10/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-17-senseo_pcb_p10/Revisiting NTC thermistor and exploring the conceptual map of temperature conversion through ADCTue, 17 Mar 2026 04:28:00 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-26-on_memory/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-03-26-on_memory/Introducing the idea of the latticework of mental modelsThu, 26 Mar 2026 06:14:32 GMThttps://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-04-13-senseo_interlude/https://www.ibos1.com/blog/2026-04-13-senseo_interlude/Retouching the spirit of the series and introducing gumption trapsSat, 11 Apr 2026 04:30:31 GMT