Alvaro Videla
@oldsound.bsky.social
Author of words and code. Sometimes I read books.
I don’t remember a word from this boon but still I highly recommend it
October 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I don’t remember a word from this boon but still I highly recommend it
When I met Ted Chiang
October 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When I met Ted Chiang
What we cannot speak about we must passover in silence
September 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
What we cannot speak about we must passover in silence
Esta traducción de Borges al inglés es tan mala. Siempre que se me da por leer algún cuento en inglés encuentro errores.
September 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Esta traducción de Borges al inglés es tan mala. Siempre que se me da por leer algún cuento en inglés encuentro errores.
“Semiotics studied everything that can be used to lie”
September 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“Semiotics studied everything that can be used to lie”
Some of my latest acquisitions
August 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Some of my latest acquisitions
Claude Lévi-Strauss I had heavily underestimated you. I’m sorry.
August 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Claude Lévi-Strauss I had heavily underestimated you. I’m sorry.
The amount of times books arrive like this in Switzerland is amazing. I do wonder if the Latino guy getting a lot of packages gets them nervous. “He was importing culture again, Sir”.
August 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The amount of times books arrive like this in Switzerland is amazing. I do wonder if the Latino guy getting a lot of packages gets them nervous. “He was importing culture again, Sir”.
I thought Uruguayan literature had peaked. I was wrong.
August 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I thought Uruguayan literature had peaked. I was wrong.
This book belongs in the forbidden area of the shelves. “Cult of Truth. From Borges to Bocaccio” by Maria Rosa Menocal
August 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This book belongs in the forbidden area of the shelves. “Cult of Truth. From Borges to Bocaccio” by Maria Rosa Menocal
1970 magazine when “desktop” wasn’t yet a single word.
August 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
1970 magazine when “desktop” wasn’t yet a single word.
Soviet books for children
July 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Soviet books for children
One of my most treasured books in my library
July 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
One of my most treasured books in my library
Lady at the Bookshop in Crete told me “not sure what you do, but your are no just a programmer” based on my book selection. She proceeded to gift me Cavafis’ book.
July 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Lady at the Bookshop in Crete told me “not sure what you do, but your are no just a programmer” based on my book selection. She proceeded to gift me Cavafis’ book.
I just received this book. Italy 1965. The story of programming languages and computers until then. The author sadly died very young. 3 years earlier Stanislao Valsesia had proposed a retrieval system using weights and probability much like what we use today with AI.
May 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I just received this book. Italy 1965. The story of programming languages and computers until then. The author sadly died very young. 3 years earlier Stanislao Valsesia had proposed a retrieval system using weights and probability much like what we use today with AI.
I had no idea opening the ACM magazine was so dangerous. Those papers can really cut deep 😅
February 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I had no idea opening the ACM magazine was so dangerous. Those papers can really cut deep 😅
Aus eigene Gefahr- At Your Own Risk
February 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Aus eigene Gefahr- At Your Own Risk
Computer Art? What do you mean?
January 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Computer Art? What do you mean?
When I worked for the fruit company I had to scale up my Java knowledge. Algorithms books from my RabbitMQ years. The other stuff? 🙈🙉🙊
January 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
When I worked for the fruit company I had to scale up my Java knowledge. Algorithms books from my RabbitMQ years. The other stuff? 🙈🙉🙊
I heard you like Japan. Name five books from Japan.
January 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I heard you like Japan. Name five books from Japan.
What is this book?
January 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What is this book?
Escuchamos pero no juzgamos
December 30, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Escuchamos pero no juzgamos
I went to see #KravenTheHunter #kraven at Sydney’s famed IMAX cinema. The movie projector failed near the end, so people decided to recreate the Rhino fight using Shadow play 😂😂😂
December 15, 2024 at 12:02 PM
I went to see #KravenTheHunter #kraven at Sydney’s famed IMAX cinema. The movie projector failed near the end, so people decided to recreate the Rhino fight using Shadow play 😂😂😂
Ese es el libro. Tengo que recordar el capítulo. Puede ser “Gesture and Ľécriture
The Chinese "Content" in Contemporary Western
Philosophy of Art”
The Chinese "Content" in Contemporary Western
Philosophy of Art”
December 15, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Ese es el libro. Tengo que recordar el capítulo. Puede ser “Gesture and Ľécriture
The Chinese "Content" in Contemporary Western
Philosophy of Art”
The Chinese "Content" in Contemporary Western
Philosophy of Art”