Nix 1.11 released
Nix 1.11
has been released. See the release\
notes for a list of changes and new features. ⌘ Read more
Amazon Cloud Drive feedback
This is not merely a technical problem, but I did not have the choice for multiple selections. Anytime I use the word “you” down below, I mean Amazon.
First the good. I love you, I have used AWS S3 for a long time, no complains. I do much of my online purchases on you, although I am not a fervent shopper. I rent my movies on Amazon Video. I am signed up for Flex. I want you to succeed even more. I love you!
Now the bad. Amazon Cloud Drive is bad. The OS X client i … ⌘ Read more
American parenting is killing marriage
This article sounds very true, although I would not go as far as generalizing it for all Americans.
Mothers must devote themselves to their children above anyone or anything else, but many wives would be offended if their husbands said, “You’re pretty great, but my love for you will never hold a candle to the love I have for John Junior.”
Mothers are also hol … ⌘ Read more
Dumping dollars left and right
“DOD charged the American taxpayer $43 million for what is likely the world’s most expensive gas station.”
That’s what Special Inspector General John F. Sopko found when he looked at the construction of a natural gas station in Sheberghan, Afghanistan.
According to the report, at most that station should have cost about $500,000. But in this case, the Department of Defense’s Task Force for … ⌘ Read more
Disempowering the user. ⌘ https://blog.cosmix.org/2015/11/01/disempowering-the-user/
Standard and daylight savings time
Standard Time. When I was a child, an old lady I loved as my own grandmother used to tell me this time was “God’s time,” and that she never changed clocks when everyone else switched to “Daylight Savings Time.” I wish I could do the same, unfortunately I am not old enough not to care.
Good office slave manual
Yegor Bugayenko has a few tips—a short manual, per se—to help us be good office slaves.
Don’t Nag. No matter what is happening, you should never criticize your direct manager. The boss is always right. Everything else may be wrong — the situation, colleagues, suppliers, computers, the CEO, investors, the market, or the weather, but not the boss you directly report to. The word of this person is the law. The boss is the god. … ⌘ Read more
Tempus Fugit
Time seems to be passing by too fast. Way too fast.
A week starts and then it is over when I blink. Same applies to weekends. It used to be that time seemed to pass quick only when engaged in something. Lately it is the same, whether I am busy or not. I am afraid I will blink again, and I will be gone.
Amongst the many things we can’t control, time is the one that hurts the most, especially as we grow older. I think I am having a déjà vu. ⌘ Read more
iCloud Drive on standby
When Apple announced the iCloud Drive integration in Yosemite, I got really excited. As I was already part of the “Apple ecosystem” (iPhone, iPad, iMac), the iCloud Drive availability in all, specially on the desktop, seemed like the culmination of all my dreams: a Cloud to rule them all. I ordered the 200 GB for $4 a month right away.
As it turns out with products in infancy, the iCloud Drive is no yet mature. My single complain, but a very important one, is the lack of selec … ⌘ Read more
Sprint crookery
I am not happy with Sprint, I think it is a bad company. That, of course, is my opinion.
I left them and took the hit of the early termination fee (ETF) because their service in my area was, and is, not usable. Even though I had documented the many times I called for not having reception, not able to make calls, and their “unlimited” data plan been unusable, I paid the ETF and decided to move on.
What I wasn’t counting on was the taxes they, or my local government, charged me. They cha … ⌘ Read more
Non-Social
Almost over two years ago I left Facebook. A few months ago I left LinkedIn and Twitter. Two weeks ago I left Google+. I also left Groupon (I don’t even know why I ever sign up for that junk!). Next is to leave here. I guess this is my way to pursuit happiness.
As Mark weblog is gone1 —perhaps step 9 was, “ Get rid of the weblog“— I enumerate what he wrote:
- Stop buying stuff you don’t need.
- Pay off all … ⌘ Read more
Drawing a blank, again
Drawing a blank.
- Lost in a search of identity, on a broader scale
- Consumed by the unknowns
- Overflowed by love; furious for not knowing why
- Feeling I am missing something
- Moving towards the end
Drawing a blank. ⌘ Read more
Find what you love
Steve Jobs commencement\
address at
Stanford University, in 2005:
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve
ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because
almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of
embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of�� … ⌘ Read more
Many changes coming soon
Just very recently I wrote about me moving to Jekyll from WordPress:
After much thought, and tinkering, I decided to ditch my six year old
or so WordPress and start blogging like a hacker
with the awesome Jekyll.
