Romulo Lopez Cordero

links for 2007-10-31

• Orsai: Un corto y enseguida volvemos (113)
  This is so funny, and sad, I can relate to him. My wife got very angry at me once, because I could not resist making faces on the pictures. It has gotten better, but I hate photos of me.
  (tags: movies photos short stories)

links for 2007-10-30

• The Secrets of Intangible Wealth - WSJ.com
  (tags: Bailey wealth)
• Letras Libres - "Vargas Llosa en la Red" por Enlaces sobre el tema de portada
  The essential Vargas Llosa links and readings.
  (tags: Latinamerica literature Reference via:errepece)
• ALT1040 » Cuando la realidad supera a la ficción (I)
  Stupid accidents.
  (tags: accidents)
• Google’s Response to Facebook: “Maka-Maka”
  Google may have lost the bidding war to invest in Facebook, but it is preparing its own major assault on the social networking scene.
  (tags: google Facebook socialnetworking web2.0 makamaka)
• El Independent: Discurso de Bush al pie de la sepultura de Castro
  Would this time will it be for real? I believe the transition is going to be totally unexpected.
  (tags: Cuba Castro)
• drupal.org | Community plumbing
  CMS to handle events?
  (tags: CMS events)
• Pol Pot's 1973 stretch Mercedes on eBay - Boing Boing
  Imagine the conversations and activities that took place inside Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's limousine. I don't even want to think about them.
  (tags: ebay history polpot)
• Barcelona: Café Viena - New York Times
  Places to visit in Spain.
  (tags: food Spain tourism via:errepece)
• How Gmail Blocks Spam
  I can attest that Gmail spam filter is awesome. This is the secret sauce.
  (tags: gmail spam interesting Software)
• tomgpalmer.com: None of Their Business
  A different view on his private life.
  (tags: Sarkozi)
• Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Internet Tax Holiday Extended--Keep Web Surfing!
  Only if free trade would be this easy to approve. Keep surfing and buying online.
  (tags: taxes internet)
• Orsai: El sentido del olfato en los trenes (230)
  The coward decides to step to the plate, and this is how he feels. I wonder which is harder, being the hero or the coward?
  (tags: Argentina immigration racism Spain violence via:errepece)

links for 2007-10-29

• ALT1040 » Los países más globalizados del mundo
  The most globalized countries
  (tags: globalization)
• Linux.com :: New York Times opens up code
  (tags: opensource nytimes media XML)
• 10 Email Addresses That Will Be Useful When You No Internet Access | India Inc.
  Very useful.
  (tags: Hacks email productivity tips)

links for 2007-10-28

• Eduardo Arcos » ¿El pagerank está muerto?
  Uhm interesting.
  (tags: pagerank arcos)
• Finance Blog - Market Movers by Felix Salmon: The Google PageRank Massacre - Portfolio.com
  More on the pagerank.
  (tags: pagerank)
• El Independent: Sombreros "altos de forma"
  Lost in translation
  (tags: ECO Umberto translation)

links for 2007-10-27

• Should Employees Be Allowed To Try Out New Technologies?
  I think with the adequate safeguards yes.
  (tags: employees policy)
• Why Some Hard Workers Just Squeak by Financially
  I certainly relate to this...
  (tags: career)
• Chicas en topless para mejorar la atención a las señales de tráfico
  And how much the accidents have increased for not seeing the road but just the signs?
  (tags: traffic WTF Denmark)
• Tyler Cowen on the economics of blogging | FP Passport
  The economics of blogging, why people blog.
  (tags: blogging)

links for 2007-10-26

• Critter Wellies - Shoes - Crewcuts - JCrew.com
  For my son, anybody wants to make a gift?
  (tags: boots)
• Hunter Wellington Boots - Shoes - Crewcuts - JCrew.com
  Another gift idea, more winter friendly.
  (tags: boots)
• Reason Magazine - The Secrets of Intangible Wealth
  "Rich countries are largely rich because of the skills of their populations and the quality of the institutions supporting economic activity."
  (tags: wealth development economics world)

