2024-07-26: What could go wrong with an AI trained on Twitter’s posts and interactions… Not really looking …
2024-07-20: Today I just found Peglin. Such a great and addictive game! I praised Slay the Spire as one of the …
2024-06-19: AI bros must learn to respect authors and online content From Wired: Findings by Robb Knight, the developer, and a subsequent WIRED analysis suggest an …
2024-03-06: Finished Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett. He was a genius with amazing books, and this one is no …
2023-12-13: Can’t believe OmniFocus 4 is finally out! I’ve been using the beta for what it feels …
2023-12-11: David vs Goliath: Beeper is trying to fight with Apple From Beeper’s blog: We—of course—expected a response. What we didn’t expect was 1984-esque …
2023-11-17: I took some images using a microscope that uses a technique that breaks the light limit, called …
2023-11-10: The water heater broke today; the warranty expired a few months ago. Something similar happened with …
2023-11-06: Finished today the Audiobook Red Team Blues, from @pluralistic@mamot.fr A fantastic novel, perfectly …
2023-10-20: Finished Avatar: Legend of Korra today. I know I’m late to the game, but I really liked it and was a …
2023-10-13:
The fun part of naming genes when working with flies
Fly scientists have a good sense of humor. When naming genes, they have way more creativity than …
2023-09-27:
Two in one: When work gets in the way of blogging, plus I finally finished writing my big manuscript
Looking backwards, I started my blog at a bad time. My research project was reaching its final …
2023-08-17: Today I had a Teams remote meeting where the browser window only showed an error message, but …
2023-08-17: Bloggers, mini-bloggers and micro-bloggers: what’s your take on blog analytics? I know micro.blog …
2023-07-26: I started educating myself to use Salesforce’s CRM to manage part of our nonprofit. It’s insane the …
2023-07-15: I spent about 100 hours playing Slay the Spire on Steam two years ago and unlocked everything. Apple …
2023-07-11: The only Prime Day deal I’ll recommend is to leave Audible and join Libro.fm, which allows you …
2023-07-06: Reading about Threads I’ve seen takes complaining about it not being available in the EU due …
2023-06-14: Opened the first rosé of the season. Starting with a 2022 Ridge Lytton Estate Rosé was a great idea. …
2023-06-13: Finished yesterday Avatar: the last Airbender. I’m very late to the train, as it was finished …
2023-06-08: Sad to see it finally happening. Apollo, the best iOS app for Reddit, closes on June 30. They won’t …
2023-06-04: For those looking to dump Reddit after the new API rules come into play and 3rd party apps are …
2023-05-31: And like Twitter, Reddit is going full greedy and committed to kill third-party apps like Apollo and …
2023-05-29: Happy 20th anniversary, Wordpress! Today is the 20th anniversary of the first release of WordPress. …
2023-05-26: Little manuscript submitted! We created a very easy to use script to automatically recognize and …
2023-05-24: Today was the day I had to decide whether Micro.blog was going to stick for me or not. I’m …
2023-05-20: Saturday at the lab, admiring the neatness of the bench and the electronics of a pipette. Simple, …
2023-05-19: My years-long journey with Reference Managers I did my first real lab work back in 2010. I joined Ernst Wimmer’s lab in Germany during my …
2023-05-15: One of the worst things of working on project-based jobs is when a deadline approaches and there’s a …
2023-05-14: I finished today the boardgame Legends of Sleepy Hollow. Overall it was interesting but the game got …
2023-05-11: Zelda’s release is tomorrow. Breath of the wild was a fantastic journey and I can’t wait to explore …
2023-05-10: I finally bit the bullet and bought Bike outliner today. I love outlining ideas. Although I use …
2023-05-07: Of microscopes that could fit inside a smartphone When I read about science written in the regular press, I’m always very skeptical of the …
2023-05-05: I decided to have a look at the Nostr protocol out of curiosity and the only thing I found there was …
2023-05-03: Giving your best is different each day. Sometimes giving your best means taking a day off to fight a …
2023-05-02: Yesterday, after failed negotiations, the Writers Guild of America went on a strike. I support them …
2023-05-01: Happy International Workers' Day The First of May, or May Day, marks International Workers' Day. It is also known as Labour Day in …
2023-04-29: Opened a bottle of 2013 Cab today. Rutherford has some of the best wines in the US, and Inglenook …
2023-04-29: When consuming books 📚 I always go through the book vs audiobook dilemma. I love the audio format, …
2023-04-28: If I had to choose the technique I love the most from my work it would be microscopy 🔬. Getting to …
2023-04-27: What can you expect to see - and not see - here Let this blog post serve as some kind of preamble and content warning. So first things first, what …
2023-04-26: Today’s pluralistic.net - Death panels post is extremely disturbing. Hard to read, but a good …
2023-04-25: As a non-coder, I felt incredibly proud of myself when last week I managed to set up a macro for …
2023-04-23: After almost a year, retook our Legacy campaign of Machi Koro Legacy. Had a fun quick game and …
2023-04-23: Started reading today Walkaway, from Cory Doctorow. I’ll report back in some weeks when I finish it.
2023-04-23: I love trying apps. Some apps I use or have used in the past and I’ll mention here in the future: …
2023-04-22: (Incoming boring and uninventive first post) Hello, micro.world! I’ll share science stuff and some …