I also wrote —fairly recently— about [living on a Linod … ⌘ Read more
Forget Hyde, moved to Jekyll!
After much thought, and tinkering, I decided to ditch my six year old or so WordPress and start blogging like a hacker with the awesome Jekyll.
I am still getting a few things in place, like making sure all entries are properly converted to markdown, but overall I … ⌘ Read more
Mi viejo
A steady, yet gentle, rain was falling over Miami on the night of 24th November 2010. Some say rain are tears from the sky. I was crying as well. On 24th November my father died.
Those who have lost an infinitely dear one will understand how I feel. Not only did I lose the best father a son could have, I lost a lifetime friend, a restless protector, a confidant. The many memories that I have of him continue to br … ⌘ Read more
Viva Spain!
Woohoo! Spain, Champions of Europe and now Champions of the World! What an amazing match! So excited! Now I can’t hardly wait until the next World Cup! :-) Viva España! Viva España! ⌘ Read more
Host hunting
I had had all my websites —this one, and many other test ones, etc—, plus my self-managed DNS on ServerBeach (now part of Peer1) for a very long time. They all reside on a dedicated server, which has, sadly, reached it’s end of life (EOL).
Although I can keep it as it is, doing so represents a liability problem, as I will be out of luck, should it decide to fail. The problem is, ServerBeach isn’t offering anything right now similar to the serv … ⌘ Read more
Страхотни …. щори http://freshome.com/2009/11/18/mind-blowing-building-facade-kiefer-technic-showroom/
Bookmarklets I use
These are some of the general bookmarklets I use. I have them synchronized with Chrome and Google Docs, but I am listing them here in case I want to share them with someone else, like you (yes, you there, reading this now). Here there go:
- Tweet it! : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q=prompt(“Enter your Tweet”,“”);if (q!=null) location=”http://twitter.com/home?st … ⌘ Read more
Use Google Checkout
I was going to write a longer note on Paypal and eBay, but after some time to cool down I do not think it is worth it. Instead I am going to recommend, wholeheartedly, the use of Google Checkout for all your payments and shopping needs. Really, once again Google did not let me down and transformed an otherwise nightmare into a pleasant auctioning/shopping dream.
If you must use eBay, find a way to use Google Checkout with it. Y … ⌘ Read more
September 11th
We will never forget.
Today, eight years ago, a group of humans, guided by a political agenda, a deep hatred towards the United States, and a mad religious fanaticism slammed airplanes into the World Trade Center, destroying the Twin Towers, damaging other buildings, and killing almost 3,000 people. A second airplane hit The Pentagon, and a … ⌘ Read more
Aion, the WoW killer
Aion isn’t out yet for North America or Europe, but has already caused long time WoW players to quit. That is what my household has done, ending the life of two, four years old, accounts.
Beta 4 is coming up, July 17th and we can hardly wait. Preorder will give you access to the beta, so go ahead! Simply Google Aion and follow the appropiated link.
While we wait, it feels good to be out of WoW. Really liberating! ⌘ Read more
Yet another
Yet another long downtime on World of Warcraft, just in the verge of the release of the second major expansion for the game. What a royal mess! You would think Blizzard has it figured out by now, down to a science, but…
I can’t imagine how tomorrow, with the expansion release, will be. Not going to “tune in.” Instead will let others have the “fun.” ⌘ Read more
From today’s Barack’s email
News broke this morning that Senator Clinton made three separate loans to her campaign in the past 30 days —including one as recently as Monday.
These loans total more than $6.4 million, which combined with her previous personal loans, add up to at least $11.4 million she’s loaned her campaign since February.
A spokesman said she may continue to “loan the campaign additional money out of her jointly-held assets” —which include more than $100 million in … ⌘ Read more
Vicepresident? No, thank you
Obama spurns double ticket hints
“I don’t know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to somebody who is in first place,” he told a rally in Columbus, Mississippi.
“I don’t want anybody here thinking that somehow ‘well, you know, maybe I can get both.’ Don’t think that way. You have to make a choice in this election.”
