Yearly Archives: 2005

Jazz in Coruña: 25 years of Jazz Filloa

Posted on December 27, 2005 by 曹 tsao

I read in online edition of La Voz de Galicia next December, 29th the Jazz Filloa Cafe will be 25 years old. Jazz Filloa is the mythical pub in Coruña. Their founders Antonio Rodríguez and Alberto Mella are pioneers of … Continue reading →

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Christmas urban prayer

Posted on December 25, 2005 by 曹 tsao

Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech You, for that man that sleep in the street, to be the warmth of his heart stronger than winter cold, for that prostitute that lives in the dangerous night, remember her nobody … Continue reading →

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Hard & free

Posted on December 21, 2005 by 曹 tsao

I read in Barrapunto the release of Cube Revolutions, IEArobotics Juan González’s worm-shaped robot. Every documentation about soft and hardware designs are freely downladable (soft under GPL, doc under CC). You can download funny videos of Cube Revolutions too . … Continue reading →

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50 years horizon of Spanish renewable energies

Posted on December 21, 2005 by 曹 tsao

Greenpeace Spain has published an exhaustive outlook on the future of renewable energies in our country. The report was developed by the prestigious Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (part of Industrial Engineers School) of Universidad Pontificia Comillas. You can download the … Continue reading →

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Past to future: Tim Berners-Lee’s blog

Posted on December 19, 2005 by 曹 tsao

Via Slashdot, we know we must welcome to the blogsphere to Tim Berners-Lee, the Wide World Web first developer. We can read in his first post at MIT’s Descentraliced Information Group Tim explains briefly about his ideas fifteen years ago: … Continue reading →

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dgn rules, dwg and dxf suck

Posted on December 17, 2005 by 曹 tsao

Engeneers near free software desire a powerful CAD program to their GNU/Linux stations, and, when they read news like this in slashdot about little steps to open source by Autodesk they immediately think it’s possible in nearly future. Projects like … Continue reading →

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No Xmas party

Posted on December 16, 2005 by 曹 tsao

Since before I began to teach to my children in Portiño, every year volunteers planned a party with parents and children, before Christmas. This year we hadn’t enogh volunteers, so there was no party

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50-alive and kicking!

Posted on December 15, 2005 by 曹 tsao

We can read at solidaridad.net about the article published in the Sunday Times uncovering the statistics that points around 50 babies survive to abort in one year in England, they often die off the womb. They relate too histories of … Continue reading →

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Trusted?

Posted on December 13, 2005 by 曹 tsao

SecurityFocus has published an interesting article about what software we trust in. Columnist Jason Miller express some thinkings about both points of view of programmers and users, focusing in open and closed source developing models. I discovered kernel patches are … Continue reading →

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Professor goes to Heaven

Posted on December 5, 2005 by 曹 tsao

It happen some days ago, but I didn’t heard about it because I was ill when it happened. My first professor in the Civil Engeneering School, Mr. Juan Ignacio Vázquez Peña, has died because cancer. I shan’t never forget my … Continue reading →

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They are NOT junk

Posted on November 29, 2005 by 曹 tsao

Some people that’s approaching to GNU/Linux ask me the same question: can I install one distribution in an old computer? I usually explain how I install Debian in my Compaq Armada 4131T using nfs or network to get the packets, … Continue reading →

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3D Thinking

Posted on November 28, 2005 by 曹 tsao

I was today in Transport Engeneering class, talking about combined systems, when the yellow bulb lighted. It happen when the teacher was showing carrier ships photos. I think about I was child, and friends of my family gave me a … Continue reading →

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Tsao in the Jungeland

Posted on November 26, 2005 by 曹 tsao

I receive one gift every year because my birthday, of my School friends Raquel, both Silvias and (now far-away-so-close) Olga. Every year is an special gift, but this year the present is more special if it is possible: the 30th … Continue reading →

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M$ is going to cr(a)y

Posted on November 26, 2005 by 曹 tsao

I read the new in Slashdot, Microsoft has retained the professional services of Burton Smith, co-founder of Cray Inc. It seems one step to try to push MS cluster group, there is only one Win2003 cluster in the Top500 between … Continue reading →

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Marketing gubernamental de muerte/ Spanish Govern’s Marketing of Death

Posted on November 23, 2005 by 曹 tsao

Abstract: We can see in show at Spanish public TV how govern lies to parents and teenagers explaining the called the-day-after pill and in-utero devices are not abortive, when the actual scientific fact they both are abortive. Informando a padres … Continue reading →

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Let’s help to CAMF

Posted on November 20, 2005 by 曹 tsao

Via my friends of Linuxbeat, I’m joining to protest against Spanish Social and Labour Issues Office because its oblivion of Centro de Ayuda a Minusválidos Físicos de Ferrol (Ferrol Attention to Handicapped Center). This residence is the home of handicapped … Continue reading →

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Ashamed

Posted on November 20, 2005 by 曹 tsao

It happen a week ago, I didn’t had no time to write about it. But I’m still ashamed about Chinese president Hu Jintao visit in Madrid. He came essentially to make business with Spanish enterprises through the Spanish govern. He … Continue reading →

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Pentium Portiño

Posted on November 18, 2005 by 曹 tsao

I had funny time today. After Maths and Grammar, children of Portiño worked for first time in the computation classroom we assembled with old PC’s of my School.What a pity, I have not photo camera

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Rebels, 75 years after

Posted on November 18, 2005 by 曹 tsao

November, 18th, 1930, was published “La rebelión de las masas” (Rebellion of masses, the great work of the most Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset in the 20th Century. I read the it yesterday, in the opinion section of Domingo … Continue reading →

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Chaos festival

Posted on November 13, 2005 by 曹 tsao

Wild, wild times. I began this week in defcon 1 because three critical points: these are my first days as sysop in the Ports and Coast Engeneering Lab in my School; my group of Territory strightening and town planning(OTU) must … Continue reading →

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