de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum




Category: Misc


  • Why I hate crowded places

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    Today was the Gay Pride Parade in São Paulo. The city’s most prominent avenue, the Paulista Avenue, was completely taken by about 3,5 million people (according to the people who organized the parade). My girlfriend…

  • Nothing really new.

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    I can’t say I have something really new to post here – I’m posting really to simply not let the blog stay too long without being updated. I began carrying lunch today – I mean,…

  • Electrodynamics revisited

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    Yesterday I began reviewing Classical Electrodynamics. One of the things I regret about my undergrad life is that I never got to actually learn anything about electromagnetism. The teachers for both courses I took were……

  • Scary face

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    A friend has told me that I get scary when I’m angry. Scary. That took me by surprise, I must say. I know I make it obvious when I’m not happy about something (after all,…

  • Nice new toys

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    I have acquired new toys. The first and foremost is my new set of speakers. Now I have a reasonable set of speakers with a sub-woofer, which means I finally can listen to music in…

  • Towel Day!

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    Happy Towel Day, boys and girls. I heard in the Phorums that today (actually, yesterday) was also the Star Wars day – the 30th anniversary of the first movie’s premiere. Truly a remarkable day, wasn’t…

  • Sometimes… I don’t like being me.

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    Probably I shouldn’t take it so seriously – to be honest, I think I’m being really harsh on myself since yesterday. I almost messed up my girlfriend’s life – she’s on another country and was…