By shankao on 30/09/2015
A nice note about how to deal with legacy systems: “Mitch Rosenberg of InfoVentions.net, Inc. claims that the first law of software archaeology (he calls it code or data archaeology) is: Everything that is there is there for a reason, and there are 3 possible reasons: It used to need to be there but no […]
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By shankao on 08/12/2014
Recently, I got again into one of those retro-computing nostalgia phases. I’ve been reading material about old computers like the TRS-80 or the Apple ][, older mainframe ones like the PLATO and PDP-10, and random retro-games blogs like The Digital Antiquarian and The CRPG Addict. Finally, stumbled upon this site: OldLinux.org, dedicated to the very early history […]
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By shankao on 26/03/2013
Somehow, I have managed to be a vegetarian during all the last week. It all started as a promise/bet/challenge with the staff at Lagnaa. Due to the incoming Earth hour, they were trying to get the people involved with different actions that would make a change in Earth conservation. So, I accepted to play the […]
Posted in Personal | Tagged vegetarian, week challenge |
By shankao on 24/10/2012
Up until then, travel and the idea of going far away had just being a dream, and dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. That way, we avoid all the risks, frustrations and difficulties, and when we are old, we can always blame other people […]
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By shankao on 04/07/2012
Nena2 -“Babe2” in Spanish-, is the real queen of the night, and includes a bag of pills to prove it!! Found in a cheap store in León.
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By shankao on 21/02/2012
What’s about this willing to run outside? Either I’m dead tired or wanting to be jumping in a concert. It could be because, finally, I have got some good speakers and destructing all the house. Let’s try them again with some great music: .Really loud P.D.: the video is from a Muse collaboration with MTV […]
Posted in Lifestyle | Tagged mk ultra, muse, music |
By shankao on 20/02/2012
During a chill evening in La Granja’s royal palace gardens, metallic horses got stuck in the forming ice.
Posted in Adventure, Photos | Tagged chill, Segovia |
By shankao on 18/02/2012
It’s Saturday morning in Singapore, and a non-stop rain advances me a long wet weekend. Look at this prevision from google results: This happens all time. There are no seasons here, but something like “chunks or days with the same weather all in a row”. So, you can take 10 days of rain, rain, rain, […]
Posted in News | Tagged singapore, weather |
By shankao on 13/02/2012
It’s being some time already that I try to simplify the life around me. Before this, every day, I was receiving more than 50 emails, SMSs, chat conversations, regular facebook and twitter updates and notifications, tons of updates in my news feeder, events from google calendar… a big torrent of information to process, answer and […]
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By shankao on 10/02/2012
Thanks to the Iberica guys 😉
Posted in LOL | Tagged managers |