Romulo Lopez Cordero

links for 2007-11-30

• Banning Wikipedia at school: good idea or missed opportunity?
  Britannica isn't a viable source for most high school or collegiate work, either; should we ban it for students' own good?
  (tags: wikipedia wiki learning)
• Timeline Index - People, Periods, Places, Events...
  Seems like an interesting resource.
  (tags: history reference timeline via:errepece)
• Quotable: Ron Paul willing to pay the price of freedom | FP Passport
  "Sometimes you have to put up with things that don't jibe with your personal view of the world." If you believe in Freedom.
  (tags: freedom ron paul)
• MSNBC pimps for Sarko, Condi | FP Passport
  hahah.
  (tags: Rice gossip Sarkozi)
• Top 5 Things Microsoft Must Fix In Windows Vista In 2008 - Wolfe's Den Blog - InformationWeek
  (tags: microsoft Vista)
• Sink or Swim: Managing RSS Feeds with Better Groups | 43 Folders
  (tags: rss productivity feeds)
• BBC Mundo | América Latina | Ecuador: emergencia en Orellana
  This is where the obese machinery of the state hurts, thus the fast response from Correa.
  (tags: Oil Ecuador)
• Ego Surfing: How to Perform That Daily Ritual of Googling Your Name | Digital Inspiration Technology Guide
  How about google alerts.
  (tags: google search tools rss)
• Spammers Giving Up? Google Thinks So
  The number of spam attempts -- that is, the number of junk messages sent out by spammers -- is flat, and may even be declining for the first time in years. Got to see to believe.
  (tags: spam email trends web)
• History News Network
  We were born as a progressive and cosmopolitan movement and we forget our history at our own peril. Why Ron Paul might not be the perfect libertarian candidate.
  (tags: libertarian ronpaul)
• Eduardo Arcos o como sí hacer dinero con blogs — CNNExpansión.com
  (tags: blog Arcos Ecuador)

links for 2007-11-29

• Feature: Hot Image Your PC's Hard Drive with DriveImage XML
  I have been waiting for this in for a while.
  (tags: backup software recovery free lifehacker Windows)
• Google Maps: Google Maps Adds Terrains
  They never stop surprising me.
  (tags: google interesting maps)
• Can You Make a Decent Living Off of Google AdSense Ads | Digital Inspiration Technology Guide
  I have been wondering about this myself.
  (tags: ads adsense tools webpage)
• The Big Sleep - New York Times
  A defense of shorter workweek.
  (tags: work France)
• Pew poll: Black Americans and beliefs about race | Salon.com
  More than a third of black Americans no longer believe that blacks are a single race. This finding has alarmed some -- but it could help America out of its racial mess.
  (tags: race)
• Las Armas de Coronel: TREMENDO GOL DE INSULZA EN LA OEA!
  Things are not getting easy for the 3 stooges at the OAS
  (tags: OAS Ecuador Venezuela Bolivia)
• Marginal Revolution: Untitled
  Very funny.
  (tags: photo animal)
• Marginal Revolution: Why don't American kids respect their parents more?
  Interesting
  (tags: America children culture parenting)
• El Independent: El líder liberal
  (tags: RLS Alfaro Liberal)
• El Independent: El antiamericanismo de los americanos
  Montaner on Ecuador
  (tags: Montaner Ecuador antiamericanism)
• El Independent: Los dólares de la libertad
  Liberty Dollars, Alvaro Vargas Llosa analizes the recent raid at Norfed
  (tags: Alvaro Vargas Llosa Norfed gold)
• USB Sata
  I need one of this.
  (tags: USB storage hub sata)

links for 2007-11-28

• eluniverso.com - Diario dice que español es el ideólogo - Nov. 27, 2007 - INTERNACIONALES
  One of the authors of the disaster
  (tags: constitutional assambly)
• Windows XP SP3 boasts speed boost, testers claim
  I am waiting for it.
  (tags: microsoft pack windows xp)
• Techtree.com India > News > Gadgets > $100 Laptop to Get Windows XP
  Will have to see if it's worthy.
  (tags: XP olpc)

links for 2007-11-27

• MEGA TV - Espeluznante cifra de muertos#video#video#video
  Fabolous analysis by Jaime Bailey
  (tags: Chavez Aznar Juan Carlos Spain Bailey)

