I’m in Madrid right now. I’m surprised by how much I like the city. The weather is nice, and there’s a fantastic variety of outdoor cafes and bars. It’s also way less overrun by tourists than Barcelona. Yesterday, I met with some cool Spanish hackers at Hamlab. Later, I’ll try to write more about that […]
Entries from March 15th, 2009
¡Bienvenidos a Argentina!
March 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Argentina, Geeky, Travel
I’ve arrived in Buenos Aires without incident. The flight was lengthy, but I was able to sleep. However, I did witness one of the most frightening sights I’ve ever seen at an airport: Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that is a Microsoft logo on the side of a JET ENGINE. The jokes practically write themselves: “Microsoft […]
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More shameless self-promotion
March 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hacker culture, Shameless link-bait
I’ve written up another interview I did for hackerspaces.org. I think the interviews are pretty interesting and I’m glad I’m doing them/contributing knowledge about the greater hacker community, but the actual process of writing, transcribing, finding appropriate links, sorting through photos, uploading everything is really time-intesnsive. I’m wondering if I’d be better off shooting video […]
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Observations from the first week in Argentina
March 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Argentina, Conspiracies, Travel
It is warm here. It hasn’t been below 21° C (70° F) since I arrived, even in the middle of the night. During the day, it’s quite humid and sticky, and the sun is all up in my face in a way it hasn’t been the entire time I’ve been in Europe. I think I […]
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New Continent, New Look
March 25th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Argentina, Coding, Free software, Shameless link-bait
Don’t worry, you’re (probably) not a victim of DNS spoofing. As you may have noticed, the site looks a bit different. To celebrate my arrival on a brand-new continent, I’m relaunching this blog with a brand-new, custom, WordPress theme. All of the design work, and the lion’s share of the PHP/CSS work, are courtesy of […]
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