Romulo Lopez Cordero

links for 2007-02-28

• El Independent: El sueño americano
  (tags: RLS American dream)
• The Long Tail: Who needs a CIO?
  Why CEOS don't innovate
  (tags: business longtail management CIO)
• El Nuevo Herald | 02/27/2007 | Asesinan en Guatemala a policías testigos
  What the heck is going on in Guatemala?
  (tags: Guatemala El Salvador Dabusisson)
• adfreak: Swiss paper publishes this bogus Gucci ad
  Too Funny, I should take my photo and do the same.
  (tags: advertising culture humor gucci)
• Boing Boing: Co-working facilities for social-hungry solo freelancers
  So people are not only choosing when to work and how, but with whom.
  (tags: socialnetworking space)
• Solving the Safe Sledding Crisis
  Funny
  (tags: funny big government conservative)
• The most important day in US history | Samizdata.net
  The day that England recognized the US as an independant country.
  (tags: history US independance.)
• Micro Persuasion: Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center
  (tags: collaboration web2.0 Gmail lifehacks)
• The Life of Riley
  The oldest blogger on earth.
  (tags: blogs old woman interesting)
• ELPAIS.com - Las Academias de la Lengua publican una edición de ‘Cien años de soledad’ revisada por García Márquez - Cultura y Espectáculos - Agenda Ocio
  García Marquez publishes 100 years of Solitude corrected version.
  (tags: books literature)

links for 2007-02-26

• Could Britney Spears have cut her hair to avoid a drug test? - By Samantha Henig - Slate Magazine
  This might explain the recent Britney meltdown.
  (tags: drugs Spears)
• Neatorama » Blog Archive » The Real Tomb of Jesus?
  (tags: Israel religion Jesus)
• Dark Roasted Blend: The Glamour of Flight
  (tags: advertising airlines Girls pictures stewardess)
• An Upside-Down World
  The British far left makes common cause with Muslim reactionaries.
  (tags: politics British Left)
• El Nuevo Herald | 02/25/2007 | El único candidato hispano
  Bill Richardson the hispanic candidate
  (tags: Richardson Oppenheimer)
• Cafe Hayek: On Attitudes Toward Immigrants
  (tags: inmigration Irish books review)
• Hormonal Surge During Pregnancy Repairs Faulty Brain Signaling
  (tags: hormones MS pregnancy)
• youtube - rats take over kfc/taco bell
  Awfully grose.
  (tags: food health)
• El Independent: Los huesos del Che
  Sometimes reality is more fantastic than fiction, as the same author will say.
  (tags: Che Vargas Llosa Mario)
• Sitting Bull buried here?
  Ahother story of fake bones?
  (tags: sitting bull Canada)
• Romney Family Tree Has Polygamy Branch, White House Candidate Mitt Romney Condemns Polygamy, but His Great-Grandfather Had 5 Wives - CBS News
  (tags: Poligamy President Rommey)
• Who Needs Jacques Bauer?
  Why America and Europe can not be compared in the war on terror.
  (tags: terrorism America Europe)
• El Independent: Crecimiento del PIB versus IDH
  Without economic development there is hardly any human development.
  (tags: Arosemena Ecuador)
• Melissa's Adventures: Paint at the movies?!
  ATM machines with windows.
  (tags: blog humor security windows)
• Ron Pauls scores perfect 100 in constitution index « disinter
  Ron Paul for President
  (tags: Libertarians)
• WendyMcElroy.com: More on the Router Vulnerability
  (tags: router pharming)
• A triple-threat hybrid camcorder
  This is the camera I need
  (tags: camcorders)
• Chinese clinic treats teen internet addicts with hypnosis, shock therapy - Engadget
  Wonderful photo btw
  (tags: china internet psychology)
• Chip expert says Google threatened to blacklist his sites
  Google bully practices?
  (tags: google)
• Pregnant 14-year-old says it's 'fashionable' as four friends are also expecting | the Daily Mail
  (tags: children)
• BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Islam's pioneering women priests
  (tags: Islam muslims religion women)
• BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran rocket claim raises tension
  The stakes get higher...
  (tags: news nuclear space)
• Wired News: Feb. 25, 1836: Rapid Fire
  The origins of the Colt revolver.
  (tags: firearms Colt)

