Romulo Lopez Cordero

Insight into the Podcasting

It seems that PodCasting is becoming mainstream. Podcasting according to Wikipedia:

"Podcasting is a method of publishing sound files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new audio files automatically"

Curious about it for some time while browsing the blogs I read, I got to a post that mentioned the Podcasting Blog of Slashdot Review. The 10 minute show runs daily and features tech news and comments. To close the podcast they feature alternative music bands. This bands are usually new groups or independant groups and they use this shows plus their own podcasts to promote themselves. On Thursday June 2 show I discovered this Roanake Virginia band "Barefoot West" that has this cool music with a catchy tune and soft lyrics. "You are You are" song is perfect to be in the caribean or at the beach having a few beers. I have added in my list of links a category for Podcasting. As I discover interesting podcast I wil add them to that category, watch my links. Join the podcasting revolution and start by listening. Now I need someone to give me an IPod to do real Podcast listening.
P.D. BTW check Garage Band for other independant, free and legal music.

Would you dare to eat in a restaurant like this?

Check out this restaurant in Taiwan. I wonder if all the equipment is functional or if they had clients that try to use them. See for yourself. (Warning don't eat while seeing this)

New ways of attracting faithful

This might be a good community service and a good way to attract new faithfuls to church.

Blogs at Atlas

Atlas Economic Research Foundation where I currently work has started a Blog written by their top executives. At the same time Atlas has started a BlogHub where all the free market bloggers or free market think tank bloggers are listed. I encourage people wanting to know about what Atlas does and hence what I do for a living to visit these links.

CAFTA DR Progress

Here is an interesting link if you want to know what is going on with the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) from the perspective of The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). I encourage you to follow the CAFTA-DR debate as US Congress prepares to vote on the agreement. Some say that securing passage of this accord is a priority for President Bush, and it will set the stage for further achievements in advancing political and economic freedom in the Western Hemisphere. I just hope that it works and it does not becomes a straight jacket for liberalizing further the Central American countries, or an excuse to avoid doing more profound reforms in the trade aspects and other aspects.

Richard Posner Chief Justice?

I am probably navigating rough waters with this comment, especially being new to this country and to judicial issues, but certanly this comment by PrawfsBlawg does an interesting analysis of why Richard Posner would make a good case for a Supreme Court Chief Justice. Being my inclinations on the libertarian side I admire a lot of Posner and Becker's blog and I often hear them being quoted in free market - Libertarian -Conservative lectures. Would not be great to have a Supreme Court Justice like him? Thanks for the pointer to Instapundit

Blogging as a Job

This little article that appeared on the WSJ yesterday is interesting. It tells how blogging is becoming a respectable profession and as companies recognize the value of blogs for their corporate image they start hiring bloggers to do the company blog. Altough the article says that the leash is relatively long for Bloggers I wonder how long would that last as it becomes a main stream trend.