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:
- 2021-06-14: Faire des Zoom en marchant
- 2021-05-05: The Softy
- 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
I'm also on Twitter since February 2008.
Here are my latest tweets:
- 2021-03-03: Placebo Effect May Explain Reported Benefits of Psychedelic Microdoses https://t.co/gMwxP2i5oS (I knew it!)
- 2021-03-03: "Bruce Friedrich, executive director of the Good Food Institute, said in comments sent to AFN that the two deals represent “the clearest sign yet that the future of meat will be plant-based.”" https://t.co/wVD1O8AMHR (this is really good news!)
- 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
- 2020-12-02: @GregBanderet Ça n'est pas parfait, mais ça répond à mes besoins pour l'instant. (Et aussi à mon côté obsédé du rangement. 😀)
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.
| 2021-06-05 - MDMA for PTSD? |
| 2021-05-26 - Psilocybin for depression? |
| 2021-03-30 - How ecstasy and psilocybin are shaking up psychiatry |
| 2021-03-08 - Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure |
| 2021-01-20 - Covid-19 : la saga du vaccin à ARN messager désormais dans le sprint final |
| 2021-05-05 - Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Life and Others |
| 2021-05-24 - David Whyte - Consolations |
| 2021-04-30 - The School of Life - The Joys and Sorrows of Parenting |
| 2021-03-09 - Milan Kundera - La vie est ailleurs |
| 2021-02-07 - Phoenix Kaspian - MDMA solo |
| 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 |
| 2021-05-23 - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland - Permanent exhibition |
| 2021-05-21 - Barryland - Musée et Chiens du Saint Bernard, Martigny, Switzerland - Permanent exhibition |
| 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 |
| 2021-06-08 - Richard Linklater - Before Midnight |
| 2021-06-04 - Richard Linklater - Before Sunset |
| 2021-05-31 - Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood |
| 2021-05-23 - Florian Zeller - The Father |
| 2021-05-22 - Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon |
| 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 |
| 2021-06-10 - The Peter Attia Drive Podcast - Amanda Smith, M.D.: Diagnosing, preventing, and treating Alzheimer's disease, and what we can all learn from patients with dementia |
| 2021-06-07 - Waking Up Conversations - Rupert Spira - The Nature of Awareness |
| 2021-06-07 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - Corporate Cowardice - A Conversation with Antonio García-Martínez |
| 2021-06-04 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - Broken Conversations - A Conversation with Jesse Singal |
| 2021-06-01 - The Peter Attia Drive Podcast - Paul Offit, M.D.: The latest on COVID-19 vaccines and their safety, herd immunity, and viral variants |
| 2021-04-06 - April 6-8, 2021: Leukerbad, Switzerland |
| 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 |
| 2021-06-02 - This Is Us (season 5) |
| 2021-04-22 - The Twilight Zone (season 5) |
| 2021-03-18 - Westworld (season 3) |
| 2021-02-14 - Hamilton's Pharmacopeia (season 3) |
| 2021-01-25 - Monstres et Merveilles |