About me
My name is Olivier Bruchez. To make it short, here's my Twitter bio*:
"Software engineer living in Switzerland, working at EPFL, passionate about software development (incl. Scala), science, technology, philosophy, music, and more."
You can find more information about me on my profile page or in my CV / résumé.
* Dynamically retrieved from Twitter, of course!
About this website
This site is meant as a central repository for my public lists and documents, which were previously stored on Github, Google Drive, etc. It was also an excuse to start a new programming project, using Scala, Play, Akka, and more.
Most of the content on this site is stored on Github, but some of it also comes from external APIs such as the Blogger API or the Twitter API.
Blog
I have a blog on Blogger since September 2006. It is not completely integrated with this website yet, but I'm working on it.
Here are my latest posts:
- 2020-12-17: La méditation rétrospective
- 2020-06-27: A Guide to the Good Life: my notes
- 2020-05-03: COVID-19 : le point après sept semaines de semi-confinement
- 2020-04-22: Partager ses voyages
- 2020-04-04: De l'inutilité de l'armée suisse
I'm also on Twitter since February 2008.
Here are my latest tweets:
- 2021-01-06: Encore for Keith Jarrett - E. D. Faulkin https://t.co/INsD097Azh
- 2020-12-28: RT @PeterAttiaMD: Psychedelic Santa; The dog that didn’t bark - https://t.co/jfMcdG4xyz
- 2020-12-01: Maybe I'll change my mind after a few months of use, but tab groups are just great, even if you usually don't have hundreds of tabs open (which remains a very bad idea anyway). #browsers
- 2020-11-25: @TheRobEsse I can't remember the last time I listened to an album, from start to finish, without doing anything else (e.g. driving, working, etc.). Maybe as a teenager? Or student? Listening to the latest episode of OBM made we want to do it again!
- 2020-04-27: @captain_says You're not alone. :) I absolutely love "Funky Design", but it's the live version from 9 Sept. 1995 (a.m.) that does it for me. It was on "The Park, Vol. 2" from Moonraker. The studio version is missing the "complete chorus", as you said.
What have I done lately?
The last books I read, concerts I went to, movies I saw, etc. Yes, I'm a list addict. This is a recurrent theme on this site.
2020-12-31 - (Very) Basic Intro To Elliptic Curve Cryptography |
2020-12-27 - Back pain is a massive problem which is badly treated |
2020-12-20 - We Had the Vaccine the Whole Time |
2020-10-21 - I Was Isolated for a Year in Antarctica—Here's What Surprised Me Most When I Came Back |
2020-10-10 - Can You Overdose on Happiness? |
2020-11-27 - Milan Kundera - La Valse aux adieux |
2020-10-12 - David Andrew Sinclair - Lifespan |
2020-09-06 - Youssef El Baba - The Art of Living |
2020-07-14 - Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time |
2020-05-27 - Milan Kundera - L'Identité |
2019-11-03 - JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne - Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland |
2019-11-01 - Charles Lloyd & Kindred Spirits - Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland |
2019-11-01 - District Five - Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland |
2019-09-27 - The Black Shoe's Button - La Cave du Bleu Lézard, Lausanne, Switzerland |
2019-07-12 - Chick Corea - Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland |
2020-09-20 - Spielzeug Welten Museum, Basel, Switzerland - Permanent exhibition |
2020-08-03 - Port musée, Douarnenez, France - Permanent exhibition / Hent |
2020-02-20 - Maison d'Ailleurs, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland - Mondes (im)parfaits |
2019-11-09 - Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland - Rodin – Giacometti |
2019-07-31 - Narvik War Museum, Narvik, Norway - Permanent exhibition |
2021-01-02 - Pete Docter & Kemp Powers - Soul |
2020-12-28 - Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger - The Red Shoes |
2020-12-15 - Chuck Jones - Duck Amuck |
2020-12-14 - Guy Ritchie - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
2020-12-03 - David Lynch - What Did Jack Do? |
2018-01-12 - Lucrèce Borgia - Pulloff Théâtres, Lausanne, Switzerland |
2017-12-01 - L'Avare - Salle Charles Apothéloz, Théâtre de Vidy, Lausanne, Switzerland |
2017-11-11 - Le Direktør - Salle Charles Apothéloz, Théâtre de Vidy, Lausanne, Switzerland |
2017-10-27 - En découdre - Pulloff Théâtres, Lausanne, Switzerland |
2017-10-19 - Wicked - Gershwin Theatre, New York, NY, USA |
2021-01-11 - Very Bad Wizards - The Long Slow Death That Is Life |
2021-01-10 - Tribu - Dissocier l'œuvre de l'auteur? |
2021-01-07 - Very Bad Wizards - The Loneliest Paper in Philosophy |
2021-01-06 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - A Few Thoughts for a New Year |
2021-01-06 - Very Bad Wizards - God Has No Mother (with Chris Matheson) |
2020-09-19 - September 19-21, 2020: Basel, Switzerland |
2020-07-25 - July 25-August 11, 2020: Bretagne / Brittany, France |
2019-09-14 - September 14-16, 2019: Leukerbad, Switzerland |
2019-07-18 - July 18-August 2, 2019: Oslo / Northern Norway |
2018-09-07 - September 7-16, 2018: Cala Mesquida, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain |
2020-10-19 - The Twilight Zone (season 4) |
2020-07-14 - The Twilight Zone (season 3) |
2020-06-27 - Breaking Bad (season 5) |
2020-06-03 - Rick and Morty (season 4) |
2020-06-03 - Breaking Bad (season 4) |