National Geographic's International Photography Contest 2009 - The Big Picture

November 29, 2009

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Amazing photos from TBP. I was at the Iguazu Falls many years ago, and it's a majestic and breathtaking place.

After the move

November 16, 2009

So, three weeks after our move back to Mexico, things are going well. We battled some illnesses in the beginning (we got a pretty bad cold), but we are all but recovered now, and we've been extremely busy. We are in the process of finding a place to live, moving from Mexico City (where we arrived, and where my new job started) to Queretaro (where my permanent job will be), buying a car, finding a school, and many other "startup tasks" that need to be done.

Server-less does not mean service-less

November 16, 2009

For a few weeks now, all of mine and my family's online presence and services have been running exclusively using free services. Before, we shared a rented server with some friends, and that server hosted all the services provided by all of our domains: zzamboni.org, sorianoramirez.org, newmoms.ch and virtsecurity.org.

Now, with our moving to a different country and all that, we decided to eliminate the need to rent a server, and even reduce costs in the process. The fact that this transition could be done without breaking any previously existing links is a testament to the flexibility of the services and the infrastructure.

Character interactions charts (xkcd)

November 2, 2009

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Amazing. The amount of work that went into these (particularly for LOTR) is staggering.

Walking to work

October 21, 2009

Packed and ready to go

October 19, 2009

This was the scene last night in our cellar. It was all gone this morning.

Drives On What Side?

October 12, 2009

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Interesting map. I didn't know Argentina used to drive on the left side (until 1945, according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic#Argentina )

xkcd - A Webcomic - Scary

October 9, 2009

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Scary indeed. From the alt text "I'm teaching every 8-year-old relative to say this, and every 14-year-old to do the same thing with Toy Story. Also, Pokemon hit the US over a decade ago and kids born after Aladdin came out will turn 18 next year."