There was a big protest march in Barcelona yesterday. They passed down Las Ramblas which is the biggest tourist drag in town. There were quite a few demonstrators. The ones in the front of the march seemed very militant. They were shouting slogans and throwing flash-bang fireworks (you can see the smoke from one in […]
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Back to the NL
August 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Linux, Spain, Travel
I found a ride back to the Netherlands on this ridesharing website. I went and met the guy, he seems like a pretty nice, somewhat crusty, laid-back Italian guy. He also has a drop-dead gorgeous Spanish girlfriend, who won’t be accompanying us on the trip and an excitable black Labrador that will. He said he’s […]
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The Eternal Quest for Ping
August 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Linux, Spain, Technology
So of the three free internet terminals at the hostel, one of them has never worked (the screen is just dark), and the other one has been frozen all day (based on the error message displayed, it’s actually running eLux NG). Yes Virginia, Linux can freeze. Although, based on the errors it looks like what […]
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What’s up Pomona!
September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Pomona, Spain, Travel
My last night in Barcelona, I ran into a bunch of kids from Pomona. They’re getting ready to study abroad in Edinburgh and traveling around before their classes start. It was pretty awesome hanging out with them and reminded me of a lot of the things I loved about Pomona. Particularly, being surrounded by incredibly […]
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La Tomatina Photos
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Photos, Spain, Travel
I finally got my camera developed from the Tomatina, so here’s the photographic evidence. Some of these aren’t the greatest pictures, but it was certainly adverse conditions. Pretty much any time you raised a camera to take a photo, people would try to hit the camera with tomatoes. It was pretty awesome. Officially, the festival […]
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