https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/now/Recent content in Now on James AlvarezHugoen-gbFri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/now/oct21/Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/now/oct21/<main> <section> <h1>Now: 21st October 2024</h1> <p>Welcome to my <a href="https://nownownow.com/about">now</a> page, a recent update of the various things that are fresh on my mind.</p> <h4>Now:</h4> <ul> <li>Working on a SaaS solution to participant emails</li> <li>Wrestling with MLOps on Oracle Data Science</li> <li>Getting in early to work, to have a cheeky 15mins playing mandolin</li> <li>An iOS tenor banjo simulator - releasing soon!</li> <li>Planning permission in process for garage conversion</li> <li>Loft insulation and finally completed this week!</li> <li>Managing >10,000 steps 3 days a week during work hours</li> <li>Maintaining my German with duolingo before my next in-person course starts</li> </ul> <h4>Reading / Listening:</h4> <ul> <li>The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russel</li> <li>A life of one's own - Joanna Field</li> <li>I and Thou - Martin Buber</li> <li>Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton</li> </ul> </section> </main>https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/now/apr19/Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/now/apr19/<main> <section> <h1>Now: 11th April 2024</h1> <p>Welcome to my <a href="https://nownownow.com/about">now</a> page, a recent update of the various things that are fresh on my mind.</p> <h4>Now:</h4> <ul> <li>Working on software projects for the <a href="https://www.digitalmemorylab.com/">Landecker Digital Memory Lab</a></li> <li>Developing some very simple <a href="https://jamesalvarez.github.io/Mate-In-One/">chess puzzles</a> for Lily</li> <li>Getting in early to work, to have a cheeky 15mins playing mandolin</li> <li>An iOS tenor banjo simulator - releasing this week!</li> <li>Managing >10,000 steps 3 days a week during work hours</li> <li>Struggling with German every Monday at BHASVIC</li> <li>Playing music most Wednesday nights at the Jolly Brewer</li> </ul> <h4>Reading / Listening:</h4> <ul> <li>The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russel</li> <li>Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky</li> <li>Culture Industry - Theodor Adorno</li> <li>Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World - Rene Girard</li> <li>Feline Philosophy - John Gray</li> <li>Artur Schnabel - <a href="https://www.steinway.com/music-and-artists/label/artur-schnabel-complete-solo-piano-works">Complete Solo Piano Works</a></li> <li>Biosphere - Substrata</li> </ul> </section> </main>https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/now/nov13/Fri, 01 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/now/nov13/<main> <section> <h1>Now: 13th November 2024</h1> <p>Welcome to my <a href="https://nownownow.com/about">now</a> page, a recent update of the various things that are fresh on my mind.</p> <h4>Now:</h4> <ul> <li>Working on a SaaS solution to participant emails</li> <li>Wrestling with MLOps on Oracle Data Science</li> <li>Getting in early to work, to have a cheeky 15mins playing mandolin</li> <li>An iOS tenor banjo simulator - releasing soon!</li> <li>Managing >10,000 steps 3 days a week during work hours</li> <li>Learning German every Monday at BHASVIC</li> <li>Playing music most Wednesday nights at the Jolly Brewer</li> </ul> <h4>Reading / Listening:</h4> <ul> <li>The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russel</li> <li>A life of one's own - Joanna Field</li> <li>I and Thou - Martin Buber</li> <li>Let your life speak - Parker J. Palmer</li> <li> Letters to a Young Poet - Rainer Maria Rilke </li> </ul> </section> </main>