Sun Apr 07
So I joined the Adventure Game Club last month and decided to join in for the month of April. The game of the month? The Dark Eye. It’s a game which I hadn’t heard of and would never have played if it weren’t for this club of enthusiastic gamers with an immense knowledge of the scene. Which is exactly what I was...
I’m finally there… that is past the longest run of training, past the last long run of tapering even, and it’s looking more likely than not that 2024 will be the year I really make it to the start line of the London marathon. It’s now ~1.5 weeks to go – I’m nervous, excited…
PS: This blog post has been converted into a talk, which GDG Melbourne very generously hosted. The audio quality is sketchy, but it has points which are not present in the blog post. It is less evocative but contains more concrete advice. You can watch it here. I. A scorpion wants to sell some software but cannot...
Despite a pretty bad back pain, I ventured to NUE on Sunday, because I really, really wanted to capture an Airbus A400 Atlas. This particular airplane has been on my wish list for a while, but my previous attempts to capture it didn't bear fruit. The Sunday offered two opportunities to photograph the aircraft in...
Read on the website: One can go Object-Oriented in C, and do so with decent success. Although it's definitely not quite the popular version of OOP everyone is conditioned to.
De esta entrada en Hacker Stations me ha gustado mucho esta cita, cuando habla de un reproductor de cintas de casette portátil que usa para los paseos. I love that it forces intention on the act of listening to music: what you take with you is what you have. Tengo un iPod Nano que compré en Wallapop que me encanta...
Day 7 of NaPoWriMo. My poem From a writing prompt. Bird in a cage The bars of steel surrounding me Are keeping me from flight No space to spread my wings apart And soar into the sky I have to find an exit out I have to find the key And if I don't I'll break the bars From picking with my beak Featured poem By the...
You’ve heard this one, I’m sure: Buy experiences, not things. Have you noticed how it’s always delivered with more than a hint of smug condescension? How it always seems to be a value judgment on the way you live your life? It seems to me that the advice is almost always coming from two types of people: the...