“I’m not running for vice president. … ⌘ Read more
New NixOS ISOs
New NixOS installation CD images for i686 and
x86_64 are available,
which is a good thing as the previous ones were already a few
months old. The new images are Nix 0.11-based, contain Memtest86+ as a
convenience, should support more SATA drives, an … ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.11 released
Nix\
0.11 has been released. This is a major new release
representing over a year of development. The most important
improvement is secure multi-user support. It also features many
usability enhancements and language extensions, many of them
prompted by NixOS, the purely functional Linux distribution
based on Nix. See the [release\
notes](https://web.archive.org/web/20140913055323/https://releases.nixos.org … ⌘ Read more
Don’t step in the lines
The child inside of us lives, I am a living proof. That, or I have some autistic tendencies. Or both. Having a child, I unintentionally behave like a child when I am with him but, also, when I am alone.
I have found myself avoiding to step on cracks on the floor, or on lines. When challenged with floors with multiple lines together, which are difficult or impossible to avoid, I either find and alternative route, or simply enlarge my pattern of what I consider lined space, like line … ⌘ Read more
You are a prisoner, keep quiet!
U.S. Seeks Silence on CIA Prisons
The Bush administration has told a federal judge that terrorism suspects held in secret CIA prisons should not be allowed to reveal details of the “alternative interrogation methods” that their captors used to get them to talk.
The government says in new court filings that those interrogation methods are now among the nation’s most … ⌘ Read more
What a load of crock!
If it weren’t enough that you have to go through airport hell every time you must take an airplane, some people is trying to cash in, and they are using terrorism to their advantage. Enter Clear card.
From their CEO (read while playing patriotic music on the background, waving an American flag) :
“I started Verified Identity Pass with a simple idea: In the post 9-11 era we have to take new measures to protect ourselves yet not destroy our way of life by strangling the free f … ⌘ Read more
Nixpkgs 0.11 released
Nixpkgs\
0.11 has been released. See the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
We remember: Six years ago
Today, six years ago, a group of animals belonging to the human race decided to take away thousands of innocent lives by destroying the Twin Towers (see World Trade Center). Let us not to forget how stupid they were, how criminal th … ⌘ Read more
I shall not censure
From today on, I shall not censure on this weblog. Any comment left (no spam comments, of course. Who needs those?) will be shown uncensored. I will only mask foul words (just because of my ICRA rating, safe for children), and correct capitalization as needed, but nothing else. I don’t remember ever censuring –I don’t write enough, really. But now I have taken that idea, if ever was, away from my mind. ⌘ Read more
Why Vista is not going in
I was talking —well, chatting— the other day with a friend of mine and he was telling me some bad experiences he had had with a Windows Media Center upgrade. That got me talking about Windows Vista, perhaps it is because Windows Vista Ultimate comes with it, I am not sure. Anyways…
I told my friend I am not installing Vista (although I have Windows Vista Ultimate —the final version of Vista, no beta, no RC, but final— as … ⌘ Read more
Heavy Microsoft ads on Freshmeat
Freshmeat is, in their own words, “the first stop for Linux users hunting for the software they need for work or play.” and it also “offers a variety of original content on technical, political, and social aspects of software and programming, written by both Freshmeat readers and Free Software luminaries.”
I have been very surprised to see, more and more, Microsoft ads on Freshmeat. All over the place. Quite often. Fre … ⌘ Read more
Wired News: Apple’s iPhone is Calling
Wired News: Apple’s iPhone is Calling
The most likely scenario, as Jupiter analyst Ian Fogg has pointed out, is that the iPhone will be a stand-alone device that will accept a standard SIM card. You’ll pop the SIM card out of your current cell phone and plug it into the iPhone. It’ll be just like buying an unlocked handset from Asia, except you’ll buy it at an Apple store instead o … ⌘ Read more
Winds of change
It seems winds of change had blown, brought by the mid-term elections. And yes, change was (is) what we needed. I am cautiously happy. After all, it is politics what we are talking about here. ⌘ Read more
Craigslist founder will not sell
The founder of craigslist, the free social-networking and classifieds Web site, said on Thursday he is not interested in selling out, just hours after MySpace.com was valued at $15 billion.
“Who needs the money? We don’t really care,” Craig Newmark said in an interview at the Picnic ‘06 Cross Media Week conference in Amsterdam.
“If you’re living comfortably, what’s the point of having more?” Newmark said.
