Romulo Lopez Cordero

links for 2007-04-30

• For $82 a Day, Booking a Cell in a 5-Star Jail - New York Times
  5 star jails, just in case you end up there for minor reasons.
  (tags: jails luxury)
• El Independent: Una vida nada ordinaria
  (tags: Baily family recolections)
• El Independent: Una vía a la ciudadanía
  (tags: Oppenheimer inmigration)
• New Public Toilets In Switzerland
  Would you use one of this toilets?
  (tags: toilets Switzerland)

links for 2007-04-29

• Build It, And Pray They Come
  How housing developers really work.
  (tags: housing developers)
• The dreaded women period
  (tags: women period menstruation)
• Esto sí­ es un STOP, lo demás son tonterí­as
  Seems like a modified photo. The blogger claims that it is located in Andalucía the photo, but why the stop sign is in english and not spanish?
  (tags: cars photography WTF)
• LiveScience.com - Study: Religion is Good for Kids
  (tags: religion Science study parenting kids society behavior)
• Liquid Generation: The Ultimate Star Wars Personality Test
  I am R2D2
  (tags: cool fun games humor geek personality)
• El Congrio: A Rambo no le gusta la guerra
  The best, specially Rambo with cumbia rithym.
  (tags: celebrities videos)
• Buffalo Web Access Lets You Snag Files From Anywhere - Gizmodo
  This is exactly what I need.
  (tags: cool gadgets networking online storage)
• Another Worker Pays the Price for Fabricating Resume
  Things that should not do when preparing a resume for a potential employer
  (tags: career resume)
• Dell outlines turnaround plans for employees
  How would Dell change?
  (tags: Dell turnaround)
• Tech news blog - Solar storm warning: You have a year to prepare | CNET News.com
  Get prepared, it is unbelievable that we are still so vulnerable to this nature phenomena.
  (tags: solar storms forecast)
• Vonage PR Campaign Takes Aim at Verizon - WSJ.com
  Go Vonage!!!
  (tags: vonage lawsuit Verizon)
• El Independent: La industria de los bebés adoptados
  (tags: adoptions Guatemala Markets)
• The Insider - Blog Archive - 4_2007
  (tags: resource bank liberty forum Philadelphia)
• Ginkgo Biloba? Forget About It.
  True or myth?
  (tags: Ginkgo Biloba)
• Puerto Rican Limbo - WSJ.com
  What would be the future of Puerto Rico?
  (tags: Puerto Rico statehood)
• CRE Satelital Ecuador | “Soy como el pana del barrio”
  The best singer from my hometown.
  (tags: Napolitano)
• Héctor Napolitano pone ritmo al sancocho
  Napolitano's new production.
  (tags: Napolitano)
• WebSpa
  Music Ecuador mainly and others
  (tags: Ecuador music)
• 17 Must-Have Free Apps for New Ubuntu Users | Free Geekery
  (tags: Free freeware ubuntu linux useful)
• At Least Papal Sales of Indulgences Produced Beautiful Monuments
  (tags: carbon offsets indulgences environment)

links for 2007-04-28

• Pirates_Of_Silicon_Valley.avi - Google Video
  In it's original language, it's horrible to watch in the translated version, specially if the accent is different from the one that you use and you understand the original language.
  (tags: movies silicon valley)
• Who gets to use the N word? | Salon Books
  (tags: english language race u.s.a.)
• El Independent: Yasun
  (tags: RLS environment Yasuni)
• El Independent: Recuerdo de Revel
  (tags: Revel memoirs)
• Wired Magazine: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran
  Very interesting story about one of most succesful deceits of the CIA to sneak out some escapees from the Iranian embassy takeover in the 1980's.
  (tags: CIA comics politics iran article)
• taz ah - thorsten van elten
  (tags: art coffee design dog gifts funny mug)
• Microsoft admits Vista failure
  (tags: MS monopoly XP Business Vista microsoft windows failure)

links for 2007-04-23

• What Time is Dinner?
  Interesting article I wonder what would be the tradition in the hispanic world regarding meal times.
  (tags: cool culture food time u.s.a. UK)
• The 900 Club; the World heaviest people
  (tags: obesity people psychology America health)
• Columbine, VT student: 'Normalcy never comes back' - TODAY: People - MSNBC.com
  What are the odds of being in two of the most gruesome and infamous shootings to occur in the USA? Read this story for that.
  (tags: crime massacre violence Virginia)
• ELPAIS.com - Ecuador, en las manos de un soberbio honesto - Internacional
  Good profile of Correa.
  (tags: Correa Diario_El_Pais)
• Migrant Workers - Philippines - United Arab Emirates - Dubai - New York Times
  (tags: Philippines inmigration)
• El Independent: Lo maravilloso en el mercado
  (tags: Mario Vargas Llosa Markets art)
• El Independent: Los dos Fidel Castro
  Very funny about Castro.
  (tags: Montaner castro Cuba)
• El Independent: "No hay nada que cambiar"
  The more than ever unimportant France.
  (tags: France Arosemena.)
• El Independent: Una niña mala en la ficción de Vargas Llosa
  This is an enthusiastic book review of the latest novel by Vargas Llosa, Travesuras de la Niña Mala. I enjoyed as much as the reviewer.
  (tags: Book review Vargas Llosa Calzadilla)
• El Independent: El quinto mosquetero
  Review by Marcos Aguinis of the latest biography of Alejandro Dumas.
  (tags: Aguinis Dumas Biography)
• Remove car dents quickly and cheaply. | Wise Bread
  One of the coolest fixes I have seen.
  (tags: Automotive budget cheap DIY fix lifehacks repair)
• Crisis Mode Grips World Bank Headquarters - by Emad Mekay
  (tags: wolfowitz corruption scandal)
• Einstein was right: space and time bend | UK News | The Observer
  Einstein was right!!!
  (tags: time Science Astronomy)
• The Perils of Being Suddenly Rich - New York Times
  (tags: dotcom fortunes)
• The Gray Lady's Virtue - WSJ.com
  The Washington Post CEO in defense of the New York times.
  (tags: New York Times Washignton Post)

