May 18, 2025
Exploring Paris —
Cinemas Luxor cinema, excellent selection of original-language films, well curated Grand Rex, biggest theatre in Europe, venue for premieres and film festivales Museums Cinémathèque française Crypte Archéologique de l’İle de la Cité Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Institut du monde arabe Jeu de Paume L’institut Giacometti Maison Européenne de la Photographie Musée Cernuschi Musée Rodin Musée Zadkine Musée de Cluny Musée Bourdelle Palais de la Porte Dorée Most museums in Paris are free for some occassions, including:…Jan 16, 2025
How to name things —
In software engineering and machine learning, we often want to name things to refer to them more easily in our discussions – be it projects, products, models or experiments.…Jan 12, 2025
Writing well —
Here are some resources for writing well.
General writing “Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace” (3rd Edition) 3rd Edition, by Joseph M.…Dec 24, 2024
Search and replace in multiple files using vim —
I’m using Neovim with AstroNvim, and the key maps below will be different depending on your setup. You can find my configuration here.…Dec 2, 2024
Logging in a multiprocessing context in Python —
Configuring loggers in a Python application with multiprocessing isn’t straightforward.
If you’re new to logging in Python, there’s a basic tutorial.…Nov 24, 2024
Using a VPN —
I started using NordVPN, a few alternatives also looked interesting, including ExpressVPN.
There are some websites that let you easily check if the VPN connection works:…Nov 10, 2024
Reading PDFs on the Kindle —
While sending a PDF file to your Kindle is easy, depending on the PDF format, being able to read it well in the Kindle format can be a challenge.…Oct 6, 2024
Playing The Settlers 2 on macOS with DOSBox —
DOSBox emulates an old Intel x86 PC for running many old MS-DOS games – including the original The Settlers 2, the first computer game I’ve ever played, but which unfortunately no longer runs on modern computers and operating systems.…Sep 27, 2024
Setting up a new macOS laptop —
I recently had to set up a new macOS laptop and wanted to take some notes so that I can do it more quickly the next time.…Apr 30, 2024
Learning French —
I’ve started learning French. Here are some resources I found useful.
Also see my post on exploring Paris.
Listen Radio France, different radio stations and podcasts (e.…