links for 2007-10-24

• The Atlas Team
  This is the team with whom I work.
  (tags: Atlas job team)
• Latin Business Chronicle
  Latin Business Chronicle talks to Latin American admirers of Ayn Rand on her influence in the region.
  (tags: Chafuen Ayn Rand Atlas)
• Latin Business Chronicle
  Latin America marks the 50th anniversary of Atlas Shrugged, the pro-capitalist novel by the late Ayn Rand as populism is growing.
  (tags: Ayn Rand Atlas Chafuen)
• El Independent: Los defectos de la Constitución de Guatemala
  Why the elections results in Guatemala won't matter if institutions won't change.
  (tags: Ayau Guatemala)
• Comcast to face lawsuits over BitTorrent filtering | Surveillance State - CNET Blogs
  This is called cheating.
  (tags: bittorrent comcast)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Why popstars are going it alone
  Internet law professor Michael Geist examines how musicians are taking the issue of copy controls into their own hands.
  (tags: copyright music strategy digital)
• Clone Your Computer on a USB Drive - Why Carry That Heavy Laptop | India Inc.
  Sounds like a wonderful idea.
  (tags: mojopac mobile)
• Unwanted e-mail now comes in audio format - Los Angeles Times
  I am always surprised by the entrepreneurial spirit of this spammers.
  (tags: spam audio wtf)
• Images: Edit your images online with Picnik
  (tags: photography photos editing web2.0 lifehacks)
• Gmail gets IMAP - Download Squad
  The day I have been waiting for.
  (tags: google mail imap productivity gmail)

links for 2007-10-23

• sp!ked | about spiked | About spiked
  Marxists that love freedom and free markets? This is interesting.
  (tags: development marxism)
• Low Road to Splitsville - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: gossip divorce Scaife Pittsburgh)
• Andrew Carnegie’s Pittsburgh - Where a Tycoon Made It Just to Give It Away - Travel - New York Times
  (tags: Pittsburgh Carnegie via:errepece)

links for 2007-10-22

• BBC NEWS | South Asia | Monkeys kill Delhi deputy mayor
  The real planet of the Apes, the beginning.
  (tags: news monkeys animals weird wtf)
• The Long Tail: Everything in the music industry is up! (except those plastic discs)
  The music industry finally is about to be freed up.
  (tags: music business industry)
• Fogonazos: Moviendo edificios de 900 toneladas
  Amazing Moves
  (tags: arquitectura)
• La Tejedora » Blog Archive » No sólo la tilde
  Another source for historical research. How far their archive goes.
  (tags: pais)
• El Independent: José María y la solitaria
  Very nice Obit of Jose Maria a friend of Mario Vargas Llosa
  (tags: Mario Vargas Llosa)
• El Independent: Entre los bolivianos
  Alvaro Vargas Llosa explains few myths surrounding the current political crisis of Bolivia.
  (tags: Alvaro Vargas Llosa Bolivia Morales myths)
• El Independent: Los tres milagros de Víctor de Yurre
  Montaner recolections of Víctor de Yurre
  (tags: Montaner obit Víctor de Yurre)
• The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
  (tags: ubuntu HowTo Desktop tutorial)

links for 2007-10-21

• Libertarians Rising - TIME
  A very simple view of libertarians but an accurate picture nonetheless.
  (tags: libertarian elections politics)
• The Whole Internet
  The Internet ladies and gentlemen.
  (tags: internet visualization map interesting)
• The Austrian Economists: Laissez Faire Books is Closing Its Doors
  More reactions to LFB closing.
  (tags: LFB RIP Boetke)
• Laissez Faire Books
  The official notice I want the caricatures of many of LFB's most popular authors is ready for framing and for proud display in your home or office.
  (tags: LFB RIP)
• How To Use VMWare To Survive A Computer Crash : Freelance Folder
  I have thought about this.
  (tags: vmwa vmware backup recovery)
• Linux: What's New in the Other 'Buntus
  I should try xubuntu.
  (tags: Firefox ubuntu Computer)
• Office Pranks: Change the Default Message on HP Printers
  Very nice joke, I can't wait to do it, but I don't have HP, any hints on CANON and DELL printers?
  (tags: hack printer fun humor)
• Xubuntu.org | Xubuntu Linux
  Sounds like a nice option for an older computer that I have hanging arround.
  (tags: Xubuntu opensource distro)