Romulo Lopez Cordero

links for 2008-03-31

• El Independent: El último maldito
  (tags: Mario VArgas Llosa Louis-Ferdinand Céline literature)
• Color + Design Blog / The Color of Money from Around the World by COLOURlovers
  Too bad that color beauty does not always reflect real value.
  (tags: money color design world inspiration art)
• Unit Conversion Online - Use Our Unique Conversion Tools Free
  (tags: conversion tools Reference calculators)
• Files Suggest Venezuela Bid to Aid Colombia Rebels - New York Times
  NYT traditionaly lefty is starting to believe the computer seized by Colombian government. They must be true
  (tags: FARC Colombia compters)

links for 2008-03-29

• My mom - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  Don Boudreaux mom obituary.
  (tags: Boudreaux obituaries)
• In Wal-Mart We Trust
  If [the U.S.] government would have responded like Wal-Mart has responded, we wouldn't be in this crisis."
  (tags: wal-mart Katrina)
• Por Marcela Sanchez - Más allá de la contienda política, la necesidad de cerrar una brecha racial - washingtonpost.com
  (tags: racism Latinamerica)
• How to refill a "disposable" Brita brand water pitcher filter with activated carbon.: Filling & using the housing. - Instructables - DIY, How To, home, life
  Got to try this.
  (tags: howto Water filter brita)
• El Independent: Mario Vargas Llosa: "América Latina tiene artistas, pero no grandes pensadores"
  (tags: Mario Vargas Llosa artists intellectuals)
• Video ads now showing on Google, Yahoo search | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
  (tags: ads google videos)
• Jacob Holdt: American Pictures 1970-1975 - Boing Boing
  (tags: Poverty America photography)
• Device remotely destroys hard drive data - Boing Boing
  Talk about dumb police
  (tags: hard disk data)
• Medical transcriptionist melts keyboard with fingertips - Boing Boing
  Talk about keyboard destroyer.
  (tags: keyboard)
• A Victim Treats His Mugger Right : NPR
  You need guts to keep yourself calm and help somebody who just try to mug you.
  (tags: Crime Society Culture inspirational)

links for 2008-03-25

• Muslim baptized by pope says life in danger - Yahoo! News
  Another crusade? Why Muslim get so histeric about this conversion? What if catholics go the opposite way, why they care? I have to agree with the Pope, religion is a very personal matter.
  (tags: conversion Muslim Catholic)
• The Great Tantra Challenge
  Very funny.
  (tags: religion skepticism India atheism science)

links for 2008-03-24

• Marginal Revolution: Pollo Campero
  They are a true latin Multinational.
  (tags: Pollo Campero Guatemala)
• Microsoft releasing XP SP3 this week? - Engadget
  Finally.
  (tags: windows xp sp3)

