Random Nerd Rants

Category: Misc

  • Human-cyborg relations

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    Anthony Daniels is in Brazil. I went to see him in a local book store:Taken with a cellphone camera, because everyone forgot their cameras. Now I am the proud owner of a signed copy of “The Hero With a Thousand Faces”, by Joseph Campbell.

  • Throwing away some garbage

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    I decided to throw away some things that have been taking up space in my room and haven’t been useful in a long time. Although this is not the first time I do that, this time it was inspired by a friend‘s parents, whose… strong opinions in these matters have been quite insightful. There’s a…

  • Six more months

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    I have received an extension in my funding. I am in the process of renewing it until the end of July. I can’t say this is what I’ve been hoping for. I actually would prefer receiving word about my PhD – I need to be sure it is going to happen. This actually worries me…

  • Yada, yada, yada

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    Despite the huge amount of things that happened the past couple weeks, I did not post anything here because, to be honest, I didn’t really care.  Among other things, I’ve been working a lot. My work is – hopefully – reaching its end. Anyway, I’m not really in the mood for reporting everything that has…

  • Learn less, do more

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    I don’t really have an idea for this post. I suppose this time of the year it should be about evaluating the year, pondering good and bad things that happened. I made a lot of progress with my work. Not the amount I would consider ideal, though – I’ve procrastinated an awful lot this year.…

  • Serious people are rare around here.

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    Today’s distance: 0 meters.Yesterday’s distance: 0 meters. Yesterday the heavens fell apart, and it rained all the day. It wasn’t even nearly possible to swim, so I didn’t go. Today, with an awful lot of stuff to do, I didn’t go either. Although I’m thinking about going later, since my work for the day is…

  • Following Dory’s advice

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    Today’s distance: 1500 meters. I decided several days ago to write here the distance I swam in the day. Obviously, I failed to do that until now. Also, I am aware that this may not be the perfect time to begin doing this, since I’m only going to be able to swim until next friday…