Life

Very excited to open this baby up in the next few days: ⚾️ 🃏

A person is holding a 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball card box featuring an image of a player in a baseball uniform.

This VaultX album for my Topps trading cards is awesome, if somehow much larger than I had anticipated 😅

A gray binder and a matching glasses case with ‘vaultx’ embossed on them are placed on a gray surface. A binder holds a collection of various baseball cards, each featuring different players in action poses and jersey designs. A collection of baseball cards featuring various players is organized in a binder.

3/8/25 →

Fun day out today: friends, bike rides, and long walks in our former neighborhood 🌞 🧑‍🧑‍🧒

A group of people, including a child, are seated around a table with coffee cups, small toys, and water glasses. A colorful, striped basketball court is bustling with people playing and watching. A person in a black outfit stands on a street corner next to a colorful wall advertisement in French featuring a nurse and a message about resolving pain and headaches. A city square features ornate historic buildings, a central statue, and a striped pedestrian crosswalk under a clear blue sky. A marble table holds a colorful arrangement of assorted sweets and pastries on two decorative plates.

3/7/25 →

Tibz, what is it like living in Europe?
Like this…

Passengers wait inside a busy train station in Paris, with luggage, while authorities deal with an unexploded World War II bomb.

3/6/25 →

Delightful weather, sun, and light these past couple of days so we were able to to set up the balcony.

I was even able to hang out there for a little break from work and read thru my acquisition of Obvious State’s reprint of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven 📚

A sunlit dining area features a wooden table, chairs, a paper lantern, and a view of a balcony with outdoor furniture. Several potted succulents and a leafy plant are arranged on a sunlit balcony with a white bench in the background. A rooftop terrace features a table and chairs surrounded by potted plants, overlooking city buildings under a clear blue sky. A blue mug with a design and a book titled 'Nevermore' are placed on a white table, with a lattice fence and climbing plants in the background.

3/6/25 →

Found some of my old journals — in notebooks I never truly completed, dating from the time (2017-2018) when I started dating my now wife, a time when I traveled around the world by myself for 9 months. Will be going through some “archiving and digitizing” of these across Day One and the built-in camera’s text scanning feature.

Very excited to revisit some of the most exciting time(s) of my life and our story!

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3/6/25 →

Quick Duolingo update

3/3/25 →

Back to back frustrating defeats lately 😩 🏀

2/27/25 →

Return to Adidas Arena to watch my @ParisBasketball team — another Euroleague win against Bayern Munich!

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2/26/25 →

It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds

Written down like this, it seems pretty bizarre, and that’s because it is. It’s also not easy to realize that our relationship with America is over after 80 years. It took time for me as well to accept that.

But it really is over. (…) The US has dismantled the official privacy framework. The deal is dead.

So stop surrendering our society to America. Have the courage to use different software and services. Even if it takes some getting used to.

2/24/25 →

You can take the woman out of the US, but you can’t take the US outta the woman:

“The first time I had a blood orange was in a can of San Pellegrino”

😅 fun lunchtime conversation with my wife!

2/23/25 →

Absolutely stoked to read a story on my old neighborhood basketball court in the New York Times (by way of The Athletic)

I used to play about 1.5 to 2 hours there every Sunday mornings back when we used to live in Montmartre/Pigalle!

Two people are playing basketball on a colorful court while a third person watches and laughs. A person sitting on a colorful geometric basketball court, holding a basketball, is set against a vibrant mural background. Two men play on a vibrant, colorful basketball court with geometric wall art in the background. A group of people are gathered in a colorful outdoor basketball court surrounded by tall buildings. A colorful urban basketball court is surrounded by tall buildings, featuring vibrant geometric designs and pastel hues.

2/17/25 →

Bref 2: un éclair de génie ⚡️ ❤️‍🩹

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2/16/25 →

Wrapping up our yearly Birthdays-and-Anniversaire week with a long family walk and an unbelievable dinner

A riverside walkway is bordered by a calm waterway with trees and buildings in the background, under a clear blue sky. A woman wearing sunglasses stands next to a stroller with a blue bag attached, on a pathway beside a river. A dinner plate features sliced meat with a dark sauce, mushrooms, and mashed potatoes, accompanied by a glass of white wine, set on a wooden table. A bottle of sparkling wine labeled "Maison Briard" is on a wooden table with two filled coupe glasses and a green glass, set against a backdrop of curtains and a plant.

2/15/25 →

A lovely walk today to reset and reconnect with my wife and daughter. Also, some miscellaneous scenes at home :)

2/13/25 →

Perfect timing — I guess they were waiting for the AI Summit but French startup Mistral behind the French/European AI (Mistral) just updated and upgraded their platform. Much faster and more powerful. Gonna give it a try for work and play 😊

A website homepage for 'Frontier AI' with a mountain landscape background and various company logos displayed.

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2/12/25 →

Finally took some time to update my /now page :)

Paris Basketball v JDA Dijon (Coupe de France - Quarter finals)

2/11/25

Well… @ACMomento doesn’t yet support the basketball “Coupe de France” but last night was a nice and simple victory against JDA Dijon in the Quarter Finals round.

Yesterday’s game marked the anniversary of moving from the old Halle Carpentier on the southernmost part of town, to the shiny new Adidas Arena located in the northernmost point at Porte de la Chappelle.

Hard to believe everything that has happened so far in just over one year:

2023-2024 Leaders Cup champions
2023-2024 EuroCup champions
2023-2024 Betclic Elite runner-ups

…and this year we’re still in the running for all 4 main competitions:

2024-2025 Euroleague
2024-2025 Betclic Elite
2024-2025 Coupe de France
2025 Leaders Cup

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A basketball game is taking place in an arena with a spotlight on the players and a large electronic screen overhead.
A basketball game is being played in a large indoor arena with a scoreboard displaying the score and time.

2/9/25 →

Birthday weekend 3️⃣4️⃣ 🎁

Decided to go to our local German pub for luck today — I realized I haven’t had a delicious currywurst since 2013 (!)

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2/5/25 →

Exciting game but tough #Euroleague defeat at home againstst the most in-form team of the 2025 calendar year.

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2/1/25 →

A sunny weekend for the first time since the end of last year!

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1/15/25 →

Silver Linings:

Got sick (flu season) the day before a business trip to HQ. Had to cancel the trip this morning with my French and German colleagues.
My French colleagues obviously still went. Flight got cancelled and they now have to wait from 10am to 8pm to be rebooked on a later flight.

So while I’m recoveringing at home, this is …for the better in my part

1/13/25 →

‘Tis the season 🤧

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1/12/25 →

My first attended game of 2025 and we’re back to winning ways! @ACMomento @ParisBasketball #Basketball

1/6/25 →

A quick visual recap of this past holiday season :) (full post on the blog)

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1/3/25 →

Home sweet home

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