links for 2007-02-25

• Crisis y éxodo
  What a hole!!
  (tags: Hole Guatemala)
• LiveScience.com - Medieval Islamic Mosaics Used Modern Math
  (tags: art design history mathematics)
• Hacker puts judge in prison
  (tags: internet law politics)
• The man with the mysterious horn
  WTF? Another hoax?
  (tags: head man medicine Science weird strange)
• Marginal Revolution: The Wealth of Nations
  The color is certainly horrible, but this was long overdue.
  (tags: economy Smith)
• Feevy home
  Interesting concept
  (tags: blog blogging tools)
• Ojo al Texto » Blog Archive » ¿Es así como operaron los crackers?
  Some Colombian bloggers got hacked using phising techniques. It seems that they all shared leftists opinions, but nonetheless a attack that should be despised by everybody across the political spectrum.
  (tags: blogging blogs rights Colombia)
• CRE Satelital Ecuador | Presidente critica comunicado en contra de provincialización de la Península
  I usually disagree with Correa, but this time I will side with him. Why the heck the PSC is against the new province in Santa Elena. To me this is a mistery and lack of coherence of PSC.
  (tags: Ecuador autonomías)
• Wired: AP Technology and Business News from the Outside World on Wired.com
  I foresee somebody stealing images of celebrities to sell them on the blackmarket
  (tags: technology scanner)
• El Independent: Socialismo remanente
  (tags: socialism Ayau)
• Brain Training Toiler Paper - Gizmodo
  Something else to do in the meditation room.
  (tags: Toilet paper sudoku)
• Language Is A Virus - Cure writer's block!
  Tools to break the writer's block.
  (tags: literature creative writing)
• Evicted from Wikipedia. - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine
  How to get a wikipedia bio and how to avoid being kicked out if somebody fails the notability test.
  (tags: bio wikipedia)
• How the intellectual climate in Germany shaped the future Führer.
  (tags: fascism Nazi politics Germany History)

links for 2007-02-24

• Delfín, “El fenómeno You Tube”, llega a Chile
  Delfin rocks in Chile
  (tags: Delfin Chile)
• Boing Boing: Electroshock therapy for China's "Internet addicts"
  I would never blog inside China. They will electrocute me. Maybe my wife wants to send me to China.
  (tags: China blooging internet)
• WriteRoom | ALT1040
  This is definitively something that I need. Technology has made the whole computer use experience better, but you need some down to earth plain technology to focus and stop watching IM, gizmos on your screen.
  (tags: tools internet)
• they.misled.us » Dark Room
  Wonderful text to darken everything and focus on writing and not all the bells and whisthles on your computer.
  (tags: awesome blogging efficiency writing text)
• Download details: Virtual PC 2007
  (tags: virtual pc 2007)
• Female Pakistani minister shot dead for 'breaking Islamic dress code'-News-World-Asia-TimesOnline
  Inteolerance gets worst. Rest in peace.
  (tags: crime fundamentalism islam)
• At Intuit, What Comes After Taxes? - New York Times
  (tags: Intuit trends)
• A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft - New York Times
  (tags: VMware microsoft virtualization)
• Was Sumner an Anarchist?
  (tags: anarchy Sumner)
• El Independent: Nuevo libro: Héroes de la Libertad
  A must read
  (tags: Freedom heroes Argentina)
• I Did It My Way
  The Blair legacy.
  (tags: Blair)
• Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Fighting Over Immigration at the LA Times
  (tags: inmigration LATimes)
• New York Tops 8 Big Cities in Taxes, Study Shows - New York Times
  Kind of expensive to live in New York
  (tags: New York Taxes cities)
• El Independent: Al Qaeda en el banquillo
  (tags: justice AlQaeda)

YouTube - Guayaquil

This is my Hometown. I am a proud Guayaquileño.

