Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne is a classic author which, before this book ,I hadn t read any of his books. Looks like I ve been missing quite a great author. It s …
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One is a book that follows Wade Watts in a dystopic future on which the world turned out to be a very disturbing place, dominated by poverty and …
Cat’s Cradle
Cat s Cradle is a book that is chaotic, but at the same time makes sense. The book follows Jonah, a writer, on its journey to document about August 6 …
2020, March
Here are the interesting links that I found on March 2020.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Reading this book was a grateful surprise. At first, I kinda avoided this book for the fact that its narrator is a dog. Yes, a dog. For this reason, I …
2020, February
Here are the interesting links that I found on February 2020.
2020, January
Here are the interesting links that I found on January 2020.
Fahrenheit 451
This book follows Guy Montag, who is a fireman in a world where firemen start fires instead of putting them out, because houses are made of materials that aren t …
1984
One of the best dystopias ever written. This book presents a reality that is really disturbing, but at the same time flirts with the reality. Despite being a book that …
2019, December
Here are the interesting links that I found on December 2019.
2019, November
Here are the interesting links that I found on November 2019.
2019, October
Here are the interesting links that I found on October 2019.
Sorting Algorithms Studies: Selection Sort
After some hiatus, let s continue with the Sorting Algorithms Studies series. Let s talk about Selection Sort . This algorithm showcases a very natural way to order things, one that …
2019, September
Here are the interesting links that I found on September 2019.
Sorting Algorithms Studies: Insertion Sort
Continuing the Sorting Algorithms Studies series, let s talk about Insertion Sort . Basically, this algorithm takes inspiration from the way that you would normally sort a hand of shuffled cards …
2019, August
Here are the interesting links that I found on August 2019.
White Noise
When it s time to sleep, random noises bother me a lot. And, although I m a very noise aware person, some of my neighbors aren t. There are the …
Sorting Algorithms Studies: Bubble Sort
Lately, I decided to revise on some subjects that I studied a long time ago. One of these subjects is sorting algorithms. And, by studying it, I thought that creating …
2019, July
Here are the interesting links that I found on July 2019.
2019, June
Here are the interesting links that I found on June 2019.
Digital Bullet Journal
I ve been reading about ways to organize my thoughts, trying to be more productive and more conscious about the tasks that I tackle. And, after having a try at …
Building Progressive Web Apps
Really good book on a subject that s getting more relevant as the time passes: PWA . The author presents lots of interesting information about the subject in an easy to …
New Site, New Content
6 years. That s approximately how long since I ve written a post in my personal site. Lots of things happened since then, but about 2 years ago I decided …
2019, May
Here are the interesting links that I found on May 2019.
The Dispatcher
This book was in fact a short story, being the first audio book that I ever listened. On this book, Tony Valdez is a dispatcher , a person that works by …
2019, April
Here are the interesting links that I found on April 2019.
2019, March
Here are the interesting links that I found on March 2019.
2019, February
Here are the interesting links that I found on February 2019.
The Old Man And The Sea
This isn’t a preposterous book . It’s theme is simple: it tells a story of a man that goes fishing when a marlin bites his bait and he ends …
Memories Of My Melancholy Whores
This review may contain spoilers. A book that could potentially have been a great book, but that was doomed from the start because of one information. This story talks about …
Don’t Make Me Think
This book was laying around at my work for quite some time, so, despite being an outdated edition (Second Edition, 2005), I thought that it was worth a try. I …
Learn Ruby The Hard Way
I read this book as someone who has years of programming experience (Python, mostly) and wanted to have a grasp on the Ruby language. Well, if you already have experience …
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel
This book was an interesting, quick read. For those who don t know the story, it s about a man who is born 70 years old and that ages in …
The Road
The Road is a really immersive book that describes the journey of a father and its son on a post-apocalyptic world. What happened in this world isn’t explained at …
Learning Series’ #13: Double IPA
The fourteenth beer that I brewed. The last beer that I brewed before starting a hiatus on homebrewing. This is the most expensive beer that I brewed to this moment.
Learning Series’ #12: (Another) Trappist Single
The thirteenth beer that I brewed. This time, I tried to brew a recipe that I already made, Trappist Single, to see if I could achieve the same quality using BIAB . Unfortunately, I didn t find the same yeast that I used at the first time, so I had to try a new one.
Learning Series’ #11: Herb Beer (Ilex paraguariensis)
The twelfth beer that I brewed. This was the first beer that I brewed using a 10L BIAB equipment. It used yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis), erva-mate in portuguese, a herb that is used to make a popular beverage in southern Brazil, chimarrão.
Learning Series’ #10: Single Hop Citra American Pale Ale V2
The eleventh beer that I brewed. With more knowledge, I decided to have a second try on making a Single Hop American Pale Ale. On this beer, I used the hop bursting technique.
Learning Series’ #9: New England IPA
The tenth beer that I brewed. A style that is quite a challenge to be made in a proper way. Also, one of the most expensive recipes that I brewed.
Learning Series’ #8: Vienna Lager
The ninth beer that I brewed. This was the first lager that I brewed. As CervaSerra s cold room was set to ale temperature, I wouldn t be able to ferment this beer properly. For this reason, I used a mixed (lager and ale) yeast.
Learning Series’ #7: (Another) English IPA
The eighth beer that I brewed. Tried to make another English IPA , to see if I could make it better than the first one was. First time using liquid yeast for the primary fermentation.
Learning Series’ #6: Trappist Single
The seventh beer that I brewed. This time, I tried to brew a style that I hadn t drink before: Trappist Single. What caught my attention about this style was the simplicity of its recipe.
Learning Series’ #5: Berliner Weisse
The sixth beer that I brewed. This was the first sour beer that I made. I brewed it with Fernando Sehn s assistance, one of the most experienced homebrewers of sour and wild styles that I know. First beer that I carbonated with CO2 .
Failures’ #1: Blonde Ale
The fifth beer that I brewed. This beer was so defective that there was no workaround for it, and I had to throw away the whole batch. The fact that it was a Blonde Ale also helped, as it is a style that is quite straight to the point , where all the off-flavors are quite noticeable.
Learning Series’ #4: Single Hop Citra American Pale Ale
The fourth beer that I brewed. This time, I tried brewing an American Pale Ale but, for the sake of isolating a hop, I used a single hop on this recipe: Citra. Also, I used CervaSerra’s 30L equipment and CervaSerra’s cold room once again.
Learning Series’ #3: (Imperial?) American Pale Ale
The third beer that I brewed. This beer was brewed with a different setup, as I used CervaSerra s 30L equipment. I also used CervaSerra s cold room and, from this time on, my beers have been fermented in a controlled temperature.
Learning Series’ #2: English IPA
Second beer that I brewed. Used the same equipment and setup that I used on the first beer that I brewed, which eventually made the second beer to have the same problems that the first one did. Sensorially, despite the 53.7 IBUs, it lacked bitterness.
Learning Series’ #1: Irish Red Ale
The first beer that I brewed. Brewing is something that I wanted to do for quite some time, and by the time that I brewed this beer, I had already took a How to Brew course, so I wasn t going completely blind to my first brew day. Despite that, mistakes were made, some due to my inexperience and others due to the inexistence of some equipment.
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Yeah, it’s been awhile since my last post here. In my mind, trying to deliver a constant stream of information would be easier. But, with all the things that …
Using IFTTT to fix the missing pipes on your internet experience
I’m an avid user of Google Reader, at least for my standards: I’m signed up to a bunch of feeds, look over hundreds of items, read dozens of …