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A man reads the newspaper in the Tokyo metro platform

Prejudice is bad even when you’re right

July 15, 2021 Rant Leave a comment Reading time: 2 minutes

I’ve witnessed countless occasions of people accessing the subway without paying a ticket 🎟 I’ve seen them squeeze behind someone before the doors close, jump over the door/fence, have a friend open the door from the inside… you name it. …

Review: A Higher Loyalty

July 4, 2021 Review Book 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

I just finished reading “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership” by James Comey. If you’re from the USA or have closely followed back when Trump got first elected as the President of the USA you might’ve heard the name. …

Disgusting meat bags

June 25, 2021 Rant 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

The only thing that would make you exempt from not being conscious of other people is if you would leave in the freaking mountains in the middle of nowhere, alone. If you live in a town, or city you should …

10 thousand steps are a lot of steps

June 23, 2021 Personal Mi Band 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

Pandemic and walking are not good friends, am I right? 🚶‍♂️ I bought the recently launched Mi Band 6. In 2016 I had acquired their first version, it didn’t even have a screen! Turns out the Mi Band 6 is …

Snowden’s blog

June 20, 2021 Other Leave a comment Reading time: 1 minutes

Back in 2015 I watched Citizenfour, then in 2019 I read Permanent Record from Edward Snowden. If you read my reviews you know how I feel about the man and what he did 💯 Today I’m reading his newly launched …

Masks and my first trip to Japan

April 30, 2021 Story 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

✈️ Back in 2009, I visited Japan 🇯🇵 for what I didn’t know would be my first visit to the country and Asia in general. It was my first long-distance trip, like flying across the world and it changed a …

Weeknote 16 (2021)

April 23, 2021 Weeknote 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

It has been a busy couple of weeks. Long story short, I adopted a cat! 😻 The process, which should’ve been easy, wasn’t. Well, ok, it depends on where do you go to. In the end, after weeks of talks, …

Weeknote 12 (2021)

March 26, 2021 Weeknote 2 comments Reading time: 2 minutes

👨‍💻 The work from home revolution At this point, you’ve probably read how the world has embraced the work from home. How companies are going fully remote, how the teams are functioning just as they were before but now without …

Weeknote 11 (2021)

March 19, 2021 Weeknote 2 comments Reading time: 2 minutes

🌱 Custom planter for my balcony This week I’ve been looking for wooden planters. You would think it’s easy, and you’d be right if you had lots of space. In the city, balconies are usually not very spacious (mine’s not …

Weeknote 9 (2021)

March 5, 2021 Weeknote 2 comments Reading time: 2 minutes

👨‍💻 Single-board computer The week started great, I bought a Raspberry Pi (4 model B). It’s a small computer at a crazy low price that allows you to do anything you’d want from a computer. I felt like a hacker …