links for 2007-11-26

• Bolivia se moviliza contra el golpe de mano de Morales
  Things are picking up speed in Bolivia.
  (tags: Bolivia)
• November 19 - November 25 - Cartoons of the Week - TIME
  hahahhaha.
  (tags: comics dollar humor via:errepece)
• MPAA University 'Toolkit' Raises Privacy Concerns - Security Fix
  This only shows that the MPAA does not even understand the open source community.
  (tags: mpaa linux copyright xubuntu)
• Ubuntu Customization Guide v2 « Tux Enclave.
  Interesting modifications.
  (tags: ubuntu linux howto design)
• El Independent: Guayaquil: ¿Monopolio de la lotería de la H. Junta de Beneficencia?
  Why the current regime in Ecuador hate towards the only functioning private welfare institution of Ecuador?
  (tags: Arosemena, Ecuador Junta de Beneficencia)
• The End of National Currencies?
  The return of the gold standard?
  (tags: gold currencies Mises)
• What programs do you load after a clean Windows install? - Ask DLS - Download Squad
  Interesting list for my next reinstall of the operating system.
  (tags: windows install Software freeware tips)
• Daily Kos: State of the Nation
  Join the new Boston tea Party December 16.
  (tags: article politics ronpaul)
• Libertarians: the new 'It' faction - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
  It seems that today libertarians are all over the news.
  (tags: libertarians)
• lib•er•tar•ian
  More libertarians on the news, front page op-ed section, wow.
  (tags: libertarians)

links for 2007-11-25

• Illegal immigrant rescues boy in desert - Yahoo! News
  Cordova likely saved the boy, Estrada said, and his actions should remind people not to quickly characterize illegal immigrants as criminals.
  (tags: news courage)
• BBC NEWS | Europe | Kasparov seized by Russian police
  The fist of totalitarism is closing in Russia.
  (tags: politics russia Kasparov)
• Computerworld - Microsoft: XP contains random number generator bug
  Another hole in the wall.
  (tags: bugs security windows)
• Doro's ridiculously simple phones in the wild - Engadget Mobile
  This is what I need, no extra gizmos.
  (tags: cellphones)
• ""Porno-prof" teacher suspended"
  A teenager dream.
  (tags: teacher porn)
• BBC NEWS | UK | Mother can keep birth 'a secret'
  "It is now clear that the Government believes children have no entitlement to a relationship with their fathers and that children are the property of their mothers and of the State." Totally wrong.
  (tags: interesting law sexuality)
• THE DAILY BANTER.COM: Thomas Jefferson on the role of religion in politics
  (tags: constitution Jefferson politics religion)
• Martín Varsavsky compra el 10% de Hipertextual · ELPAÍS.com
  Congratulations Eduardo, you really deserve it.
  (tags: Arcos Hipertextual blogs business)
• EXPOSED! - Dirty Hotel Bed Sheets Video
  Very useful tip for your next trip to a hotel.
  (tags: videos hygiene hotel)
• El Federalista: Trabajadores ganan 16.000 euros no pagarán IRPF
  Aye, lets see what happens in the next elections.
  (tags: federalista Spain PP)
• Western Union Empire Moves Migrant Cash Home - New York Times
  “You could say they were ripping people off, or you could also say they’re providing a service that poor people desperately needed and were willing to pay for,” Mr. Terry said. “Any consumer company in the world would like to have the customer loy
  (tags: economics immigration international)
• Marginal Revolution: Markets in Everything: Think Tanks
  Think tank for sale in ebay.
  (tags: market toread ebay think tanks)
• Marginal Revolution: Is libertarianism the new "in" thing?
  Yes it is, but we are not only cool, we are right.
  (tags: Libertarians)
• ieep.org.ec - DESDE VENEZUELA
  And this comment coming from somebody on the left.
  (tags: Palacio Venezuela)
• ieep.org.ec - LAS ÉLITES GUAYAQUILEÑAS
  Arosemena on regards to Dora Ampuero of IEEP
  (tags: IEEP Ecuador Arosemena)

links for 2007-11-24

• Is Charity Navigator the 'National Enquirer' of Watchdog Groups? - Philanthropy.com
  (tags: charity)
• A surge of denial? | FP Passport
  So finally seems that something is working, what would happen when they start retiring. Not that I am in favor of an extended stay. The US should leave soon, but would Irak would hold together in peace?
  (tags: Irak war peace)
• El horizonte colonial constituye un sustrato profundo de mentalidades y prácticas que hasta hoy estructuran los modos de convivencia
  Interesting explanation of the word cholo and Longo and it's uses in Ecuador.
  (tags: ecuador history indigenous_peoples race via:errepece)
• El Mundo Está Loco .com: Tipos de meaderos públicos para hombre
  Don't try the first one.
  (tags: bath men)

