Category: Misc

  • More a test than a post

    Although this is more of a test than a real post, I wanted to put something here anyway. It’s not easy coming up with stuff to write in a blog. Anyone who has ever had one knows it. Especially if it’s not a theme-oriented enterprise, but just some place where one would like to register…

  • …and I did scream.

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    To begin with, I’d like to say that, after today, I respect Ian Gillan. A LOT. It’s a sad fact that he shouldn’t be touring with Deep Purple anymore. He no longer has a voice to keep it up trhoughout the concert, and the rest of the band ends up lifting him up with the…

  • Today I feel like screaming

    It’s been such a long time since the last concert I went to I can’t even remember which one it was. This period ends today. In a few hours I’m leaving to see Deep Purple. The last time they were in Brazil Jon Lord was still at the keyboards, but I missed the chance to…

  • MediaMonkey is not the same anymore

    MediaMonkey used to be my music player of choice for many reasons: it wasn’t hard on the CPU, it was easy to use, it could handle my music library with ease, made it quick to find anything I wanted to hear, and most of all, it simply worked. That is not the case anymore. After…

  • Three years

    Yesterday I received word about my PhD. My grant is going to last only for 3 years, which is a considerably short time for a PhD… but, considering that this work is going to be a continuation of work I’ve done in my masters, it gets a little easier to make it happen in that…

  • Movin’ out

    After almost three and a half years I finally decided to move out from Daniel’s place. It was about time. Quite frankly, it was actually past time I moved out. I think I got too comfortable living there, and ended up staying longer than I should have. Living together with another person for an extender…