The Albertina is a museum located in the oldest 1st district of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with numerous drawings and old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. The museum has also acquired, on permanent loan, two […]
Expressionism and Surrealism at Vienna’s Albertina Museum (and the Paul Simon Connection)
August 27th, 2025 · No Comments
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What have you been listening to on Spotify?
August 9th, 2025 · 1 Comment
Stats for Spotify is a free site that shows you detailed insights into your Spotify listening habits, including your most played bands, songs, and genres over different time periods (last 4 weeks, 6 months, or all time). It uses Spotify’s official login system, so your password stays secure and private. Once you log in, it […]
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Urban Echoes: Graffiti Culture of Athens
July 30th, 2025 · No Comments
“Caught up in the dynamics of the contemporary city, graffiti and street art unfold as a series of dialectical tensions, crisscrossing between legality and illegality, visibility and invisibility, art and action,* ephemerality and elongation.” (Avramidis & Tsilimpounidi, 2016). * ephemerality: the quality of being short-lived or temporary. The first thing I noticed when visiting Athens […]
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The Evolution of Social Media, from the Telegraph to Facebook
July 28th, 2025 · No Comments
Using Morsc code over the telegraph If you dig into the past, social media has been around way before Facebook and X, in a simpler form but still allowing remote communication between people. It may have started with the 18th century telegraph invented by Henry, which at first just rang a bell at the other […]
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Passing It On: Lessons from the Kula Ring
July 22nd, 2025 · No Comments
The other day, one of my friends posted this message in a motorcycle-related WhatsApp group: “We’re a community that’s very generous with knowledge and we often help out with a “come and take it” [spare parts] attitude, and it’s amazing to see and experience that. A lot of this stems from a crappy importer and […]
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Guitar Pedal Board: A Dive into My Setup
July 14th, 2025 · No Comments
In this post I’ll introduce my guitar pedal board setup. It is basically unchanged for years. I mostly play a Fender Stratocaster 1986 (Made in Japan) which connects to a BOSS Compression Sustainer CS-3 which does colors the sound a bit, makes it a bit Twangy/round, but not so much to further modulate it. It […]
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Are Social Media’s Algorithms Manipulated to Amplify Controversy?
July 13th, 2025 · No Comments
The time I spend on social media has been steadily declining. It’s hard to ignore the growing awareness that these platforms are allegedly engineered to amplify controversy and boost engagement, often by exposing people to opposing views in ways that provoke emotional reactions. This kind of engagement translates directly into profit, simply by keeping users […]
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Baking The Perfect Bread Loaf: A Self-Taught Journey
July 3rd, 2025 · No Comments
When I started baking breads, years ago, I was looking for recipes thinking this is the most important part. As I started kneading, proofing and baking (and making mistakes) I realized that the recipe has almost no meaning, in the sense that all breads are the same: flour (various kinds), salt & water. Even if […]
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Progressive Rock Genre Influence Map
July 1st, 2025 · No Comments
Here is a Progressive rock genre influence map that I drawn, it is based on my personal taste, no new bands, but mostly 70s. There were some bands that I was very sure about, especially the ones that are close to the corners, like Soft Machine which is clearly more jazzy, Gong which are psychedelic, […]
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Fermenting Vegetables: A Beginner’s Short Guide
June 28th, 2025 · No Comments
I’ve been fermenting vegetables for some time. Fermentation is the process where beneficial microbes break down sugars in vegetables, creating acids that preserve them and add flavor. Fermenting is done in a closable glass jar, with added salt (and sometimes water, depend what you ferment) and letting it ferment (in room temperature), on your countertop […]
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