Monthly Archives: April 2008
Seconds
I have been hearing jazz all my life. But I begin to listen to jazz the first time I heard John Coltrane’s quartet. My first album was a Verve compilation “John Coltrane For Lovers”, and it meant for me the … Continue reading
Rest for the Christ warrior
Two days ago, Nemesio Fernandez Villa died at the age of 79. It was a sad new for Agarimo, the boys town he founded in Arteixo, near Coruña. But it was a very, very sad new for the Portiño, where … Continue reading
How to do NOT end a street
It seems the designer of the street where EmilioJ lives doesn’t know the cul-de-sac. Even if you doesn’t like the traditional solution you have new styles [ISon21,ES].
Wireless advances
These days we had 1.5 good news about wireless & free software: 1.0: There is now WPA/WPA2 support mainstream in OpenBSD. I’ll must wait support for my Atheros minipci card, but it’s a good new indeed 0.5: Luis Rodríguez, ath5k … Continue reading
It was not a madness
Last year my friends Marta, Raquel and me did a work about the lighthouses system of the Laxe, and Corme. After the field visits, the main work were to show some proposals to remodel the lighthouses and give them new … Continue reading
The man and the shell
I’m enjoying a lot at this time reading the book “Eduardo Torroja, Engineer” (Ed. Pronaos, 1999, dual Spanish-English) by José Antonio Fernández Ordóñez and José Ramón Navarro Vera. It’s a very complete book about one of the greatest civil engineers … Continue reading
Time to go to Washington
I don’t forget I’m trying to get my degree ASAP. But it’s GPUL‘s X anniversary, so I must do the last effort and work hand in hand with my friends to organize the 8th free software conference in Coruña that … Continue reading
I’m growing (very) old
Ten years are too many years. It’s true, I needed a change. I recently feel confortable being a bit friendly with non-IT people. But I was tired of explaining them the different layers in GNU/Linux systems when they saw my … Continue reading
e-(Blaise)Pascal
Mike West (Cowboy Programming) released an interesting, two-part article about simulating fluids (visual simulation, not mechanical simulation): Practical Fluid Dynamics. The article was published in Game Developer Magazine (March and April 2007). Via Hackszine.
It was not a joke…
…it happened. From NoOOXML
Spring is here…
…yes, this is the title of a theme I heard played wonderfully by Kenny Barron and Charlie Haden in Night and the city (1998). It’s my current leit motiv. And, of course, it is true: we are near of the … Continue reading