Last weekend a colleague of my girlfriend was in town, and I was happy to walk with her around the city. During the evening I remembered it was the last day of the Berlin Festival of Lights. During this event, the main landmarks of the city are used as canvases for very interesting light displays. Some of the most beautiful ones were at Humboldt University, where I shot the pictures above.

Last weekend I finished converting the FX calculator I developed during my career break to React.js. I have briefly touched some React code at work, but I wanted to get my hands dirty and better understand the advantages and challenges of this library.

Today I was also checking some interesting [Google Trends data](https://t.co/aCOxxTOhUo) about the most popular JavaScript frameworks in terms of search interest, and React is definitely winning the interest war.

FiveThirtyEight, an interesting site focused on opinion poll analysis, has become one of the most quoted sites in political news. A couple of days ago they published an interesting article on what the US electoral map would look like if only women voted, based on their poll models. It's interesting how it would be a landslide defeat for Donald Trump!

The sky in Berlin is amazing not only in spring but also in autumn. Yesterday, a former colleague was visiting the office, and when we went up to the terrace, I had the chance to see this amazing sky.

Yesterday the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people.

I was really happy about this outcome because it's encouraging that the international community recognizes the historical importance of this peace process, and the prize keeps it in the spotlight and puts some pressure on all the parties to keep working towards a resolution.

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