Daniel Santos
My name is Daniel Santos.
Although Daniel is a very popular name in the USA, I’m actually Brazilian. Santos, by the way, is a very common surname both in Spanish and Portuguese spoken countries, so much so that, according to Wikipedia, “Portuguese slaves with no surname might take the name Santos upon the abolition of slavery” and their subsequent freedom earning — creating a long shot, probably absurd connection in my mind between the Santos and Snow surnames, indirectly linking me and one of my two favorite “A Song of Ice and Fire” characters, Jon Snow (the other being Arya Stark, just to clarify).
I consider myself a lifelong learner. There are so many definitions of lifelong learning out there for me to explain it here, but, in short, this means I’m always up to learning new skills and competencies, being an ever-curious person, always trying to satisfy such curiosity. O love reading, games and technology, the latter being responsible for some people calling me tech savvy and \maybe\ a kind of personification of the nerd stereotype.
You can read a little bit more about me, if you want.
You may be interested in my notes, actually a humble and ever growing collection of pieces of information that I consider interesting to keep, as part of my lifelong learning efforts; or maybe the blog posts I usually write.
Besides on this very same home page, you can find me in Mastodon, at @daniel@social.lol. Or, if you prefer, you can contact me by email <daniel (at) omg (dot) lol>.
Please don’t hesitate to look around and, above all, enjoy your stay.
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Balatro
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A Note In English
Some notes are naturally written in English, and the hospital of ideas is universal. english
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Week 50, 2024
I have spent the whole week taking my wife to her physiotherapy sessions. Counting the first one she went to last week, it came up to 6 sessions so far, out of the 10 the doctor initially prescribed her. I haven't specif…
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Week 49, 2024
My vacations started last Monday, and as usual they made me remember that Sheryl Crow's song which says “ all I wanna do is have a little fun before I die ”. I was ready to have a little fun catching up with my late read…
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Week 48, 2024
It has been quite a while since I wrote my last weeknotes. It was partly a forced hiatus : I'm about to leave on vacations this next Monday, and these last weeks have been filled with many activities — some the usual bus…
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Week 45, 2024
I'm feeling completely worn out while writing these notes today , as yesterday I went to São Paulo to attend to a professional appointment, along with many company colleagues. Going to São Paulo means I have to wake up w…
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Week 42, 2024
When House and The Big Bang Theory came to their ends after six and twelve seasons, respectively, I felt like someone thrown at an unknown place, clueless about where I should go next, feeling orphaned by these great sho…
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Week 41, 2024
We have finally watched Inside Out 2, after its release on Disney+. I have to say that I was looking forwards to watching this sequence, partly because it had been very hyped, of course, but also because being a fan of t…
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Trojan horse
I remember a couple of years ago a friend was telling me he couldn't wait until it was Black Friday, because he was coveting a robot vacuum for his apartment. “ One with a camera and sensors to map the house and better c…
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Week 40, 2024
In professional terms, this week was one of the best in the year. For starters, I had one particularly significant talk with my boss, who helped me overcome some roadblocks I was facing with trying to implement an adapte…