links for 2007-11-22

• Top ten most viewed pages on Wikipedia and Conservapedia - Boing Boing
  They really seem to be obsessed.
  (tags: conservapedia humor gay wikipedia culture via:errepece)
• The Future of Reading (A Play in Six Acts) [dive into mark]
  Absolutely true.
  (tags: amazon Books drm copyright Reading ebooks via:errepece)
• Voted Best Commercial in Europe
  The best, it reminds me somebody could you remember?
  (tags: tantrums Europe)
• World's largest cemetery (3 pics) (//STATiC)
  How much more bigger after the war?
  (tags: Irak war cementery)
• BBC NEWS | Also in the news | Split imperils Mexican language
  (tags: Mexico Language culture linguistics indigenous_peoples)
• Coding Horror: Has CAPTCHA Been "Broken"?
  Hopefully not.
  (tags: security captcha webdev)
• Guess the Most Expensive Part of Google Homepage | Digital Inspiration
  "Google could be losing $110 million of advertising revenue due to that button because people are skipping results pages that have Google ads" So much cash that they can afford it.
  (tags: google revenue)
• The Borjas Blog: Body Fat And Wages
  Lo sospeché desde un principio.
  (tags: Healthcare psychology)
• Pido disculpas a mis lectores venezolanos
  There is not even Chilean capitalism aka Pinochet capitalism, like in China in Venezuela. The truth is that Chavez is a total failure, and his adminiration for China is admiration for a political system that sooner or later is going to collapse despite t
  (tags: China Venezuela)
• El Independent: La ilusión de la fuerza
  The stupid foreign policy of supporting dictators just because they accomplish certain political goals, despite their totally undemocratic and antifreedom agenda. Another Saddam Hussein?
  (tags: Paquistan, Alvaro Vargas Llosa)
• Images: Black Friday deals | CNET News.com
  And I thought I made a huge bargain by buying one of this for 29.99 3 years ago. It only lasted a year.
  (tags: black friday dvd player)
• Visualizing Social Software Best Practices: Three Approaches
  Very interesting
  (tags: culture concept socialnetworking web2.0)
• Don’t Give Up Free Money. A Look At Your Company’s 401(k) Plan
  The true benefit though is that your employer will match what you set aside up to a certain point! If the company does that in my case there is no matching. Is there any benefit without the match?
  (tags: business Finance health money)

links for 2007-11-21

• Neatorama » Blog Archive » Why Don’t We Have a Word for That?
  Here are a list of useful words from around the world that should’ve been invented for the English language
  (tags: language words via:errepece)
• Deroy Murdock on Ronald Reagan & Blacks on National Review Online
  Reagan was no racist.
  (tags: Reagan Murdock Racism)
• Skype Journal: Why sell Skype?
  This is rather interesting.
  (tags: Skype Google)
• 'The dead are not silent': Coles County grave of Abraham Lincoln's father a destination for history buffs and families alike
  The story of Abraham's Lincoln's parents graveyard.
  (tags: Lincoln history)
• Perú dará a conocer una lista con nombres de 1800 terroristas liberados
  At least people deserve to know about who are this people.
  (tags: terrorism Peru Garcia)
• X-Entertainment - Waxing About Christmas Wish BooksL 1985 Edition.
  A retro wish list.
  (tags: child Christmas funny humor retro)
• Google Critics Miss the Mark on Ad Deal
  If federal regulators reject the proposed Google acquisition, Internet users will be the ultimate victims
  (tags: google CEI ads)
• El Independent: Ripley en la educación
  (tags: RLS education universities)
• 20 Essential Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog To
  Essential list.
  (tags: blog directories blogging directory OPTIMIZATION)
• What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft?
  Very funny, the truth is that I have stopped using hotmail, is too slow, too bad design.
  (tags: Microsoft gmail google humor fun funny)
• Pentagon Cover Up:15,000 or more US casualties in Iraq War - The Smirking Chimp
  The Pentagon has been concealing the true number of American casualties in the Iraq War. The real number exceeds 15,000 and CBS News can prove it.
  (tags: war iraq suicide Scandal)
• The Straight Dope: Why are men supposed to wash their hands after urination? Plus: urine therapy!
  Not to read after a meal. Not for the easily scandalized
  (tags: urine bacteria culture hygiene)
• Postinstalación de Ubuntu 7.10 desktop (Gutsy Gibbon)
  Very useful, I had troubles configuring the wifi card on the laptop I installed xubuntu.
  (tags: wifi Ubuntu)
• Another interesting foldable bike.
  (tags: cycling bikes)
• Light Blue Touchpaper » Blog Archive » Google as a password cracker
  Scary
  (tags: google security hacking md5)
• The Oppenheimer Report on Latin America: A READER'S THEORY ABOUT CABLE TV'S ANTI-IMMIGRATION CRUSADERS
  I wouldn't go near that area after dark. and most of those guys are not illegals., in this case mexican americans have been living in oxnard, cal for generations.
  (tags: inmigration violence)
• Cobrar por contenidos o hacerte invisible en internet
  There are some people who still promote a closed content for their public. I am waiting for WSJ to open its content. I don't even see anymore closed content media.
  (tags: media internet revenue models via:alt1040)
• Ex-Rhodesia leader Ian Smith dies
  Bad or ugly leaders (Smith) led to horrific leaders (Mugabe)
  (tags: rhodesia africa politics history RIP)
• Willem Buiter Cries "Doom! Doom!" for the Dollar
  An upcoming crisis? I don't doub it, the question is when?
  (tags: dollar)
• Economics in many lessons: A better brew for Rwanda - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  But whether intended or not, the government's liberalization is paying many dividends. And one of these dividends -- reconciliation -- is not only good news, it's priceless.
  (tags: Peace Rwanda commerce)
• Titanic Soviet Cargo Aircraft: Inside the Biggest Mass-Produced Cargo Aircraft in the World
  Wow I want to be inside it.
  (tags: aviation video)
• Fed Expects Slowdown to Deepen - New York Times
  I think what we’re really debating here is the timing,” said Stuart Hoffman, an economist at PNC Financial in Pittsburgh. “Whether or not it happens on Dec. 11, my guess is that by the March meeting, the Fed funds rate will be 4 percent.; yes the qu
  (tags: economics crisis dollar)
• Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World « Organizations and Markets
  Very insighful list. Agree with US elephant missing.
  (tags: totalitarism wonders)

