Monthly Archives: January 2011

Resnais’ Muriel, non-Euclidean geometry and a battleship

Posted on 2011/01/29 by valuevar

I saw Alain Resnais’ Muriel yesterday. After the film, an old man next to me addressed me out of the blue and said: Finally, they show something in French, and I do not understand a thing… One of the most … Continue reading →

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Horsekicks, Celebes and (no) bunnies

Posted on 2011/01/21 by valuevar

EPFL, the Swiss polytechnic institute I am visiting, is not far from Lake Léman (aka Lake Geneva) – just a few hundred meters away. This is a photograph taken from the port of Ouchy, not from EPFL. In many cities … Continue reading →

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Cocoa, the brain and convergence

Posted on 2011/01/13 by valuevar

Am I the only one who remembers being instinctively put off from a chocolate drink right after suddenly getting the classical reference (apparently correctly)? Why is that so? What will a great ancient athlete do that many anonymous contemporary athletes … Continue reading →

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Hello world! Hello also to Bonnie, books, .ch and Clyde.

Posted on 2011/01/10 by valuevar

I have just got to Switzerland, where I will stay for a few weeks as a visiting researcher. The very short list of affordable things here includes milk, cheese, potatoes, wine, oranges and, apparently, taxi rides. After seeing Bonnie and … Continue reading →

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