Around 410 Spanish credits (not ECTS) and many, many years, today I received my last class in the School. Civil engineer Álvaro Vázquez Herrero from Exconsa Ltd. talk us about foundations, project management and the life.
Of course, today I remembered my first lesson and the professor who taught it.
A day like this 125 years ago, the Brooklyn Bridge at NY was opened to the traffic.
photo: Brooklyn Bridge, 1896. By Geo. P. Hall & son
The history of this suspension bridge is the history of the family Roebling: John A. Roebling, that projected and died in the beginning of the works; his son Washington who took up again the project and got descompression illness because he worked into the pneumatic caissons; and Whasington’s wife, Emily Warren, who became one of the first female construction manager of the history supervising the works and passing on her husband’s orders.
Science, aesthetics, poetry and heroism. Those were essence of Brooklyn bridge, essence of real Civil Engineering.
I open a new tag with a video.
Most important things in the life are so easy…
Thanks to… errr… Pensamiento 
I discovered a very interesting tool based in OpenCascade. This program is called Salome, and it provides a framework to build a pre- and post-processor for numerical analysis. The screenshots are very impressive:
The list of partners of the project it’s very impressive too 
Today I pre-registered in the Spanish Civil Engineers College. It is a step that usually we take when we are in the latest year of the degree. It has some advantages for students, but, it’s more important, it is an interesting window to see what is happening with the profession.
Of course, I don’t forget the more ancient Civil Engineers Association. I become a member some years ago. It was the original defender of civil engineers in Spain, but it turned its operations because the foundation of the College. Today is a reference in activities that promote good technical, social, human practices.
(And yes, I saw the banner “optimized for IE6 and 1024×768″: next generations will have to do an effort to change some things )
Via JamSession, Randy Brecker Electric Band in Ourense, next May 26th in “XII Festival de Jazz de Primavera 2008″. I would like to listen both brothers in concert, but it won’t be possible 
And via Toma Jazz, Wayne Shorter in “Imaxinasons” next June, 29th at Vigo. It’s a very bad date for me, but I’ll try to go.
The day before of Dudesconf my friend Javi Calvo and me went to the Jofre Theater in Ferrol. That was the late evening/night of Marlango.
Some years ago I saw their first public performance in a TV. In that moment they were still working in their first album “Marlango” (2004), but that scoop promised a good future for the band: a nice jazz/rock/pop fusion performed by good musicians and a not great but very passionate, female voice. “Marlango” and “Automatic Imperfection” (2005) were the main part of my soundtrack for last summer (along with “Alone” (1968) by Bill Evans, “Full Circle” (2002) by Jon Mayer and, of course “A love Supreme”).
“The Electrical Morning” (2007) is the last album of Marlango. I like it much, but I miss part of jazz style of the former albums. Oscar Ybarra’s trumpet sounds under cover, and the music is a bit psycodelic. So, I had one doubt because it.
I had another doubt too. Well, Leonor Watling is a very pretty woman and a good actress. And she sounded well in the studio. But how would she be on the stage?
Last concert cleared up me the two doubts. The band is even better on stage than in the studio. Not only playing music, they created a good air joking with the audience. Leonor performs every song with voice, body and soul. She’s funny. She’s shy. She’s lovely. She has an impressive presence on the stage.
So, the guiness and cigarrettes after the concert pleased us very much
This week was a time for recover after Dudesconf. Last year I passed four phases:
Now I’m in the phase number 3
Really we spent a good time in the Dudesconf. Some Debian people that didn’t came last year to Coruña joined to the people that repeated, and it was a very nice combination. We were like a family. I hope too the meeting will help a bit releasing Lenny.
It was a good time for GPUL too. These hackmeetings involve new people, and they force us to tune and improve our infrastructure and to make some new experiments. The congratulations after prove that even when we were bearing bad times with very few new activists, we have a great right staff. I’m very proud of my mates in GPUL.
And now… I return to the civil (engineering) life again
OpenSolaris 2008.05 is out. You can ask for free CD’s too
Thanks to Carlos, via Glynn Foster
…and I suppose the time will certify that the last saturday has dead the last decent president of Spanish democracy until today.
In memorian, civil engineer Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo (1926-2008).
It’s 2:50 at the gym/hotel at the Dudesconf. Lights off. Some dudes dream sweetly, some dudes try to dream sweetly, some people try to win an audible competition But most of dudes… err… see the photo
It’s nine o’clock. Contrary to what half Spaniards that are going four days for holiday, I’m in the UDC Campus of Elviña a bit stressed. I’m having a coffee in the Faculty of Laws, because the coffee of the Faculty of Computer Science requires you a stomach trasplant after having it. The music of Marlango still sound in my ears (as Leonor Watling presence on the stage is still in my mind ). But I’ll write about it later.
So, I take Dato’s meme, and I write: I’m going to the Dudesconf II: Attack of the Dudes
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