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A collection of 45 posts

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Like the Dislike — Put the Decision in Creator’s Hands

Let the content creators decide if they want people reactions to their content be public or not, possible or not.

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Porting Office Work, A Really Bad Idea

I hate open space offices. I don’t particularly like meetings. I do like seeing people at the office from time to time, not every single day. I work better when I’m isolated. Disruption is a productivity killer. Does the work from home works for me? You bet. I don’t have young children. The house is

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Remember You Will Die

Remember you will die. It’s a fact that we tend to forget. Embracing death can make your life much easier. See how in this short blog post.

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One More Thing

My 2020 Visual Highlights. A visual representation of meaningful moments during 2020.

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Three Very Personal Wishes for 2021 as a Blogger

I don’t want to spend too much time on what to expect in 2021. After all, we live in such unpredictable times. But, as a writer, as a blogger, I do have a few personal wishes for the brand new year about to begin. First, I wish to be able to keep my current writing… Continue Reading → [https://numer

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I Can Breathe

Too significant not to post here. Enough said. Looking forward.

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Ghost Office and Strange Feelings

I had to return to my office for a day this week. I’m still not sure why. My last visit there was on March, 12th. I didn’t know what to expect. I knew there would be other colleagues too, but how many? This is my short recount of visiting a ghost office since the beginning… Continue Reading → [https

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Feeling Robbed

One hundred forty. One hundred forty days. We all remember March, 13th, right?. That’s the day the confinement started for me. For many of us too. And since then, normality is taking another meaning. Something that we didn’t chose. This is our war. Our third world war. Nothing like we could expect,

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Three Months and Three Life Hacks

Today is a special day for many reasons. I’ve been working from home and (mostly) confined for exactly three months (March 13th). It’s certainly seems like a long time, but I cannot help but think that it’s only the beginning of a long journey. In fact, I can no longer consider myself as being confi

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Day #72 — Still No End in Sight

After 72 days of relative confinement, I see no end in sight. And I like this new normal.

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Eight Weeks

Two months in confinement. I’m not sure we are where we should be on the battle against the virus. It seems we were reacting in much better ways than in some other countries. Yet, here we are. The number of new cases each day is only stabilizing, not decreasing yet. It is a bit depressing… Continue

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COVID-19: A Month of Confinement

Today marks a month of my confinement. Already. Surprisingly, life still goes too fast. Yet, I do have a feeling it is only the beginning. There will not be a clear cut return to normality. It will be slow, painful, full of uncertainty. It is why I have a feeling that we won’t be back… Continue Read

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COVID-19: Comments on Living and Working at Home for a Long Time

Today, I’m starting my third week of confinement at home per request of the local, state and federal governments (Canada). This confinement is supposed to last at least until mid-April. Personnally, I don’t expect to return to a “normal” situation before the beginning of May. My work from home setup

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COVID-19: A Crisis All-Around me

Every day, every hour bring this crisis closer to me, all around me. More than ever, I live in a clear and present danger. It is less about angriness more about facing reality. Businesses are shutting down operations, temporarily, for now. My kids’ schools closed their doors for the next two weeks.

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The World Right Now

Why is this door closed and locked? What is behind it? What can be seen through this window? Where is the key to unlock the lock? Is it still available or was it thrown away? When and why this ship was abandoned? Where did people go? This picture has so many unanswered questions. For me,… Continue R

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On COVID-19: I’m Not Afraid (Yet) but I’m Angry

I’m not afraid. Yet. I’m just angry. This clown (and his incompetent team) in Washington DC are at the worst place at the worst time. This “super-power” is unable to test enough people. So we cannot have the required data to act upon. This is catastrophic. Meanwhile, conferences are being cancelled.

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Being an Average Person Doing Average Things

Here is something different. This blog post is about me as a person. It is about being an average person doing average things. Yep, that is right, this is me. What am I talking about you might ask? Well, read on. Condemned to be an average person? Last summer, I went to an Ironman as… Continue Readi

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Important Words from Carl Sagan, 25 Years ago

Found on Twitter recently. His words are so spot on not to pass here.

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Finding my Photography Style

Recently I discovered a photographer’s blog named “AOWS” that I find very interesting and inspiring. One particular article caught my attention: “In praise of imperfect images“. In summary, imperfect images are a good way to find our own photographic style. This is something that I’d like to achieve

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The End of my Micro.blog Experiment

My numeric life is full of experiments. Micro.blog is one of them but it is coming to an end. There, I said it: bye-bye micro.blog. Here is why I’m leaving the microblogging platform very soon. What is it, anyway? According to @MacGenie, a prominent user of the microblogging platform: The business o

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Life

Here is a more personal blog post. I don’t know where it will go from this very moment. My time spent here has been on the decline for a while. I’m not sure that I have full control of my life right now. In recent weeks, my very old parents were more demanding because of… Continue Reading → [https:/

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A Touching but Troubling Ad

For a few years now, Apple releases an ad during the Thanksgiving week. Every time, Apple moves our emotions and shows they can touch our soul with simple and short movies. This year is no exception. Have a look for yourself. As touching this ad can be, I find it to be troublesome. On many… Continue

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Courage

I’m back from a weekend at Mont-Tremblant where an Ironman competition took place. A friend of mine was among the competitors. For those who don’t know what an Ironman is, here is a summary. The competition begins with 3.8 Km of swimming in a lake followed by 180 km of biking, and the last part is a

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In This Numeric World, There Is Too Much Of Everything

In this numeric world these days, there is too much of everything. How to manage spare time in this world is proving to be pretty challenging. Here is how I fail miserably. As most of my readers, I read stuff from many sources on the internet for inspiration and blog post ideas. To keep track… Conti

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Managing The Elderly’s Numeric Life

Managing the elderly’s numeric life poses many challenges. One of them is how do you keep valuable data from being lost from one generation to the other. Here is my experience followed with many tips and advice. I’m back from a weekend trip to my parent’s house. This is a seven hours drive. My paren