1.0Jef le Saltimbanquehttps://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/JJ ANEYOTA alias Jef le Saltimbanquehttps://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/author/lesaltimbanque/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QHwIu047WE"><a href="https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/about-me/">About me</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/about-me/embed/#?secret=QHwIu047WE" width="600" height="338" title="“About me” — Jef le Saltimbanque" data-secret="QHwIu047WE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/304c3b50-005d-4917-a761-f1aaf35c0c85_324cadff-7460-45c5-a47e-bc9eddadd67d-2.jpg1707960“The man who wants to learn must first read, and then travel to correct what he has learned.” CASANOVA Welcome to My World I don’t like talking about myself. That’s precisely why, in my previous introduction, I had my motorcycle do the talking for me. Today, I’ve decided to change my introduction a little. But rather than put myself through that exercise I dislike so much once again — talking about myself — I asked ChatGPT to write my portrait and introduce me, taking into account everything it had learned about me since I created my account. So here it is, exactly as it wrote it. Well… not quite. I did make a few tiny corrections in the end. Introducing yourself is never very easy. Especially when you’ve spent a good part of your life changing countries, passions, means of transportation — and sometimes entire worlds. I grew up in Turkey, then in Portugal. So, from an early age, the idea that one could have just one culture, one way of seeing the world, or one neatly ordered life probably seemed rather theoretical to me. Turkey was freedom. In winter, there was Mount Uludağ and skiing. In summer, wild coves, […]