Wow!

Date Arrow  February 28, 2006

Apple has published an article about Ruby on Rails in the Developer Connection website!

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Get the facts – I mean, get them

Date Arrow  February 26, 2006

If you enjoy Microsoft PR material, you may find this “Get the facts” page somewhat interesting. For those of us who really deal with MS and Open Source stuff day by day, please just don’t laugh too loud. My CV says I’m a “.NET blah blah blah”, and I’ve spent most of my professional life [...]

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Starless, by King Crimson

Date Arrow  February 26, 2006

Sundown dazzling day Gold through my eyes But my eyes turned within Only see Starless and Bible black Ice blue silver sky Fades into grey To a grey hope that oh years to be Starless and Bible black Old friend charity Cruel twisted smile And the smile signals emptiness For me Starless and Bible black

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escrito en un bar

Date Arrow  February 21, 2006

escrito en un bar, en la esquina de alvarez jonte y avenida san martin, barrio de la paternal, ciudad de buenos aires. jueves 4 de noviembre del 2004, 1730 horas. 48 horas antes de enchufarme en la matriz de vuelta, un tostado y una pepsi me ayudan a hacer tiempo veo colectivos, un 24, un [...]

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Starting a new adventure

Date Arrow  February 21, 2006

So here we go again. Last week I started my new job, as Software Solutions Consultant for Getronics, in Lonay, near Lausanne (where I live), Switzerland. Yeah, the commune of Lonay has an awful website. Anyway. The good news is Getronics, actually. My job, as usual, will be one with multiple faces. I will be [...]

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Historias Morales, por Armando Mancuso

Date Arrow  February 18, 2006

Con los años uno tiene necesidad de dejar algo trascendente para bien de los que nos sucederán, por ello decidí escribir una fábula que refuerce los principios morales occidentales y orientales. Historias morales Esta es una historia didáctica y como en toda historia didáctica se confrontan dos actitudes frente a la vida y se termina [...]

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Open source GPL software… forbidden!

Date Arrow  February 17, 2006

Well, at least that’s what this panel says at the entry of Lausanne’s main train station parking… As you can see, cars higher than 2 meters, going faster than 10 Km/h, people walking, GPL software and motorbikes are all stictly forbidden. Now my question is, what does GPL stand for in French? Whatever it is, [...]

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Ridiculous

Date Arrow  February 16, 2006

If you want to have a good laugh, just go and read John Dvorak’s last article on PC Magazine (local copy). Just plain ridiculous. And I’m not the only one that thinks that: Scott Stevenson MacDevCenter

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Trends in Web Application Development – this is happening right now!

Date Arrow  February 11, 2006

This blog entry from Marc Hedlund (O’Reilly) is absolutely brilliant; for all those working in web application development, it clearly shows important trends happening right now in the industry. An absolute read! (local copy)

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Pato Preto, por Antônio Carlos Jobim

Date Arrow  February 9, 2006

O pato preto de asa branca Já fez morada no brejão Isso é sinal que a chuva vem Que vai ter safra no sertão O pato preto é da floresta O paturi é do sertão A minha vida é cardigueira Avoante, arribação A minha vida é muito triste A te esperar na solidão Ai, se [...]

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