[…]
… ⌘ Read more
Electoral signs: my approach
On every single election “season” I can see a multitude of signs and advertising that often remains until “natural decay” or the city gets them removed, 6 months –or more– after the elections are over. That really makes me mad. I would make it part of the process of being elected: if you win, you cannot take over office until you clean up all your garbage. And if they don’t, a hefty fine gets applied, they get ridiculed and their seat is up for claiming.
Thi … ⌘ Read more
Worse hurricane season?
With Dennis –the hurricane, that is– Florida has had 5 hurricanes in less than a year. And it seems it could get a bit worse.
LOXAHATCHEE, FL – A wildlife expert in south Florida says turtles may be giving us a sign that the hurricane season ahead is going to be a bad one.
Lyle Thomas said he’s noticed turtles at the edge of the Everglades have nested just about as high as they can in earthen levees.
Thomas operates Loxahatchee Everglade Tours and sa … ⌘ Read more
Changes
Changes are coming soon. After a couple of years with the same patched interface I am about to a) have it right and migrate it to WP 1.5 or b) asimilate an existing WP template and start fresh. The advances behind WP 1.5.1 are way too attracting, I am not going to wait any longer.
So, should you tomorrow (or next month) come and find things completely different, do not fret. I am changing things around… [once again](https://collantes.us/2003/05/11/things-are-changing-once-again/ “Things changed back th … ⌘ Read more
Remembrance
Today, three years ago, a group of animals belonging to the human race decided to take away thousands of innocent lives by destroying the Twin Towers (see World TradeCenter). Let us not to forget how stupid they were, how criminal they were, how non human they were. L … ⌘ Read more
First day
I must admit, before I continue, that I did not exercise last night. At least, not as I had intended. It is my fault, I became lazy and even though Kim pushed me well, it did not worked out. But… I am proud the say that I just walked three miles this morning and, boy, it felt good. I know it is not a sensational “news”, but I wanted to mark the day of my come back. I will be fit in no time. I have to. I must. Next, I will buy a pedometer. Thanks to my friend [Martin](http://www.edulon.co.uk/ “Renaissance Ed … ⌘ Read more
WordPress and how I did it
This might as well be my last entry completely related or dedicated to WP. I am sure I will mention it here and there in the future, but it would have to be something very important for me to talk about it exclusively in one entry.
As the few of you know, I used to run Movable Type (MT) and I was happy with it. The only thing that always bothered me was the rebuild times, which were getting bigger and bigger and the fact the every comment posted would take from 2 to 5 minute … ⌘ Read more
Sun and salty water
After almost a year, we returned to the beach yesterday. Jetty Park, by Port Cañaveral is around 45 miles from where we live, but still closer than Daytona. It is quite a nice park, with a decently clean beach. For those of you living constantly under the cold weather, sun and salty water is as good as it gets, right? :-)
� … ⌘ Read more
Slight redesign
Slight redesign is in progress. It may span several days before it is finished but, as everything else, will get there, where I wanted it to be :-) I have been meaning to add a “side bar” for quite a while and today was the day.
At home today, tired. Kent sleeps. Good. Will come back, as soon as time permits. Oh boy, this post is g … ⌘ Read more
Uneventful weekend
This weekend was a bit stressful and I felt some anxiety, but it was uneventful. We –floridians– are enjoying once again a nice fresh weather. Let’s hope it will stay for a little more longer.
I went to work today. I have planned to do the work from home, but could not VPN to work. That forced me to get up my comfortable chair at home, dressed and drive to work. Luckily everything was done on time and I was on my way home around 11:00 AM. It is 12:01 AM while I type this, so I guess I … ⌘ Read more
Happy Thanksgiving!
A few years ago, 383 more or less to be more precise, a bunch of british came to the now known America, running away, so to speak, from the beliefs of the Church of England, which they weren’t that happy with. The pilgrims settled on a piece of land that is now called the State of Massachusetts.
During their first winter everything was a mess: they had no food (they got there too late and winter made things more difficult), and without it, half of their settled colony died from diseases. … ⌘ Read more
A moment in time
Not much is happening lately. At least, not much worth of mentioning. Christmas is coming (yes, Christmas, I do not need to be “politically” correct by calling it “holidays”) and I tend to get a little bit sad just around this time. I know it might sound weird, but I can’t help it.
Time is flying by lately and I do not know whether that’s good or bad. It should be bad all the time, since time is one of the few things that never returns, it can’t be rewinded. But while at work, it … ⌘ Read more