Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, review July 18, 2023
It's time to review and reflect about Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, the third instalment in The Year of Sanderson and the second in the Cosmere. This will probably become...
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It's time to review and reflect about Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, the third instalment in The Year of Sanderson and the second in the Cosmere. This will probably become...
The conclusion of the Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy comes to an end. The story has come far since those first chapters of The Three-Body Problem so focused on Chinese...
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I've always been an avid fan of podcasts, but surprisingly, I had never listened any true crime audio serials. It was an absolute delight to have my first experience with...
Last year, I embarked on an incredible journey through the first two acts of The Sandman audio series, and now, at long last, I've been immersed in the highly-anticipated third...
And here we are again, the second book of The Year of Sanderson has arrived. This time though, I didn't jump on it immediately, unlike Tress, this is not a...
As I advanced in Back to Critical Role, I've been reading a book from Critical Role, the adventures of Vex and Vax before the events of Vox Machina. This came...
After finishing A Crown of Swords, I started with the next book but got stuck in the prologue. The Wheel of Times prologues are so annoying because they are very...
After just 12 days, I just finished A Crown of Swords, the 7th book of The Wheel of Time.Given some personal circumstances, I find myself with more time to listen...
And here we are again! After pausing The Wheel of Time and having ready all the Cosmere I decided it was time to go back to the epic adventures of...
Fated Blight is the first entrance in the trilogy of The Sum of Ages Series and I think this is a very good first book. I got this book via...
I just finished The Dark Forest, book 2 of the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy.Rating: 3/5My feelings about this book are very similar to the first part of the series,...
I just finished this beautiful book, the first one in The Year of Sanderson.From my review on Goodreads:5/5This book is great at so many levels. After having read Sanderson's all...
Looking a few years back...A few years ago I felt back in love with reading again. I've always been a reader, but for a long time I prioritized other hobbies....
Legends of Runeterra has become one of my favourite games. I started playing it since the beta was available and haven't stopped since. It caught me by surprise, but it's...
Last night I finished Mistborn, The Final Empire. And I have to say: I loved it! If itâs not my new favorite story itâs very close.As I teased last time,...
This year I got into The Wheel of Time series. I wanted to get a test of this well renown epic fantasy before the TV show aired. Iâm sure the...
When I was younger, I loved fantasy so much that I always wanted to make a world of my own. When I was around fourteen, I started doing it. Yes,...
When somebody asks me what kind of books I read the answer is always the same: fiction. I very rarely read non-fiction books because real life is boring, a funny...
After having more clarity on what I want from a notes system I decided to start looking for Apps out there that could satisfy my needs.Needless to say that there...
Iâve been using Notes.app for a while. It is really nice and works really well, but at some point Iâve gotten to a point that I need some extra features.Iâve...
One year ago I decided to dedicate a little more time to books. I'm always eager to learn and consume stories and narratives, but is truth that other forms of...
Snapshot from my tweets about Black Mirror Season 4, for posterity.Alejandro Martinez @alexito4 #BlackMirror4 ep 1: mhe ÂŻ_(ă)_/ÂŻ 9:03 PM - Jan 1, 2018Alejandro Martinez @alexito4 #BlackMirror4 ep 2: ok...
I'm 26 years old. And at the time of writing this I still have my 4 grandparents alive. I've been lucky. One could say I've never lost anyone and that...
One of the most interesting parts of software is decoupling. Although not the kind of decoupling that we are all used to in our code, but the kind that decouples...
Oh, that feeling when you find small features that you didnât know.I found that you can have, in Safari, a folder in the Bookmarks bar that automatically opens all its...
On the episode 125 of ATP (A Better Future for Everybody) there was an intense talk abut the future of the software and its openness. The talk started as the...
Last 3rd of July I left the office a little earlier than usual. I had a flight to take, a flight that took me and my girlfriend from London to...
I realized that we all should write and share more.Bear with me for a couple of technical paragraphs to explain you the motivation for this post.In my technical community there...
Interesting to watch Professor Steve Furber talk about how Apple played an important role as a client of Acorn. If not for that maybe ARM wouldât exist anymore.Thanks to Computerphile...
This post was originally posted in Medium. I reposted it here after the announce of Lego Worlds. It made me think about this post.Minecraft is the game that has revolutionized...
In the era of the Internet of Things we are the first Thing that is always connected. Luckily for me I spent the past week enjoying my holidays with my...
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Iâve always been fascinated about all the culture behind the dotfiles, those files that people have automated to be installed on a new computer to have everything like they want....
Super interesting episode. I'm totally with Myke. I don't get why people stay at job more hours than necessary....
My job is awesome. I am happy. Iâve earned it. Super amazing sentence. I love that blog post, what it says and the feelings that it transmits. It must be...
It's easy and frankly unfair for me to call these people geniuses and wizards. When compared to my baseline laziness, a lot of people qualify for the genius status.I agree...
Good article in iMoore about the future of the iOS UIs, but the best part is how it explains autolayout to non developers. Easy. If you imagine the "guides" in...
Interesting article about job interviews. It says so many true things... Sometimes it's easy to answer some question in an interview, other times it's really hard to come up with...
I've been using Citymapper since my first day here at London. It's an essential App for me. I can say YES! to every point in this comparation....
Amazing Quora answer...
Good old history, So, for a couple of days, Chris would incorporate Steve's suggestions from the previous day, but Steve would continue to find new faults each time he was...
From OSCON 2014: Is it possible to imagine a future where "concert programmers" are as common a fixture in the worlds auditoriums as concert pianists? In this presentation Andrew will...
Blogging is, for me, part of the process of getting to the truth. ...
A very good episode (you should suscribe to Developing Prespective) and a very good post. But for me the most interesting and surprising part is this one:I know many developers...
You must read this article about Minecraft, go! Now!See the Minecraft books in this article has made me smile. I was so exited the first day that I was in...
I can't wait to see its new game....
In their 20s, most people expend a lot of energy on worry. The decisions you are making seem irrevocable and scary. Maybe you think that making the wrong decision will...
A while ago I read an interesting article about passworld-less logins (Is it time for password-less login?). I thought that it was very interesting to see how some people try...
Great post about Why Youâre Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest We pay lip service to the idea of hiring the best people in the world â but in...
For ADN, I believe that stigma is the âTwitter service that isnât Twitterâ. Nevermind that ADN tried to build more than a Twitter platform with their backer program, messaging...
Squad, the developers of Kerbal Space Program, released the results of a interesting survey. I really like how games like KSP are more than just an enterteinment. I recommend you...
People tell us theyâre sometimes worried about sharing information Well, yes! That's the main reason why many people doesn't like Facebook. There are so many users that don't even try an...
Too afraid to use the terminal but need that small program or tool? Cakebrew is for you too!...
Users will report poor battery life after every iOS update. Always. For eternity. This is not newsworthy. ...