links for 2007-02-23

• La historia de Delfín Q.
  (tags: Quishpe Delfin racism)
• Cafe Hayek: Breast milk hoax?
  Seems like a good deal.
  (tags: Breast milk)
• Milk Therapy: Science News Online, Dec. 9, 2006
  Go figure!!!
  (tags: medicine health)
• Wellington Grey -- Miscellanea
  A flow chart of the current war against terrorism.
  (tags: fun politics)
• Boing Boing: Blog with "nothing but pictures of cute girls at tea"
  (tags: random tea drinkers woman)
• BBC NEWS | Health | Why women fall for 'Mr Average'
  (tags: culture love psychology sex women)

links for 2007-02-22

• El Independent: El alto costo de convertirse en estadounidense
  I will be willing to pay if they assure me that I will get a permanent residency. Otherwise it does not makes sense.
  (tags: inmigration USA)
• Boing Boing: NPR "Xeni Tech" - A Los Angeles 'Hotel' for Internet Carriers
  (tags: interesting internet security)
• Tuesday Map: The happiest countries in the world | FP Passport
  (tags: foreign policy happiness)
• Should a Teen Sex Offender Go Free?
  Where is the crime?
  (tags: laws sex teenager)
• Moonshine Patriot
  Washington the bootlegger
  (tags: alcohol Washington history)
• CareerJournal | Computers, IT & Internet -- Salary Data and Hiring Trends
  (tags: career trends)
• Flickr outage reveals site's scale - CNET News.com
  Another Jet blue problem of being overwhelmed?
  (tags: flickr)
• Twingly Screensaver Beta
  Screensaver of blogging activity.
  (tags: blog art screensaver)
• Whispers in the Loggia: Meet the Vatican's Webmistress
  Technonuns
  (tags: webmaster Vatican)
• Cato-at-liberty » Swiss People and Swiss Cantons Reject Fiscal Interference from Brussels
  Fiscal independence is at the core of autonomies. Good for Switerland, shame on the EU.
  (tags: autonomías Europe Switerland)
• Marginal Revolution: Are Parliamentary systems better?
  (tags: Parliamentary systems)
• Events » Society and Living » Education » Why Cecil Roth Believed Columbus Was Jewish
  (tags: Columbus jewish)
• XLSemanal revista online de actualidad
  Very funny...
  (tags: language politics Spain spanish)
• Inglehart-Welzel Cultural Map of the World
  (tags: culture Reference world)
• El presidente de Gambia anuncia que ha inventado un remedio para curar el sida
  WTF?
  (tags: Aids africa Gambia superstition)
• 5 Freaky Muppet Videos - 10 Zen Monkeys (a webzine)
  Very funny, I grew up with the muppets.
  (tags: celebrities humor Youtube muppets)
• JS Online: Man mistakes porn DVD as woman's cries for help
  The lesson don't try to be a hero.
  (tags: gross porn weird news)
• Google circa 1960
  (tags: funny google history joke technology)
• El Telégrafo - El Sistema Bicameral
  A sensible recommendation.
  (tags: Ecuador assambly)

links for 2007-02-20

• ephemera: Interview with Vernacular Photograph Collector Ron Radue
  I do enjoy watching old photos, even better if they are casual, they transport you in time, especially if you know the place or the subjects in the photo.
  (tags: vernacular photography vintage)
• The Blog | Marty Kaplan: Bush Shaves Head | The Huffington Post
  True or hoax? Does Bush needs an intervention as Britney Spears had?
  (tags: Bush Shave head)
• Yale's new, female, and Catholic chaplain. - By Mark Oppenheimer - Slate Magazine
  (tags: Yale catholic chaplain)
• ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN’S PLANS TO DESTROY ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES
  (tags: Iran culture archeology)
• ABC News: Study Suggests Autism Causes Are Genetic
  (tags: autism genetics)
• Sex in fast lane halts traffic in Israel - Vehicular Peculiarity - MSNBC.com
  WTF?
  (tags: Sex traffic)
• Crazy hours becoming the new standard - Forbes.com - MSNBC.com
  (tags: work environment)
• Are foundations elitist, anti-democratic, and in danger of losing their tax exemptions? - By Lincoln Caplan - Slate Magazine
  (tags: foundations tax exempt laws)
• BBC Mundo | Internacional | Condenado por exorcismo
  He is the one that looks like a devil.
  (tags: exorcism Rumania)
• BBC Mundo | Ciencia y Tecnología | Polvo contra la falta de agua
  Chicken pup to solve the water crisis?
  (tags: water chicken)
• "'McMissile' Moment Lands Mom in Jail: Driver Gets Felony Conviction For Tossing Cup of Ice Into Car" By Theresa Vargas
  A road rage gone totally bad...The punishment is too much for this woman, it falls into excesive.
  (tags: legal mcdonalds system)
• Presidents Day: Gadgets They Knew and Loved - Gizmodo
  (tags: president day gadgets history)
• Satellite-Radio Rivals XM And Sirius Agree to Merge - WSJ.com
  Does this means that the market for satellite radio is not as big?
  (tags: satellite radio merger)
• Maximum PC: How To: Slipstream your XP installation
  (tags: computer Hacks microsoft Software windows slipstream XP)
• Use YouTube to learn Photoshop: etc: quick links to good stuff
  Very important tips.
  (tags: art howto photography Photoshop tutorial)
• Man wins $25,000 lottery 2 days in row - Wonderful World - MSNBC.com
  This is what I call lucky
  (tags: Weird lottery lucky)

