One Bit At A Time

I can listen to sad songs again

Maru Lucena — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 21:25:16 +0000

Why did sad songs use to affect me so much and what makes a sad song… sad? An episode where I share a little personal story about the first time I moved abroad and share what I learned about the science behind sad songs.

Links:

Guide on how to make sad music: https://professionalcomposers.com/how-to-make-sad-music-complete-guide/

The pleasures of sad music: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00404/full

Putting the "Sad" in Sad Songs: https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/music/your-brain-on-music/your-brain-on-music/your-brain-on-music-tearjerkers/

My website: https://marucodes.com/

Understanding my social battery and real batteries

Maru Lucena — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 17:58:31 +0000

An episode where I talk about my personal experience with having a small social battery and explore the concept through the lens of real batteries. Basically, while trying to understand my social battery I went down a rabbit hole and learned some interesting things about how real batteries work and it ended up being really helpful.

MIT's article about how batteries work: https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/how-does-a-battery-work/

How to create a potato battery: https://stemgeneration.org/potato-power/

My website: https://marucodes.com/

Being single-threaded

Maru Lucena — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:28:33 +0000

In this episode I share some of my struggles with trying to be good at multitasking and also talk about how some types of computer programs are very similar to the different ways we humans operate.

Hi, I’m Maru and I’m learning how to take life one bit at a time and l enjoy sharing random information so I created this podcast.