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.
| 2021-07-26 - 30 Years Since the Human Genome Project Began, What's Next? |
| 2021-07-21 - Final thoughts |
| 2021-07-16 - Protecting against hearing loss |
| 2021-06-05 - MDMA for PTSD? |
| 2021-05-26 - Psilocybin for depression? |
| 2021-08-03 - Duane Tudhal - Prince and the Parade and Sign O' The Times Era Studio Sessions: 1985 and 1986 |
| 2021-06-16 - Tara Brach - Radical Compassion |
| 2021-05-24 - David Whyte - Consolations |
| 2021-05-05 - Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Life and Others |
| 2021-04-30 - The School of Life - The Joys and Sorrows of Parenting |
| 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 |
| 2021-08-06 - Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune, Saint-Maurice, Switzerland - Permanent exhibition / Le chanoine Bourban et les premières églises d'Agaune |
| 2021-07-22 - Abbey of Saint Gall, St. Gallen, Switzerland - Permanent exhibition |
| 2021-07-07 - Verkehrshaus, Lucerne, Switzerland - Permanent exhibition |
| 2021-07-06 - Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland - Paul Klee - I Want to Know Nothing / Giant=Creation - The World of Adolf Wölfli. |
| 2021-05-23 - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland - Permanent exhibition |
| 2021-08-22 - Krzysztof Kieslowski - Trois couleurs: Bleu |
| 2021-08-07 - Pierre-Paul Renders - Thomas est amoureux |
| 2021-08-06 - Chloé Zhao - Nomadland |
| 2021-07-10 - Martin Scorsese - Casino |
| 2021-06-17 - Akira Kurosawa - Yojimbo |
| 2021-08-14 - Sektor1 - Carrière des Andonces, St-Triphon, Switzerland |
| 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 |
| 2021-09-03 - Very Bad Wizards - Dropping Paradigms (Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions") |
| 2021-09-01 - Violet - Le Podcast sur Prince et le Minneapolis Sound - 1999 : le début de la révolution |
| 2021-08-29 - Violet - Le Podcast sur Prince et le Minneapolis Sound - Controversy : la transition électro de Prince |
| 2021-08-27 - Violet - Le Podcast sur Prince et le Minneapolis Sound - Dirty Mind : simple provocation ou véritable brûlot Punk ? |
| 2021-08-25 - Violet - Le Podcast sur Prince et le Minneapolis Sound - La naissance d'un génie : For You et Prince, les 2 premiers albums |
| 2021-07-19 - July 19-August 2, 2021: Schaffhausen / Saint Gall / Grisons, Switzerland |
| 2021-07-05 - July 5-9, 2021: Vallorbe / Bern / Lucerne / Interlaken, Switzerland |
| 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 |
| 2021-09-08 - Rick and Morty (season 5) |
| 2021-08-31 - Fargo (season 4) |
| 2021-06-02 - This Is Us (season 5) |
| 2021-04-22 - The Twilight Zone (season 5) |
| 2021-03-18 - Westworld (season 3) |