It has been exactly 3 years and 4 months since i set foot on the Netherlands and – as i get ready to leave this place – i can’t help it but thinking about all the things i found, done, and learned while being here. This is my attempt at summarizing it, in no particular [...]
Starting next week: remote work # What do you make of this? "leading web analytics solutions provider for online business optimisation" # The bird is the word: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/1012280/ # Road trip with a stop in a wind tunnel, what else can a dude want? # Listening to #redcircuit #civilizationone and #firewind The voice of this [...]
Video speed controls on youtube's HTML5 player – http://diffract.me/2010/02/video-speed-controls-on-youtubes-html5-player/ # This HTML5 video player seems promising. Too bad it's not out yet. Follow on twitter to know when: http://bit.ly/aycdV7 # Dude lights cigarette in olympic flame in Canada. Dude is arrested: http://bit.ly/aX21FQ # I can't help myself from laughing every time i bomb a country [...]
I don’t know if you noticed, but youtube introduced speed controls to their HTML5 video player. I have no idea if it was there from the beginning, actually, but it’s a really cool feature indeed
I have to say this: looking for a simple music player for OSX is like searching for a needle in the middle of lots of big sticks; it should be easy, except the needle is under the carpet. Nevertheless, between trying out iTunes , Songbird , and a few other options, i have always felt like there should be something, you know, simple and memory efficient.
After an awesome Japanese dinner with my good friend Luizzz , we came to the conclusion that the website that was missing was one where you could bomb any country in the world. … So over the course of about 8 hours – the next day – we came up with bombthiscountry.com , a meaningless website where you can bomb any country in the world (yes, China, Tibet is a country).
Ok, this is so freaking hilarious that i cannot help it but sharing. It seems that, when faced with the impossibility of using their iPhones with gloves on, some Koreans have started using miniature sausages (yes, sausages) for that effect. It seems that the composition of the sausage is similar enough to a human finger [...]
Tip for #chrome #developers: Let me specify a default window on which to open new tabs. If i have 3 open, the last one gets it # Just coined my first urban dictionary definition: Neck-breather (one who breathes down your neck, trying to pressure you) # #google #buzz overload: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUaPUHPxi1o # Muppets meet the internet: [...]
After an interesting discussion with some co-workers about having people breathing down your neck, i figured i should coin the term “neck-breather” in the famous urban dictionary. The reply came instantly saying that an editor would take a look at the new entry and that – if acceptable – it would be added to the [...]
With less than 20 days until my return to the country where the sun does shine (Portugal), i can’t help but thinking more and more about these 3 years in Holland. With that in mind, i decided to write a really long post on my experiences here in the Netherlands during this time. For the [...]
RT @alltop Version .9 iPad – Holy Kaw! http://tinyurl.com/yhfgolj # Ok, i think i overreacted. The mysql.com website no longer points to it, but you can still get it at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads # Is the MySQL community edition no longer available for download? – http://bit.ly/bA5xuX # Weekly findings on the internets – edition second – http://diffract.me/2010/02/weekly-findings-on-the-internets-edition-second/ [...]
I recently came across an article entitled “Pair programming works“. To be honest, the first thing that crossed my mind was that this would be a cartoon mocking the concept. Fortunately, i was wrong as the article gives very compelling arguments on why “Pair programming” has a lot of benefits, both to the employer as [...]
Weil) – Interesting, for all the geeks out there that worry about what their habits are doing to their health. 55+ most wanted wordpress tips, tricks, and hacks – Cool stuff for blog owners. … I had no idea they hissed like cats when they are mad, LOL Matcha, green tea with 100+ times the antioxidants – Have to get me some of this.