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Now it’s official. I’m a licensed driver. I passed the exam almost flawlessly, the only mistake I made was forgetting to use the flasher once. All in all, it was pretty easy, actually. Easier than I expected, though, to be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Anyway I was very calm and relaxed and,…
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Man, I can’t believe two weeks have already passed since my last post. Time is running fast this year. To think that in about two months I’ll be defending my masters is a bit frightening, to be honest. I’m not sure I’m prepared for that, and there is still a lot to do. At least…
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I hate it when people do not plan ahead. My PIXE studies for my masters are linked to other studies by other people with other objectives. A scientific initiation student from the Chemistry Institute, is one of them. She’s planning on attending a congress on thermal analysis in september, and the abstract submission deadline is…
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As previously mentioned, I passed the theoretical examination last thursday. No surprises there. As predicted, it was pathetic. The only question (out of thirty) I missed concerned knowing by heart the seriousness of “not updating the register of vehicle or driver’s license”. Honestly, how would that be useful in traffic? Certainly it’s desirable to know…
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For once, things in my life seem to be going well. In a way, they always have, actually, but this time everything seems to be turning out ok without too much trouble. My work is almost finished, and I think I’ll be able to defend by the end of July. I’m still a bit worried…
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It’s been quite some time since I fiddled with The GIMP. I used to do all kinds of stuff using it, but for some reason I stopped doing that. For the last years I’ve been essentially using it for preparing images for posters, presentations and the like. Today I decided to do something different. And,…
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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.