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:
- 2021-03-03: 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.
| 2021-03-30 - 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 |
| 2020-12-31 - (Very) Basic Intro To Elliptic Curve Cryptography |
| 2020-12-27 - Back pain is a massive problem which is badly treated |
| 2021-03-09 - Milan Kundera - La vie est ailleurs |
| 2021-02-07 - Phoenix Kaspian - MDMA solo |
| 2021-01-15 - Ted Chiang - Exhalation: Stories |
| 2020-11-27 - Milan Kundera - La Valse aux adieux |
| 2020-10-12 - David Andrew Sinclair - Lifespan |
| 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 |
| 2021-04-18 - Robert Eggers - The Lighthouse |
| 2021-04-16 - Frank Capra - It Happened One Night |
| 2021-04-07 - Steven Spielberg - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 2021-04-06 - Kar-Wai Wong - In the Mood for Love |
| 2021-04-02 - John McTiernan - Die Hard |
| 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 |
| 2021-04-09 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - Food, Climate, and Pandemic Risk - A Conversation with Bruce Friedrich and Liz Specht |
| 2021-04-09 - The Peter Attia Drive Podcast - Steve Levitt, Ph.D.: A rogue economist’s view on climate change, mental health, the ethics of experiments, and more |
| 2021-04-04 - The Peter Attia Drive Podcast - Alex Hutchinson, Ph.D.: Translating the science of endurance and extreme human performance |
| 2021-03-31 - Obsessed by Music - An Eye Mask For Music? |
| 2021-03-31 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - A Few Points of Confusion |
| 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 |
| 2021-03-18 - Westworld (season 3) |
| 2021-02-14 - Hamilton's Pharmacopeia (season 3) |
| 2021-01-25 - Monstres et Merveilles |
| 2020-10-19 - The Twilight Zone (season 4) |
| 2020-07-14 - The Twilight Zone (season 3) |