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Some Thoughts to Spare: October 2008
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Some Thoughts to Spare. Sunday, October 5, 2008. Too much of information, but not too much of wisdom! Today I saw an interesting interview. With Ralph Nader, among other things, a lawyer, a political activist, and an independent candidate in the American presidential campaign. In the interview, Nader questions that, with the outcome and development of internet, people are overwhelmed with tons of information. And do not have enough time to process it into wisdom. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I am a Brazil...
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Some Thoughts to Spare: April 2008
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Some Thoughts to Spare. Sunday, April 27, 2008. The awful German language. Today I read a very funny and informative text from Mark Twain discussing the bad and good aspects of the German language - more often the bad aspects. You can find the text here. Thursday, April 24, 2008. Passau - Paradise (? Since I come from an engineering school, where the proportions are exactly the opposite, I found myself in a very unfamiliar situation: studying at the university library surrounded only by girls! I am a Bra...
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Some Thoughts to Spare: Americans got it wrong
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Some Thoughts to Spare. Thursday, April 1, 2010. Americans got it wrong. It has been a while (almost one and half years) since my last post. Much has changed in my life in the meantime. I graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, got engaged, and now I am a postdoctorate researcher at UPENN, Philadelphia, in the US, since last November. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a Brazilian computer science researcher. I started this blog with the purpose of getting some of my ideas "out there", so that we c...
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Some Thoughts to Spare: June 2010
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Some Thoughts to Spare. Tuesday, June 15, 2010. The two sides of Indian wedding ceremonies. There is almost no more symbolism in such ceremony. In an Indian wedding, on the other hand, the symbolism and protocols involved are far greater. Asking for high amounts (they insisted for almost 20 minutes on the price of 51 thousand rupees, equivalent to thousand Euros! In the fifth day, it was basically a reception without no formalities (Ufa! My final impression is that Indian weddings lose a lot of time in t...
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Some Thoughts to Spare: Too much of information, but not too much of wisdom!
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Some Thoughts to Spare. Sunday, October 5, 2008. Too much of information, but not too much of wisdom! Today I saw an interesting interview. With Ralph Nader, among other things, a lawyer, a political activist, and an independent candidate in the American presidential campaign. In the interview, Nader questions that, with the outcome and development of internet, people are overwhelmed with tons of information. And do not have enough time to process it into wisdom. October 5, 2008 at 4:56 AM. That is a coo...
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Some Thoughts to Spare: June 2008
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Some Thoughts to Spare. Monday, June 30, 2008. Paris for the Parisiens? Most of the world knows Paris and would like to visit or live in Paris: La ville de l'amour! Saturday, June 21, 2008. The Orange Machine is showing how to do it. These pasts weeks, I've been following the European Football Cup, and after watching almost all games, up to now, the Dutch team really seems to be the one taking the cup this year. I always liked the Dutch team, as they say it is the European team that resembles the most wi...
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Some Thoughts to Spare: Americans got it Right
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Some Thoughts to Spare. Friday, May 14, 2010. Americans got it Right. She goes very often there and went to places that are still in my to-do list, such as Parati. We also shared our experiences in Fernando de Noronha, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, etc. In summary, what seemed to be a lost and boring evening turned out to be a very enjoyable one. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Or my photo blog: picasaweb.google.com/vivek.nigam. View my complete profile. Americans got it Right.
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Some Thoughts to Spare: May 2008
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Some Thoughts to Spare. Monday, May 12, 2008. Finally made it to Paris. As I mentioned before in another post, Paris is very pleasant city to do biking, but the banlieue. That is, the outskirts of Paris, is perhaps even better. I actually live in Antony, to the southern part of the banlieue near to the airport of Orly (not Charles de Gaule to the north of Paris). Nearby there is a very long and beautiful passage for bicycles that connects Paris and Massy-Palaiseau, called la coullee verte. In the past ye...
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Some Thoughts to Spare: July 2008
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Some Thoughts to Spare. Monday, July 28, 2008. This week, me and Andrea were at Barcelona, visiting the town for a week and what impressed me the most was the Casa Batllo. A house designed by the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. Friday, July 4, 2008. It is a matter of respect! One does not need to search too far to find stupidity and foolishness out there. I've already given some examples in previous posts such as religion and extreme nationalism, but many more can be found in the same category...
