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Category: Reviews

  • Negro Púrpura

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    1 minute

    Fun a ver o filme documental que fala do caruncho, tamén coñecido como dentón, cornello, gran de corvo, dente de can. A Galiza como epicentro do comercio mundial deste ouro negro.

  • Matriarcas

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    1 minute

    Brillantes activistas da vida cotiá.

  • Grupo de lectura de Scórpio

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    1 minute

    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…

  • Catan

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    3 minutes

    Review of “Catan”, the board game.

  • Azul

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    1 minute

    Review of “Azul”, the board game.

  • CuBirds

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    1 minute

    Review of “CuBirds”, the card game.

  • Sushi Go!

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    1 minute

    Review of “Sushi Go”, my goto party game.

  • Meetup WordPress Lugo

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    1 minute

    Hai uns meses atrás, Carlos liouse a manta á cabeza e propúxose retomar a programación do meetup de WordPress en Lugo, logo dun tempo parada. Lhosca e máis eu decidimos botar unha man e en Xullo presentamos a nova etapa, coa colaboración da maravillosa xente que organiza o meetup (e WordCamp!) WordPress Pontevedra. Logo dunha…

  • How I learned the NATO Phonetic Alphabet

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    8 minutes

    The learning and memory techniques I used.

  • The magician’s assistant

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    3 minutes

    Review of Ann Patchett’s book, the Reading Club assignment for January 2019.

  • Forest Dark

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    2 minutes

    Review of Nicole Krauss’ book, the Reading Club assignment for January 2019.

  • 1983

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    1 minute

    Review of a bold tv-show produced by Netflix.

  • Rams

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    1 minute

    Review of a documentary on Dieter Rams, by Gary Huswitt, that I crowdfunded in 2016.

  • They came like swallows

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    2 minutes

    A review of William Maxwell’s book, the Reading Club assignment for November 2018.

  • The ones who walk away from Omelas

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    2 minutes

    Review of Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story.

  • The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

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    1 minute

    Trailer of the documentary on UKL I crowdfunded in 2016.

  • The girl on the train

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    1 minute

    Review of Paula Hawkins’ book, the Reading Club assignment for June 2018.

  • Hallo Berlin!

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    1 minute

    Hallo Berlin! 🇩🇪 I’m in the city to attend this week CSS and JS conferences. The line-up is fantastic, and I look forward to meeting all the folks there.

  • The kite runner

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    2 minutes

    Review of Khaled Hosseini’s book, the Reading Club assignment for May 2018.

  • Tempestades de sal, Sés

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    1 minute

    Sés is a Galician singersongwriter. Her stage presence and lyrics reminds me of what it means to grow in small villages by the periphery. I feel connected to that dignity and survival skills, because it embodies the attitude of the women I grew around. The Galician matriachy.

  • Shelter from the Storm

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    1 minute

    Mars soundtrack (the National Geographic tv-show) is fantastic. Nick Cave is just the perfect voice to convey that feeling of exploration and fear. Moon, Interstellar, The Martian, etc; it seems sci-fi movies got an appreciation for soundtracks that have a major role in the film – and I enjoy that. As much as I like Cave’s main…

  • Are you serious

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    1 minute

    This puts me in the perfect mood before going for a walk in this sunny and cold Saturday.

  • The thing that get us to the thing

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    1 minute

    Past Saturday, AMC aired Halt and Catch Fire season finale. I saw this tv-show grow over 4 seasons and I’m sad it’s over. HACF resonated with me because it was about the pleasure of making things work and the cost of pursuing your dreams. We need a whole lot more stories about the woes and joys of creation to…