links for 2007-02-19

• Chávez Threatens to Jail Price Control Violators - New York Times
  This is the XXI's century socialism.!!
  (tags: Venezuela Socialism inflation)
• Hitler’s Beneficiaries By Götz Aly - Books - Review - New York Times
  Why Germany's citizen put a blind eye on the Nazi's abuses.
  (tags: Germany history nazi)
• How Pilot Scuttled Hijack Attempt
  (tags: flight interesting terrorism plane)
• Expanding Power Puts Family of Venezuelan President Under Increasing Scrutiny - New York Times
  Socialism of the XXI century. How is that different from Cuban socialism?
  (tags: Venezuela Chavez nepotism)
• El Independent: ¿Quién le pone el cascabel al gato? Oscar Arias
  (tags: Latin America Costa Rica Oscar Arias Montaner)
• For Sale by Teenager: Lightly Used Gadget. Cheap. - New York Times
  (tags: gadget teenager)
• Preserve Your Data With The Backup Tool You Already Have
  (tags: howto ntbackup)
• BBC NEWS | UK | England | Cornwall | Cattle on 40 pints a day of beer
  Alcoholic cows? Do they attend AA meetings? Would their cheese and milk be alcoholic?
  (tags: alcohol cows)
• The Power of Makeup (Extreme Makeover)
  Not ugly after all
  (tags: beauty entertainment cool interesting)
• Siamese twins (//STATiC)
  Is this true or a photoshop trick?
  (tags: siamese)
• THE MOST INTIMATE BOND
  Amazing story I thought it was a hoax when I saw the photos at a different site.
  (tags: siamese)
• Social-Networking Sites Open Up
  Facebook, Friendster, and others are starting to let third-party developers build new features to attract more users—and profits
  (tags: web2.0 socialnetworks integration business)
• Coding Horror: Beyond JPEG
  (tags: jpeg compression photography)
• OpenCola
  And this is pretty much very close to the real deal. How about drinking phosphoric acid?
  (tags: coke drink food howto)
• Top 12 Movies in History That Were Ahead of Their Time « FirstShowing.net
  (tags: film list movies scifi)
• The real treason. Our maimed soldiers are living in cockroach infested ghettos back here in the states. - AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth
  (tags: Military)
• CNN.com - Study: New study shows that fellatio may reduce the risk of breast cancer - Oct. 2, 2003
  This is obviously a fake if anyone believes it.
  (tags: Breast cancer funny sex)
• Digg - How To Classify Your Potential Sex Partner
  (tags: sex graphs funny)
• Sensory Overload: CineMassive MasterPlex 21T - Gizmodo
  Another idea for my birthday.
  (tags: games gift monitors)
• MAKE: Blog: Declutter your desk
  Neat idea.
  (tags: desk organize)
• "Convention Center Not Living Up to Lofty Goals: Declining Attendance Limits Economic Impact" By Dana Hedgpeth
  Nearly four years ago, city officials opened the $850 million Washington Convention Center with a string of superlatives. The largest publicly financed project ever built in the city, they said, would attract more than a million visitors a year, fill hote
  (tags: white elephant pork dc convention center)

links for 2007-02-18

• eluniverso.com - Delfín Quishpe cantó en La Puntilla - Feb. 17, 2007 - MÚSICA
  Delfin Quispe rocks!!!!!!!!!!!
  (tags: Quishpe tecnocumbia andina)
• Akihabaranews.com : The USB 2.0 enclosure for hard disks that looks like a hard disk!
  Interesting concept.
  (tags: usb hard disk)