links for 2007-04-22

• AFF's Doublethink :: What's Your Story?
  Who is Jane Galt.
  (tags: blogging economist politics writing)

links for 2007-04-21

• Salesforce.com Quietly Acquires Content Management Company Koral
  (tags: salesforce content management)

links for 2007-04-20

• Now THAT'S a Protest Babe!
  I agree, way to protest
  (tags: Protest Russia)
• Plastic clogs disrupt machinery in Swedish hospital | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
  (tags: shoes croc static electricity)
• Why Wolfowitz did nothing wrong. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
  (tags: wolfowitz corruption)

links for 2007-04-19

• The End of a 1,400-Year-Old Business
  The longest living family company collapses.
  (tags: architecture business economy family history Japan)
• CITY DESK: COPS SEIZE IMMIGRANTS AT METRO STOPS
  This is really worrying, I use those metro stops. I don't have legal problems, but just the thought of having inmigration problems at the metro stations is scary.
  (tags: inmigration detentions)
• Sprint rumored to be considering Vonage purchase - Engadget
  (tags: Vonage Sprint)
• School's failure to change clocks lands student 12-day stint in juvie - Engadget
  This is outrageous, not even an apology.
  (tags: clock change School weird)
• Vonage Says That It May Face Bankruptcy - New York Times
  What is going to happen to those of us who have the service?
  (tags: Vonage bankruptcy)
• Official Google Blog: We're expecting
  Microsoft you better have something on the burner, I am liking the web based options.
  (tags: blog online Google presentations tools)
• TheAgitator.com: Dr. Phil: Comments
  I kind of agree with Dr. Phil, but this comment is interesting.
  (tags: Virginia Tech Massacre violent games)
• Simplified Spelling Society: "Let's get phonetic" - Yahoo! News
  I agree, it would make my life easier.
  (tags: education english language)
• Wireless Problems Played Part in Chaos at Virginia Tech
  Exactly the same happened on 9/11 and other chaotic situations.
  (tags: wireless chaos)
• Elephant dung helps scientists develop new biofuel - Yahoo! News
  (tags: elephants biofuel)
• 30 ways to promote your web application with little or no money » RobertoAlamos.com - The place to learn how to make money online
  (tags: advertising internet money tips web2.0)
• Candidate in Phillipines runs as "Bin Laden" | FP Passport
  (tags: WTF bin Laden Mindanao Phillipines)
• Eight Ideas for Revitalizing Your Blog | Marketing Profs
  (tags: blog marketing)
• Jetwing: Sé un jet - FayerWayer
  Awesome, hat tip to alt1040.com.
  (tags: flight)

links for 2007-04-18

• Wolfie's Piggy Bank - by Pat Buchanan
  (tags: wolfowitz corruption)
• New study: Men work as much as women do. - By Joel Waldfogel - Slate Magazine#page_start#page_start
  (tags: men women work inequalities)
• Finance Blog - Market Movers by Felix Salmon: The H1-B Fiasco - Portfolio.com
  (tags: inmigration H1B)
• Study: Ethanol Production Consumes Six Units Of Energy To Produce Just One | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
  (tags: energy ethanol)
• Robots made from trash (11 pics) (//STATiC)
  This is what I call recycling.
  (tags: art metal recycling)
• Boing Boing: VA Tech mass shooting: Who or what is Ismail Ax? UPDATED
  (tags: mass shooting Virginia tech)
• Israeli professor killed in US attack | Jerusalem Post
  A true hero at the VT massacre
  (tags: Virginia Tech heroes massacre)
• Marginal Revolution: The violence of American youth
  (tags: culture law violence youth Virginia tech)

links for 2007-04-17

• Jungle Law: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
  (tags: ecology ecuador environment law)
• Boing Boing: Obsessive photographer of Los Angeles architecture
  (tags: architecture)
• The Strange Case of the Exploding Toilets: Japan on High Alert - Gizmodo
  These toilets are dangerous. Just when I was considering getting one of these.
  (tags: toilet Japan)
• Symantec enters online services fray - CNET News.com
  Online backup service for SMBs is first of several hosted services Symantec plans to offer as part of "Symantec Protection Network."
  (tags: symantec online backups)
• Argentina Makes Stunning Recovery
  (tags: diplomat Argentina economic recovery)