February 2012
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Mexicans overcharged billions for phone, web →
(Reuters) - Mexicans have been overcharged $13.4 billion a year for phone and internet services as the industry dominated by billionaire Carlos Slim gouges customers and keeps the economy from growing, a study released on Monday said.
No wonder Carlos Slim is the richest man in the world. He’s robbing millions of mexicans with monopolistic practices.
January 2012
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How I kept myself organized while creating...
Something I wrote. The longest post I’ve ever written, actually.
programmista:
These days there are so many methodologies, tools and technologies for product management, productivity, organization, task tracking, knowledge management, etc. There’s so much to choose from that I decided to share the whats, hows and whys of the methodologies, tools and technologies I used to keep myself...
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Too much breakfast
Today I had the following for breakfast:
One mini torga ahogada
One serving of huevos con chorizo
One serving of chicken with some unknown sauce
Two servings of beans
Three quesadillas
Two tiny pieces of mexican pan dulce
Three cups of coffee
All that for only $60 pesos ($4.6 USD or 3.5€)!
Now that’s cheap.
The funny thing is that the place is called Chai and I don’t think they even...
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PostWarden Feature List →
Look! I’ve made a list!
postwarden:
Want to know everything PostWarden does? Well, now you can!
Some users (and potential users) have been asking me whether PostWarden does this or that. I can’t put the whole list in the Mac App Store’s app description nor the products homepage. What I could do, is make a list of everything I know PostWarden does and make it accessible somewhere on...
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I just received an email from Goodreads telling me that because of some terms of use issues, they aren’t able to use Amazon’s data anymore.
They were kind enough to let me know how many of the books in my shelves will be affected and how I can “rescue” them so the data is not lost.
The thing is that 0 of the books on my shelves need rescuing… so why did you send me the email? I know I haven’t...
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In process of redesigning gabrielayuso.com
Oh wow, I’ve been having quite some fun with Photoshop, HTML, CSS and JavaScript today. Who knew!
gabrielayuso.com has been pointing at my Tumblr blog for quite a while now… it’s time to make a more “official” page and move my Tumblr blog to a subdomain.
It’s a simple design but I like what I have so far. I built the PostWarden Tumblr theme in such a hurry ^^ but I did soak my toes in...
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PostWarden goes to trial
Because looking at the pretty GIF on the PostWarden webpage isn’t enough to experience the app’s goodness (although it’s a pretty sweet GIF, I might add), I’ve released a trial version of the app!
You can go to http://postwarden.com click on Try it at the top right of the page and then click on the Download Trial button.
Or you can download it right here: http://postwarden.com/trial
It’s...
I’ve been socializing way more since I’m back but I need a bit more. Get me out of my comfort zone! Make me uncomfortable! Bring the awkwardness and embrace it unlit you suffocate it!
Who am I speaking to? Myself? Who is that? Who is me? We are all me-s aren’t we?
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Oddities of energy and code
This afternoon I wasn’t concentrating very well while coding. I did the job but I felt slow, tired and not very engaged.
I don’t like working while I’m in that state, mainly because I can’t produce good quality code and my head spins too much. I decided to take my iPad out and catch up a bit on some articles I had stacked up on Instapaper. I did read a few articles but I kept feeling tired and...
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PostWarden hits the Mac App Store →
…and I made a GIF about it! (My first GIF since the Geocities days).
What is PostWarden?
PostWarden is a Mac OS X app that keeps the posts from all of your Tumblr blogs archived safely in your computer. It lets you quickly browse through your posts and write drafts even without an internet connection. It also lets you manage your existing drafts and posts right from the app.
Visit the site...
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MR. DAISEY AND THE APPLE FACTORY
Mike Daisey...
two awesome programming book lists
A list of free, online programming books, by Zed Shaw
A list of programming books written in 2011, by Antonio Cangiano
(via batkin)
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How to play YouTube videos in 2x speed
When I listen to podcasts I always listen to them in 1.5x or 2x speed. I understand everything that is said and it greatly cuts the time of episodes which can last an hour or more. I just found out how this same trick can be used on YouTube videos directly on the site.
First one needs to opt-in to the YouTube HTML5 by going to http://www.youtube.com/html5 and joining the program (you can go back...
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According to HP, Apple is now leading the "race to... →
Personal-computer makers are counting on ultrabooks to challenge the MacBook Air, Apple’s best-selling laptop, which is less than an inch thick. Still, Hewlett-Packard isn’t trying to compete on price: The new Spectre is $100 more than a MacBook Air with a 13.3-inch screen. Hewlett-Packard is emphasizing the laptop’s premium features and design, a bid to reach the “savvy fashionista” market,...
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“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the...”
– Winston Churchill
“The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead...”
– The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien (via quote-book)
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Koan 183
Innovators create something new. Visionaries reinvent the wheel.
- ผู้บุกเบิกสร้างสิ่งใหม่ คนช่างฝันประดิษฐ์ล้อเองอีกครั้ง
Why we don't hire programmers based on puzzles,... →
I’ve known fabulous programmers flame out in the quizzing cage and terrible ones excel. So unless you’re specifically hiring someone to design you the next sorting algorithm, making them do so on the white board is a poor gauge of future success. — 37signals
timefighter asked: Tag, you’re it! Here are the rules: Each tagged person must post ten things about themselves. You have to choose and tag ten people. Go to their blogs and tell them you tagged them. No tag back.
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PostWarden Beta 4
A new beta version is ready to be downloaded! It might be the last beta version before release.
This update includes a few bug fixes, UI tweaks and improvements. The main change is that PostWarden will now load images from the archive. Because of this, posts will render faster and images will be displayed even without an internet connection. The in-app help has also been improved by adding new...