So here’s the deal: I had planned to purchase a honeycomb-based tablet as my sabbatical leave of absence going away present to myself. I was carefully considering all the pros and cons of both the Motorola Xoom and the new 10″ Samsung Galaxy Tab. Between the two of them discovered the latter has a better [...]
Recently i had to fill one of those client/customer satisfaction surveys. Endless pages of “how well do you grade feature X” questions that frustrate you beyond the point of killing yourself and your colleagues. And that got me thinking: how about a simple form that asks “Are you happy? Yes/No”? If you answer “yes”, case [...]
This is probably the first useful mass email that my mother sent me in a long, long time In any case, it shows how to put a nail into a really hard wall without ending up bending the nail. I know i had this problem before in more than one occasion.
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 [...]
The other day I watched a movie entitled “the age of stupid“. Long story short, it shows the point of view of someone who, around 2055, survived a human species near eradication and built a tower with all the digital records of mankind and a bunch of other stuff too, like frozen animals, art pieces, [...]
I was really in shock when I went with my mother to the bank the other day: There was a small sheet of paper stating that bank transfers done via the SWIFT network are prone to have its details shared with US authorities. The network currently has two nodes working with the same data in [...]
This is absolutely amazing. I can imagine that it will not work with every single person, but even if it works with only half a con artist can make a lot of money with these techniques: Checkout this and more videos of Derren Brown in action here.
It does make sense.
Holly crap, just when you think every weird thing has been invented here comes a new one to blow your mind. Introducing the happiness hat, the clothing accessory that makes sure you always have a smile on your face. Either that or you will experience intense pain until you do. From their website: “Frowning creates [...]
Awesome stuff. I had no idea that friendfeed also picked up stuff that you favorited on youtube. I just added this incredible BASE jumping video and saw this on my stream. Pretty cool: It’s too bad that facebook apparently is not planning to continue developing this awesome service. One can only hope they will at [...]
In case you didn’t read my entry on becoming an “early riser” (i.e. someone that gets up every day at the same (early) hour), I started a 30 day experiment to see what would happen to me both physically and mentally if I did. These are the conclusions. Let me start by giving some background: [...]
Lately I’ve been grabbing a couple of Paul Graham’s essays just before lunch and devouring them along with the meal. And I must say I’m getting addicted to them. He is clearly a well lived, intelligent person whose writing can be really inspiring to everyone, especially developers like me. I recommend, with no particular order, [...]
I’ve always been a fan of PostgreSQL, even though I’ve been forced to use MySQL at work for ages (you know, IT policies). Anyways, after reading this article I’m definitely switching all my pet projects to PostgreSQL. The documentation is amazing, the database itself is blazing fast and super scalable. And it’s open source. What [...]
After reading a post by Steve Pavlina I thought if I could become a natural early riser, i.e, someone that gets up really early in the morning and has no problem with that. I felt curious when I read that, after turning into an early riser, he became more productive and felt more refreshed throughout [...]
Indeed, if we all lived a bit more like “the dude” the world would be a better place
Since I need to move out of my current apartment by the end of this month, I decided to get some storage space to put all my belongings. The place I chose was citybox, in the north of Amsterdam, and the trip there involves taking a nice (free) ferry boat from the Amsterdam Centraal Station [...]
I killed an ant. It was dwelling around in my living room while I was watching TV. I had noticed it before, as it was considerably larger than your typical ant. Tried several times, with no success, to get it to move up to something I would use to take it outside, where its world [...]
It seems to be a service that gives you suggestions on what to visit when you go to a particular location. It creates the planning about what to visit for a couple of days. Looks interesting, check it out for Amsterdam: http://citytours.googlelabs.com/search?q=amsterdam
I know, I know. Everyone who has ever done it before is probably thinking “Welcome to my world!”, but it’s like everything in life: You will not truly know it until you have experienced it. And I have. I have been editing the first episode of a new video podcast me and Luis have started [...]
…and it was awesome!! The feeling is (almost) the same as getting out of the airplane when you skydive. But you feel it twice, since there’s that point in midair when you are just weightless and start falling again. Seriously advisable to everyone