Tag Archives: Calvin & Hobbes

Entrepreneur Calvin

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Merry Christmas to you too

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Words fail me

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18 de noviembre

Día de La Virgen de Chiquinquirá. Anoche se escucharon muchos cañonazos de júbilo. Hace 26 años, se publicó la primera tira de Calvin & Hobbes, favorito de la casa. Hoy debería yo imitar a Calvin en la imagen que escogí el año pasado. El doodle de hoy conmemora el 224° cumpleaños de Louis Daguerre. Un [...]

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Alguna vez, yo también

El día está lindo y soleado por acá, provoca hacer algo diferente. Un poco de helado. Olvidarse de todo por un rato. Y mañana juega el Barça en el Camp Nou.

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I used to know that

Just for the record: Light in its natural state is white light, i.e., it comprises the seven wavelengths of the visible spectrum as it moves from infrared to ultraviolet (such wavelengths correspond to colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.) The sky and the clouds act as filters for white light. Regarding the [...]

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You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system

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The Purpose of Writing

It’s not that exaggerated, indeed. A lot of scientific papers are just blatant mumbo-jumbo, written for the sake of uncommunication, for the sake of piling up academic publications. Worse yet, sometimes scientific writing promises everything and delivers nothing. I’ve just read an article entitled “Deus ex machina”, which promised a review of a current research [...]

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War & Peace

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Eve

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