One of the things that I love about Davis is that it’s blessed with a great bakery that makes excellent bread. Thanks to that I almost always have some fresh bread at home to enjoy with butter, cheese, or pate. The latter is the subject of this post.
Pate is a paste made of meat, liver, [...]
I finally went on my first backpacking trip this weekend. I was a bit scared of spending my first night in the wild alone, so I decided to sign up to one of the guided backpacking trips organized by Outdoor Adventures.
Outdoor Adventures is a university outdoor program run by students. They organize backpacking trips [...]
Last Friday was my last day at NVIDIA. Next Monday I’ll start working with Jon Blow on The Witness. I’m excited to be back in the game industry and I’m hoping something really cool will come out of this.
In any case, I had a great time working at NVIDIA during the last 4+ years; I [...]
I joined the Davis Aquatic Masters (DAM) about four months ago, and I’ve been swimming almost every day since then, with the only exception of a few weeks that I spent in Spain during the summer.
I think that’s been helping me a lot. I’ve gained more than 12 lb and I feel in better shape [...]
We went camping last weekend. This was our second attempt; the first one last Autumn was a disaster. Nachito would not stay inside the sleep-bag during the night and he was going to get a cold outside, so at 1:00 am I had to pack everything and head back to arrive home three hours later. [...]
I don’t know what’s going on with me lately. Mariana and Nachito are in Brazil visiting Mariana’s family, so that leaves me with plenty of free time. I finally got an epidural injection, so physically I’m feeling great. In the past I would have taken this time to code like crazy and get lots of [...]
One of the consequences of having insomnia is that you fall asleep when you least expect it. Today, while commuting to the office by train, I closed my eyes in Fremont and when I opened them again I was in San José. I had missed my stop in Santa Clara and I thought I would [...]
When I was a kid I lived in the city, but once a week we got a large milk delivery from the farm. The milk was raw and fresh. I remember we had to boil it ourselves and remove the excess of fat. One of the greatest treats of my childhood was eating the freshly [...]
I’ve been thinking about writing about cooking in this blog for a while. Not just to share what I’ve learned, because, well, I don’t have much to share, but to get other people’s ideas and suggestions. While I may cook better than the average American and may be able to impress my wife and friends, [...]
The results of my MRI arrived last week and confirmed my suspicions. I have a herniated disk that’s pinching the sciatic nerve. The really bad news is that my disk is in very poor shape, it’s flattened and dessicated. So, the road to recovery, if at all possible, will be long and slow.
I guess that [...]
Yes, this is another post about the progression of my health.
As I lowered the dose of prednisone last week the pain intensified, and if having constant pain wasn’t enough I also started to suffer insomnia. For some reason the pain is worse when lying or sitting, which means that I cannot get any rest. During [...]
So, I finally bought the Ikea standing desk and I’ve been using it full time during this week.
As many predicted my feet hurt, and at the end of the day I feel extremely tired, almost as if I had been hiking, which is actually quite a nice feeling. For once I now get to sleep [...]