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:
- 2020-04-04: De l'inutilité de l'armée suisse
- 2020-03-29: COVID-19 : le point après deux semaines de travail à domicile
- 2020-03-22: Point méditation : début 2020
- 2020-02-28: Les podcasts que j'écoute (encore)
- 2020-02-17: Ecrire plus librement
I'm also on Twitter since February 2008.
Here are my latest tweets:
- 2020-02-23: "Apparently very few people actually know how to program a computer" https://t.co/XKpA8HDBsa
- 2020-02-14: RT @buster: Imagine if someone had a button that could automatically trigger your anxieties, fears, and anger whenever they wanted to. Each…
- 2020-01-04: "Plants evolved caffeine to poison insect predators, and yeasts produce ethanol to destroy competing microbes." https://t.co/YH0Rpz8E5e #smbc
- 2019-12-23: I'm not completely sure about that (is the recording complete?), but Miles Davis' last song ever played live could be a Prince song. Nice. https://t.co/PfGddeucRx
- 2019-12-06: Même en Suisse, ça va dans le bon sens. :) https://t.co/1h9HwUfbuM #modernité
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.
| 2020-03-29 - Boredom is but a window to a sunny day beyond the gloom |
| 2020-03-22 - Why Is Uranus The Only Planet Without Interesting Features On It? |
| 2020-03-15 - Dopamine and temporal difference learning: A fruitful relationship between neuroscience and AI |
| 2020-02-28 - Dreaming about Better Sleep: Dreem, Oura and the Rest |
| 2020-02-28 - Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? |
| 2020-03-30 - Milan Kundera - Une rencontre |
| 2020-03-24 - David Whyte - David Whyte: Essentials |
| 2020-03-24 - Denis Diderot - Jacques le Fataliste et son maître |
| 2020-02-29 - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby |
| 2020-02-17 - Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary |
| 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 |
| 2020-02-20 - 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 |
| 2019-07-25 - World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum, Alta, Norway - Permanent exhibition |
| 2019-07-22 - Polarmuseet, Tromsø, Norway - Permanent exhibition |
| 2020-04-05 - Billy Wilder - The Apartment |
| 2020-04-05 - Stanley Nelson - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool |
| 2020-03-31 - Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal |
| 2020-03-17 - Yasujirô Ozu - Tokyo Story |
| 2020-03-15 - Ivan Reitman - Ghostbusters |
| 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 |
| 2020-04-06 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - Meditation in an Emergency |
| 2020-04-05 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - Wealth & Happiness - A Conversation with Scott Galloway |
| 2020-03-28 - The Happiness Lab - Coach Yourself Through a Crisis |
| 2020-03-25 - The Happiness Lab - Beat Your Isolation Loneliness |
| 2020-03-25 - Peach & Black Podcast - Prince 1999 Super Deluxe Review - Part 5 |
| 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 |
| 2018-03-09 - March 9-11, 2018: Leukerbad, Switzerland |
| 2017-10-07 - October 7-22, 2017: Chicago / New Orleans / New York, USA |
| 2020-04-05 - Curb Your Enthusiasm (season 10) |
| 2020-03-25 - This Is Us (season 4) |
| 2019-12-23 - Mr. Robot (season 4) |
| 2019-12-12 - Silicon Valley (season 6) |
| 2019-10-20 - The Twilight Zone (season 2) |