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Recent stuff
Recently I’ve been thinking about:
2026-09-28: Vacation 📚 reads: Ilona llega con la lluvia, La nieve del almirante, La luz difícil, Flowers for Algernon, The soul of a new machine
2026-08-26: 💾 Generating my own views of my hikes and runs.
2026-08-20: 💾 Estimates Game: Are you over- or under-confident in your own knowledge? Find out: est.alejo.ch. You can also read my own conclusions about my calibration.
2026-07-30: 🎬 Cinema: The Oddisey: (2 min): I enjoyed Nolan’s production of The Odyssey. I appreciated the storytelling: different parts of the journey are cohesively woven into a single story, building towards a convincing final resolution. I have mixed feelings about the music.
2026-06-14: 📷 Photos: Züri Portals: Photography project to convey the beauty of life in Zürich by studying building entrances.
About me
I am Alejandro Cuervo-Hotz (né Forero Cuervo), a software engineer, husband and father. Born in 1980 in Bogota, I’ve lived in Zürich since 2007.