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:
- 2021-09-29: MILES DAVIS - Thirty Years On: The musical legacy of his final decade https://t.co/LdCPDyHxiX
- 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
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.
| 2022-01-02 - Is lab-grown meat the 'meat of the future'? |
| 2021-12-03 - MDMA Reopens Child-like "Critical Periods" in the Brains of Mice to Promote Mental Healing |
| 2021-11-26 - What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness |
| 2021-07-26 - 30 Years Since the Human Genome Project Began, What's Next? |
| 2021-07-21 - Final thoughts |
| 2021-12-30 - Milan Kundera - L'Immortalité |
| 2021-11-25 - Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 |
| 2021-10-29 - Umberto Eco - Le Nom de la rose |
| 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 |
| 2021-10-23 - Médéric Collignon - Chorus, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2021-09-09 - Vincent Peirani & Emile Parisien - Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2021-09-09 - JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne - Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 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 |
| 2022-01-05 - Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Martigny, Switzerland - Womanhouse 2021 |
| 2021-12-12 - Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland - Van Gogh Alive |
| 2021-11-13 - Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland - Caillebotte - Impressionniste et moderne |
| 2021-10-28 - Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland - Hans Emmenegger |
| 2021-10-24 - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland - Francis Alÿs. As Long as I'm Walking |
| 2022-01-09 - Katerina Vykhodseva - Pirouette et le sapin de Noël |
| 2022-01-05 - Jean-Jacques Annaud - The Name of the Rose |
| 2022-01-03 - Marie Amiguet & Vincent Munier - La panthère des neiges |
| 2021-12-20 - Ingmar Bergman - Höstsonaten |
| 2021-12-11 - François Truffaut - Fahrenheit 451 |
| 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 |
| 2022-01-14 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - On Disappointing My Audience |
| 2022-01-14 - Violet - Le Podcast sur Prince et le Minneapolis Sound - Emancipation : Part 2, le présent |
| 2022-01-12 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - What Have We Learned from the Pandemic? - A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis |
| 2022-01-02 - Very Bad Wizards - A Terrible Master (David Foster Wallace's "This Is Water") |
| 2021-12-22 - Violet - Le Podcast sur Prince et le Minneapolis Sound - Emancipation : Part 1, le passé |
| 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 |
| 2022-01-14 - The Beatles: Get Back |
| 2021-12-28 - Sherlock (series 3) |
| 2021-12-05 - Sherlock (series 2) |
| 2021-11-16 - Sherlock (series 1) |
| 2021-10-24 - Inside No. 9 (series 6) |