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Simple Battens
Work commitments prevented us from witnessing the most spectacular part of the project: covering the roof structure’s rafters with insulation boards that imitate tongue-and-groove wood on the inside. The architect had told us that a new roof for a dwelling cannot be built with an insulation layer thinner than eight centimetres. The builder, however, did…
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The Temporary Door
It may seem like a silly thing — and it probably is — yet it means a great deal for the new owner of a ruined building to make that first change, that first intervention, because it marks a turning point. Assuming the worst walls have been reinforced and the roof is done, we can…
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It Is No Longer a Ruin
Our first impression upon seeing the house in person in September 2023 was one of desolation. The house is what it is: cracked walls, shattered windows, stones scattered across the ground… You need a great deal of imagination to picture in this building the project we are supposed to achieve. I’m not even talking about…
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Now Releasing
After a long summer full of exhausting work we have achieved something very close to what we were looking for. Day by day improvements were implemented in the original software and tested in the afternoons on the real train; in a totally real situation. In the first days of each month it was very frustrating…
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Reset
Thanks to a couple of good friends, we found a builder who was willing to renovate the house at an acceptable price. Everything moved faster than we expected: the contact, the quote, and the start of the works. Summer is coming to an end and, since the most important part is putting a new roof…
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Releasing v23.7.30
I am proud to present this version of the best railway driving software. To the incomparable features of the previous versions, such important functions have been added that they have led to a redesign of the interface. Of all of them, the two most important are: Driving Dashboard Overlay The panel is available when there…
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About to resume interrupted tasks
Life takes you down paths that you don’t always want to travel. Beyond the inevitable there is always the hope of some kind of reward. In my case I do not expect big events; simply pick up what I left halfway because of everything that was always more important or a priority. The road is…
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Waves and Patterns
Whether we like it or not, we live in a closed world, subjected to processes that are beyond our control and of which we barely get to know a small part thanks to experience. At first sight it seems difficult to obtain that experience in a mechanical (or procedural) way. Something like that must have…
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Living an adventure.
Who are you and why are you like this? What drives you to do what you do? Isn’t it easier to stay still? What need do you have to get into crazy adventures? These questions are logical for a person settled in an insubstantial existence. Eat, drink, play, read, walk… The activities that fill our…
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This is the end
The scarcity of gas and oil derivatives caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the beginning of 2022 triggered a sharp rise in prices. Within weeks, producers passed the costs on to their products and prices skyrocketed, causing inflation higher than during the 1970s oil crisis. Electricity prices also rose considerably, far outpacing wages, and…
