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Good CSS designers are supposed to be well paid

I already suspected and noticed it to some extend in the past, but while working on a website for a friend's non-profit organization lately, I came to a more profound understanding of what it is to be a web designer. And I should say that whatever they earn is not enough. The reason for this [...]

Great (and funny) insight on browsers' user agent string

First thing that made me laugh today http://www.webaim.org/blog/user-agent-string-history/ Posted by email from nocivus (posterous)

It's good to see some areas of science catching up with others

It seems that scientists made an interesting discovery: As it turns out, for the brain, remembering something is very similar to actually reliving it. The brain wiring will work pretty much the same when something happens, as when you remember that same something that has happened, later. Areas of psychology, like Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) have [...]

The most tiresome day of my life

It all began when my current landlord decided to sell his house. That meant that me and Marilia needed to find a new place to live again. After a couple of weeks looking for a new place (visiting apartments, dealing with not so polite real estate agents, and spending more time than what we wanted) [...]

Can't wait to try Google chrome

For one, the concept of one process per tab and complete isolation appeal to my geeky side. On the other hand, the interface looks really cool Too bad it will be first only available for windows Posted by email from nocivus (posterous)

A bigger update, this time with pictures

Overall, the vacation time was very positive: Between diving in a sea full of life and enjoying the sunny beach days, playing with my mother’s extremely frisky cat, doing some hiking in the dunes in search of some not so common pictures, jamming on the guitar with my 4 and 9 year old cousins, and [...]

Checking in

Man, the weather is great in Portugal. Been going to the beach every day since arrived . Yesterday went snorkling to Serra da Arrabida and it was awesome: Lots of sea life, beautiful shining sun that allowed a crystal clear view of the ocean floor. Heavenly! Next weekend plans are to go on a climbing [...]

Checking in

Man, the weather is great in Portugal. Been going to the beach every day since arrived . Yesterday went snorkling to Serra da Arrabida and it was awesome: Lots of sea life, beautiful shining sun that allowed a crystal clear view of the ocean floor. Heavenly! Next weekend plans are to go on a climbing [...]