July 26, 2020

Gil's week #202030

This week I...

• Attended Europython online and it was great. I loved the combination of discord + video. It enabled me to check the notes from other talks that I didn't attend and will be a great repository of information when I actually watch the talks, it also enhanced the talks I attended by giving it a specific forum where people could talk about parts of a talk in depth.
• Not really much apart from Europython, my work was very focused so that I could leave to the conference without many things to worry about during my holiday.
• I haven't done much yoga nidra lately, I liked it, but I'm not really finding time to do it.
• I have started reading the book The cuckoo's egg and I'm loving it, great writing and awesome subject, do check it out if you're looking for a non-fiction tech-related story to read.

Sound of the week

• There wasn't a pattern on what I listened to this week, so here are some relaxing Rain sounds

Great URLs

• Slides for a presentation about getting a powerful machine for cheap, I'm not sure if I'd buy a computer instead of a laptop, but there are some interesting ideas in those slides that made me want to get a Xeon computer.
• A collection of cold showers, because sometimes there's too much hype. I love the idea of this list to try to put some objective information to our prejudices, for example, read the SQLite one, I had no idea you could do so much with SQLite.
• How to send an 'E mail' - 1984 (Youtube), this popped up on my youtube feed and it was a funny thing to watch.

Cheers,

Gil