[Most of my readers will not understand the following, but the mathematicians will love it] A couple of years ago, a mathematician friend told me some problems he had about optimizing a program (maths calculations), asking me for suggestions. I answered with some ideas, but then he asked me about the double format, the way… Read More »
I should have been a farmer, or a gardener. Every single plant grows on my rough hands. Is it me?, or is the nature so beautiful? Even a garlic clove!
In the last year I flew 24 times. Too many times, according to those ecological footprint quizs. So I decided to give another try to the train, for my usual Barcelona-Alicante trip. Unluckily in Spain the train’s company, “Renfe”, is really prehistoric: there are always delays, tickets are expensive (domestic flights are cheaper and quicker),… Read More »
I stayed one week in London, during the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. I had a really nice time there, took part in a Go tournament with excellent results, and did a lot of sightseeing beneath the cold and dark sky. I took a lot of pictures, as well. It was an… Read More »
One of the sides events of the London Tournament was the Lightning Tournament, where you play Go (with handicap) with a really short time per player. During the qualifications the time was 10 minutes per player (sudden death, i.e. without byo-yomi), and in the knock-out finals it was 12 minutes. I won 5 in a… Read More »
During my stay in Novelda, my hometown, for Christmas I had an idea: “digitalize” some almost secret places near the river Vinalopó, which is next to the city. The river itself is quite small, with a width of around 2 meters, but the bed is quite wide, due to scattered floods. Walking up next to… Read More »
I write this here just to keep the list in an accessible place 😉 Destination Reason Dates Amsterdam, The Netherlands Go May 10-11 Carcassonne, France Tourism a weekend Canada Tourism Cormons & Venezia, Italy Go May 31-June 1 Costa Rica Tourism Dublin, Ireland Go March 1-2 Dubrovnik, Croatia Tourism Formentera, Spain Tourism January Granada, Spain… Read More »
How can I build a greenhouse, a small one that fits in the balcony, to let my tomatoes become red? This question have been bouncing inside my mind during some weeks. With the cold weather my tomato’s plant can’t grow red tomatoes. I was expecting its death, but for some reason the plant continues blossoming.… Read More »
Last Saturday I was invited to a Korean lunch. It was delicious, but we had it at 12h, when I usually have lunch at 14:30 or 15h. This shift of 3 hours made me feel sleepy around 20h, when I decided to move forward my dinner, usually at 22h. During the whole evening I was… Read More »
Last night I had a look at the public Flickr API, just to have some fun. I discovered it’s really complete, with a lot of possibilities, covering different search approaches. You can easily ask the API for info about pictures, and use the results with imagination. On the other hand, I was also interested in… Read More »