Archive - Ricard Torres

Trip cancelled, thank you COVID-19

February 25, 2020 Rant 2 comments

I’m sad. The damn virus has ruined my travel to South Korea in April. Last week the infected count for South Korea was ridiculously low. About 20 cases. I was happy, my travel was surely about to happen. Oh boy, …

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The Dark Web sounds fascinating

February 19, 2020 Story Leave a comment

Before we begin we need to understand 2 concepts. What is the deep web? Deep Web is something big that you can’t imagine, which is hidden in the dark side of the internet whose contents are not indexed by any …

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Can technical skills make up for the lack of soft skills?

January 28, 2020 Rant 2 comments

Is the answer black or white? Can you respond “yes” or “no”? I’ve met plenty of people that are brilliant at technical topics but have a certain lack or sometimes total lack of people skills. There are positions or roles …

Weeknote 4 (2020)

January 24, 2020 Weeknote 2 comments

🥪 Sandwich extravaganza The week started with an awesome sandwich. A little expensive (9,2€) but on its defense, I’ll say it was big with layers of pork, pepper and ham, with a side of fries (including an out of this …

Weeknote 3 (2020)

January 17, 2020 Weeknote Leave a comment

✍️ No time, no paper I’ve been keeping myself busy, I have been neglecting the Weeknotes since last September. I haven’t found the time to write, on paper that it. You know how I wanted to keep writing on paper …

Haikyū!! One of the best anime is back

January 13, 2020 Other Anime One comment

I watch anime. I like anime. Not all anime though. I usually watch shōnen because… well, I want to believe I’m still 18. Forever young 😁 Shōnen, shonen, or shounen manga (少年漫画, shōnen manga) is manga aimed at a young …

Review: Parasite

January 11, 2020 Review Movie One comment

I wasn’t fully convinced after watching the trailer. It does not make the movie justice. However, I gave it a try after seeing the movie had been highlighted in festivals and took the 2020 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture …

Review: Artemis

January 9, 2020 Review Book Leave a comment

[This is a spoiler-free review] I had enjoyed a lot the first from Andy Weir (The Martian), I gave it a 5 out of 5. Naturally when I saw he had written another space book (not related to The Martian) …

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I’ve started a podcast!

December 10, 2019 Personal Leave a comment

I wrote back in 2016 I was thinking about it. Well, it finally happened. Don’t expect too much, though. It is not it was three years cooking it. It was more like realizing I had a clip on microphone in …

Review: The Ghost Brigades

December 5, 2019 Review Book Leave a comment

This is the second book in the Old Man’s War series...