Romain Pellerin's Blog

Doesn't repeat to others what their team tell them Doesn't mention names when reporting to their own manager what they've been told Doesn't put people under pressure without involving themselves Doesn't complain (unless justifiably) and set an example at…

I know very little about Spain, I only got to visit Barcelona and Madrid.

Links Ecological Footprint Calculator Deep Green Resistance France JIEC : Journalistes d'investigation sur l'écologie et le climat Youth For Climate Pays-Bas.À Amsterdam, la mairie devient végétarienne Le déni

Dans cet article, j'essaie de démêler le vrai du faux concernant la pollution urbaine et je m'intéresse aussi aux différents moyens de transport urbains.

This article is continued here.

A few months ago I stumbled upon this article on productivity.

Le Louvres Tour Eiffel - go to the third floor Champs Elysees Notre Dame Cathedral + towers Arc de Triomphe - go to the top!

diff Compares filenames and lines.

Recently, I got to spend a few days in Düsseldorf and Cologne.

I recently went for the first time of my life to Lisbon, Portugal.

Companies Monitors and TV screens left idle (on sleep mode, not turned off) all night Computers still on, either on sleep mode or simply with the current user session locked, sometimes with the screen on, all night Power supplies plugged all night Cleaners

It's been a while since I last wrote here...

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2024: this article is obsolete.

Late March this year, I went to Finland for 3 days over the weekend.

Short article, kind of a bookmark for myself.

Dear Amsterdam, it's been a long time.

Today I started learning a new language: Ruby!

In 2015, I landed in Dublin!

In late 2015 I went for the first time of my life to Belgium... for a very short time, 24 hours actually.

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life Might Just Help You Live a More Fulfilling Life The Genderbreak Person Des experts font la promotion de la semaine de travail de quatre jours au lieu de cinq « Le cyberminimalisme libère du temps, réhab…

Resources warning us about what to expect from the future.

I truly believe remote working has numerous advantages on the long term, but also downsizes.

Every once in a while, people quit companies and start looking for others.

In many scenarios, calls are forwarded to your voicemail.

Draft article Raw thoughts The online presence indicator is a nightmare Same goes for notifications Why we’re betting against real-time team messaging Slack, I’m Breaking Up with You Curing Our Slack Addiction Why “deep work” is becoming a competitive adv…

I might talk about it some day... meanwhile here are a few links.

I might talk about it some day... meanwhile here are a few links.

Recently, I moved into my new apartment, in one of the most polluted cities on Earth, Paris.

The Millennial Question, by Simon Sinek.

Looking for an apartment in Paris... is a hassle.

Several options exist when it comes to casting media content from Linux to a Chromecast.

Recently, I inadvertently deleted a whole lot of packages on my Linux distribution by deleting one specific package and then running sudo apt-get autoremove.

Source: https://twitter.com/eliistender10/status/883582636567998464 (comments say the true source is http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/)

Le Jeûne : Une Recette Miracle ?

I am writing this here for posterity, again!

Managing one's time: 6 laws to know Credit: Paul Brounais.

A few months ago, my laptop charger started to malfunction.

Here are a bunch of links for open source project maintainers/creators: Documentation Sphinx Tools/Continuous integration/Continuous testing GreenKeeper Coveralls Sauce Labs Travis CI CircleCI Codeship bitHound: Node.js code and npm analysis for your team…

In this article, I explain and sum up everything one needs to know to apply for a J-1 visa in the US, in order to do an internship.

Last weekend, my boss took me to Heavenly Moutain Resort, near Lake Tahoe, at the border between Northern California and Nevada.

Sould I ever hire an intern, this is a note to my future self.

Just like I started listing the books I read, I want to list some of my favorite movies.

USA Dallas Redwood State Park Huston Miami Texas Mount Rushmore National Memorial Philadelphia (especially the Rocky Statue and the Rocky Steps) Forrest Gump Point in Utah (GPS coordinates: 37.1015063,-109.9908129) Boston: Museum of Fine Arts Japan Churei…

Friday, January 27, 2017: I took off from Paris CDG, headed to San Francisco, California.

June 2012 - July 2019 The Walking Dead (comic books), by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard 2016 The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business, by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tes…

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet COwSPIRACY: the film that environmental organizations don't want you to see!

Left-right and up-down motions h, j, k, l: left, down, up, right ^e: scoll window down (ctrl + e) ^y: scroll window up ^f: scroll down one page ^b: scroll up one page H: move cursor to the top M: move cursor to the middle L: move cursor to the bottom gg:…

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The above is a video from my trip in Hong-Kong, in 2016.