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Recently: June 2021
Previous: May 2021. The second quarter of 2021 is over, and it was an intense one at work. I’ve been working on some features for WordPress 5.8. It’s a packed version by my standards and those of many others. It will be published in a few days, and I’m excited to see it in the […]
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Grupo de lectura de Scórpio
Comparto unha nota que me enviaron para difundir esta iniciativa. A Asociación Carballo Vivo de Friol organiza un grupo de lectura virtual de Scórpio, novela de Ricardo Carvalho Calero, autor homenaxeado nas Letras Galegas 2020. Continúa así coa iniciativa Desconfinamos a obra de Carvalho na que tamén participa Modelo Burela. O prazo de inscripción estará […]
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How I learned the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Did it ever happen to you that during a phone call you had to spell something? An airline code, an email, an invoice number, etc. At those situations, I always regretted not having learned the NATO phonetic alphabet. Flash forward to September 2019: I found myself in a talk about learning and memory techniques during […]
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The magician’s assistant
Review of Ann Patchett’s book, the Reading Club assignment for January 2019.
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Forest Dark
Review of Nicole Krauss’ book, the Reading Club assignment for January 2019.
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They came like swallows
A review of William Maxwell’s book, the Reading Club assignment for November 2018.
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The ones who walk away from Omelas
Review of Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story.
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The girl on the train
Review of Paula Hawkins’ book, the Reading Club assignment for June 2018.
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The kite runner
Review of Khaled Hosseini’s book, the Reading Club assignment for May 2018.
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The pleasure of finding things out
This was the first book listening experience that I’ve actually finished. Sean Runnette‘s voice was adequate for setting the tone and rhythm – actually, sometimes I felt I was listening to Feinmann himself! Having read Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!, What Do You Care What Other People Think? and some other papers/videos, most of the stories in […]