links for 2007-11-20

• Las Armas de Coronel: THE LATIN AMERICAN TERMINATOR
  hahah, very good analysis of Chavez antimidas touch.
  (tags: chavez Coronel funny)
• Jim Rogers Urges People to Sell U.S. Dollar Holdings
  In Mises blog, but originally from Bloomberg. Scary.
  (tags: dollar Rogers)
• El Independent: Antropología del chavismo
  Eso se llama ''gobernar por intimidación'' y es un rasgo típico de ciertos primates de Borneo y de algunos homínidos de la cuenca del Caribe. Very funny line.
  (tags: Montaner Chavez Aznar)
• Marginal Revolution: Surgery vs. Drugs
  The risk of surgery's.
  (tags: surgery odds bariatric)
• TheHill.com-50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill - Top 10
  For singles and people looking for power.
  (tags: Beauty Capitol Hill)
• Will Iraq succeed where Belgium has failed? | FP Passport
  Interesting paradox
  (tags: Belgium Irak)
• Spain's king cannot shut Chavez up but bladder can - Yahoo! News
  Very funny
  (tags: Chavez)
• From King of All Spaniards to King of the Web - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog
  King of the Web
  (tags: king Juan Carlos web2.0)
• Google Magazine?
  Who knows they might be ready for print ads.
  (tags: Google magazine web2.0 print magazines)
• More specs of Dell’s Latitude XT tablet PC - istartedsomething
  Uhm I am salivating now.
  (tags: dell Tablet PC)
• Iron Mountain Acquires Digital Conversion Company
  Interesting services.
  (tags: Iron mountain storage)
• Shazam: Hidden Chinese Toilets to Emerge from Ground Next Year
  Happy toilet day.
  (tags: toilets funny)
• eluniverso.com - Juicio de Neira se extiende a Condoleezza Rice - Nov. 19, 2007 - POLÍTICA
  Cynics
  (tags: Neira Ecuador Viagra)
• Argentina and the Paris Club - WSJ.com
  Its kind of funny, why they want business with the IMF if they blame them for all their problems.
  (tags: Argentin IMF)
• Tips for Sharing Computers with Non-Staff
  Useful.
  (tags: sharing computers non-profits)
• Chocolate invented 3,100 years ago by the Aztecs
  But they were trying to make beer
  (tags: history chocolate beer science via:errepece)
• "Day of Empire," Amy Chua | Salon Books
  When imperial societies have turned inward, closed themselves off from the outside world and retreated into ethnic or cultural chauvinism, the end was generally in sight., D ire predictions
  (tags: America empire globalization history via:errepece)
• The Empire Has No Clothes: Books: The Independent Institute
  Libertarian too dislike the image of American empire and its too active foreign policy.
  (tags: USA empire Eland)
• Argentina's First Lady - WSJ.com
  "Peronismo is neither good nor bad -- it is incorrigible" Borges
  (tags: Peronismo Alvaro Vargas Llosa)