Category Archives: Reflexiones

I remember Barcelona: a playlist of four years of my life

It is no news that I lived in Barcelona and that time proved life-changing in all the aspects from personal to professional. This blog itself was mostly abandoned during that time save for some personal notes here and there and the twist of content is palpable. It is no news either that, as with most people with life-changing experiences, there is music associated to it. As I grew up during those years, so did my knowledge and taste in music. My moving out of that city was somewhat abrupt and, as has been noted to me, it was followed by a thing called pandemic that prevented a full processing and closure of all the memories and experiences during that time. Thus I had been ruminating the idea of making a playlist of those four years of my life for a while. And earlier this week I said, what the hell have I been waiting for?

Thus, ‘I remember Barcelona’ was born.

 

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Comentarios sobre Metroid en 2021

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Finalmente he jugado a Metroid Dread. No voy a entrar a hablar de lo que todos sabemos ya sobre la buena acogida en ventas y críticas que ha tenido. En resumen, es un gusto poder disfrutar de una nueva entrega que, con sus más y sus menos en world-building (¿Qué pasó con el backlash de la Federación tras Metroid Fusion?) y ética de trabajo (¿Por qué hay testimonios de personal no acreditado y por qué MercurySteam perpetra precariedad?), mantiene bien la fórmula que gusta al tiempo que añade novedades que la refrescan.

Sin mucha intención, me apetece recoger algunos detalles que no veo tan comentados en otros análisis, reviews o vídeos, acerca de cómo ha cambiado Metroid y dónde se encuentra en la actualidad respecto a otros juegos del género, a sus premisas anteriores, y a lo que ofrece para los jugadores.

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How to postdoc grant and not die in the process

The scientific career seems to follow a pattern of slight variations, from the feeling of senseless wandering (at first overwhelmed by a sea of knowledge as an undergrad or phd student, but later as skepticism and solipsism based on first-hand experience), to the uncertainty of what comes after our current stage (postdoc? Young PI? Faculty?). As many say, it doesn’t get easier -but it can get better and more rewarding. And to spark a bit of hope in the steps following the completion of the PhD, today I am drawing from my experience of applying to five postdoctoral fellowships in the past few months of 2021, to summarise what I have learned, what can be improved, and whatever might be of help.

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Adiós, Evangelion

Ha pasado lo impensable. Después de catorce años desde las películas, y de veinticinco años desde la serie original, ha terminado Evangelion. Anno lo ha vuelto a hacer: nos ha dejado con la boca abierta. Porque contra todo pronóstico, increíblemente, Evangelion explica la mayor parte de las cosas y acaba en un buen final.

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