| Last week, some relatives were showing their artwork at Madrid International Furniture Exhibition. I was impressed about the quality and originality of their works, which are mostly based on pottery. Their workshop is located in northern Spain, in a small town where iniciatives like these have to be sponsored by the Government in order to have minimal hope of success. Maybe I’ll change my mind about decorating my flat with stuff from IKEA… |  |
Add comment April 28th, 2003
| A fragment from the book I’m currently reading (written by the creator of my top 5 favorite High Fidelity)…
[...] I suddenly have a very deep yearning to go and see a Chinese film at the Screen on the Green – the more Chinese it is, in fact, the better I would like it. That is another chamber of my heart that shows no electrical activity – the chamber that used to flicker into life when I saw a film that moved me, or read a book that inspired me, or listened to music that made me want to cry. I closed that chamber myself, for all the usual reasons. [...] |
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1 comment April 27th, 2003
After some months of thorough seek (it was more difficult than I initally thought), I have apparently found a nice place to live. Right now it’s quite boring, as the flat isn’t decorated at all. I’m already planning some trips to IKEA, so I hope it’ll be habitable soon 
In moments like these, I wish I lived in Australia. |
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5 comments April 26th, 2003
This has been one of the strangest days in my life. After work, some colleagues and I decided to go for a meal + drink. Not having enough with that, we felt that we needed to go downtown. When we were passing by Palacio de Gaviria, I unexpectedly met Delia queueing there (she was supposed to be in Switzerland, anyway). We got in and spent many hours inside (an awesome place, you should check it sometime). I’ve been talking with Delia about the old times in Stockholm (the Palacio was full of Swedes, by the way). I couldn’t stop thinking about the kotbullar times. When they were playing salsa, we remembered Klaybert and Luis. When they were playing Operacion Triunfo songs, we remembered Samer. And so on… On another front, I didn’t know Robert dropped by Switzerland a few months ago. Actually, I dunno anything about him since ages. Robert, are you there? The end of the story is that it’s 7.35h in the morning. I just had time for a shower and am writing this from work! Life is beautiful…
5 comments April 25th, 2003
| Part of a lyric from Joaquin Sabina…
This goodbye doesn’t veil a see you later,
this never doesn’t hide any I wish, these ashes don’t play with fire, this blind man doesn’t look backwards. This notary signs whatever I write, This post is dedicated to all of you reading this from Sweden. |
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3 comments April 17th, 2003
| Would you ever compare a diet with a negative-feedback system? John Walker, founder of Autodesk and co-author of AutoCAD, thinks overweight problems can be easily faced by studying their transfer function and solving them as traditional engineering systems. He does even provide a bunch of computer tools that will help you track your weight loss on a daily basis from an engineering point of view.
My favorite quote: There is a difference between eating a varied diet and chowing down on a cup of lard and sugar once a day. Programmers know this instinctively: they balance their daily menu among the four major food groups: caffeine, sugar, grease, and salt. It’s very worrying that I feel identified with all these… |
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Add comment April 14th, 2003
| The first lift of the so called space elevator has already been planned. On July 1st, 2018 an elevator guided by a thin cable (some centimeters thick) and built by LiftPort will go up to 15000 kilometers away from the Earth.
The main benefit of this would be inexpensive delivery of satellites to space. What is more interesting to me is that it will supposedly make space trips affordable for almost everyone. Not surprisingly, there is already someone making profit out of this. You can read more on space elevators at how stuff works. |
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Add comment April 13th, 2003
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Truth is the most valuable thing we have -- so let us economize it. -- Mark Twain |
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