Monthly Archives: August 2006
More inmigrants abandoned in the desert
Médicos del Mundo-España reports again about around fifty inmigrants abandouned by Morocco in Kandahar (between Sahara and Mauritania), without food nor water. Their boat wrecked going to Canarias Islands, so they arrived to Morocco. Spanish government make pressure on the … Continue reading
Dust off the boots
Every summer I work in a little gest house that my family has in my hometown. It’s an interesting chance to meet with many people. Sometimes, you talk with somebody, but you forget them some days or months later. Sometimes … Continue reading
Trying to recover the smile
It’s no easy. In Galicia 4 persons died and around 100,000 Ha of forests burned, lots of animals too. Fortunately, fire didn’t arrived to the Fragas of Eume River, the most important Atlantic forest in Europe (and near my hometown, … Continue reading
A bit of mod, a bit of bop
Last Saturday I went to the Felipop (Felicia’s Pop Festival) in Limodre, Fene. I knew this festival through some smart people that come every year to Pontedeume from Logroño and Madrid, but this year was the first time I went … Continue reading
Put an Intel 965 in your life
In the opposite way of ATI and Nvidia, Intel has released its newest Intel 965 Express chipset-based 3D cards device driver (gpl-ed for linux kernel, mit-ed for X). I think it would be enough if they showed the specifications, but … Continue reading
Abe Rábade Trío: “Playing on light”
I think the third album of Abe Rábade Trío (the fourth if we count the GHU! Project Vol.1) is a maturity album. I understand Babel de sons and Simetrías as great sets of themes, performed with virtuosity, heart and the … Continue reading
Dreams in demolition
There I began to study. There I knew Espronceda. I meet my first love. I began to write poetry. And I dreamt with conquering the world. Since some days ago the Couceiro Freijomil School is being demolished. The government will … Continue reading
Galicia burns
My green, fresh, ancient dear Galicia burns. Every summer there are lots of forest fires. But this summer seems diferent. We have a territory in siege by fire, who reachs cities and villages, cuts off phone and electric lines and … Continue reading
Chinese Catholics arrested again
The rage of the Chinese Comunist dictatorship against Catholic Church has a new chapter. Asia News report Yao Liang, auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Xiwanzi and priest Li Huisheng have been arrested. Xiwanzi Catholic community movilized to request freedom … Continue reading
Gotcha! I’m the Blob!
I was awaiting since months ago the new. I’d heard hackers would prove the vulnerability of a closed firmware (HAL) of a wireless device driver. There is an important controversy with this layer because 1)taints the kernel an 2)you can’t … Continue reading