links for 2008-03-22

• What Makes People Give? - New York Times
  (tags: behavior economics nonprofit psychology study)
• Google Grants Blog: What makes people give?
  (tags: google philantrophy)
• Lessig takes on corruption in Congress | FP Passport
  (tags: corruption lessig)
• FCC to Investigate D-Block Auction
  Sounds like a witch hunting.
  (tags: FCC auction)
• The J-Walk Blog: Man Sentenced To Church
  Very funny, specially if the guy was agnostic. I wonder what would be worst, 2 years in jail or 8 sundays at mass if you don't believe in God.
  (tags: funny jail sentence)
• What to do with a Terabyte of RAM
  I still remember c.1988 when a friend was bragging about his new computer with a 10MB hard disk. He told me that it would be enough for running a bank.
  (tags: Memory Ram Terabyte)
• Productividad: 6 atajos de teclado para Firefox ejecutables con una sola mano - ALT1040
  Very useful.
  (tags: productivity firefox shortcuts)
• Windows is caught between Mac and Linux
  "I see two strong trends here. On the high end, people are buying Macs instead of Windows PC. On the low end, Linux is eating Windows alive." Couldn't agree more.
  (tags: apple IT microsoft software technology linux)
• E-Mail Verizon and, Surprise, It’ll Write Back - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
  "Verizon has decided to invest in customer service to try to gain an edge over cable companies." That's interesting how do we know we are not dealing with spammers.
  (tags: Verizon email custormer service)
• The Virtual Desktop
  (tags: virtualization)
• Blogonomics: Gawker's Payroll, Redux - Finance Blog - Felix Salmon - Market Movers - Portfolio.com
  That is the kind of traffic I would like to generate.
  (tags: blogs economics income)
• BBC Mundo | América Latina | Estudian sector informal en Cuba
  And people keep thinking that Cuba is a paradise.
  (tags: Cuba informal economy)
• Lenovo X300 ad takes the MacBook Air head-on - Engadget
  Thin with a CD I like that.
  (tags: Lenovo thin)
• Filtrados los planes de Dell para sus nuevos Latitude
  Why would these be a secret?
  (tags: dell plans latitude)
• Verizon Licks its Cheap Megahertz Pops - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
  So Verizon is the big winner.
  (tags: spectrum mhz auction Verizon)
• Pranks: How to Hijack a Fast Food Drive-Thru Frequency
  Looks so easy that you want to do it.
  (tags: diy funny pranks gadgets hacking)
• Apple Hops Aboard Enterprise: Push Email and Calendars, Activesync and Exchange Support
  So it's finally here, but why Google is not moving faster into the enterprise emailing.
  (tags: email iphone microsoft software)
• HardyHeron/Beta - Ubuntu Wiki
  The active directory integration makes it worth it to try in corporate environments.
  (tags: Beta ubuntu linux software)
• Google
  Google Easter egg.
  (tags: google easter games fun game)
• Slavery and War by Murray N. Rothbard
  (tags: slavery Rothbard)
• How to add content between your blog and the top of the browser: TypePad Hacks
  I love this hack.
  (tags: design Hacks TypePad)
• 3 Custom Template Modules You'll Use Again and Again: TypePad Hacks
  Another nice hack
  (tags: blogging TypePad)

links for 2008-03-21

• El Independent: ¿Debería abolirse la Reserva Federal?
  (tags: Vargas Llosa Federal Reserve)

links for 2008-03-20

• eluniverso.com - Correa presentó nuevo El Telégrafo - Mar. 19, 2008 - POLÍTICA
  Ladrón te robaste el periódico. Crook you stealed the newspaper. Now we have the Ecuadorean Gramma.
  (tags: Telegrafo Correa)
• Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for the DOS Command Prompt in Windows
  Very useful
  (tags: commandline tips tools windows)
• Spectrum Auction Process Disputed
  (tags: spectrum)

links for 2008-03-19

• America's new subprime shanty-towns - Boing Boing
  Amazing.
  (tags: slums subprime video USA)
• Blogger Templates
  (tags: blogger webdesign templates Blogs)
• Home Sweet Investment - New York Times
  Not to positive like, the author, but some truth to his comments
  (tags: housing crisis)
• What Challenges Face Young People in Philanthropy? - Philanthropy.com
  (tags: philanthropy career)
• Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software?
  I think they should but the author of this article disagrees.
  (tags: antivirus apple Mac)
• Google’s Thin-Skinned Lawyers - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
  To be careful when mentioning Google.
  (tags: google)
• Going Once…Going Twice…The 700 Mhz Spectrum is Sold - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
  As expected.
  (tags: FCC auction spectrum)
• Libremente » La ventaja de los precios
  The price mechanism as a information source.
  (tags: prices Chile)
• Dell Unleashes Top-Performing 1-Socket Quad-core Servers
  (tags: dell server)
• Arthur C. Clarke fallece a los 90 años - Engadget Spanish
  A true visionary.
  (tags: Clarke)
• A Few Good Tools for Sharing Files with Distributed Groups
  (tags: file sharing)
• Tom Sepe's Steampunk Motorbike an Interview By Meredith Scheff - The Steampunk Workshop
  (tags: steampunk motorcycle design electric)

links for 2008-03-18

• Diseño: Ideas para acabar con el jefe - ALT1040
  Very funny
  (tags: office life)
• Another Ice Age? - TIME
  That was in 1974
  (tags: box climate global time Warming cooling)
• OpenDNS - What is OpenDNS and Why You Absolutely Need It ?
  (tags: dns opendns wireless windows)
• Curiosidades: ¿Quién es el autor del fondo de escritorio de Windows XP? - ALT1040
  It's so surreal that looks like a drawing.
  (tags: pictures windows xp)
• Economics Blog : Greenspan on Why Current Crisis Wasn't Foreseen
  We cannot hope to anticipate the specifics of future crises with any degree of confidence. Thus it is important, indeed crucial, that any reforms in, and adjustments to, the structure of markets and regulation not inhibit our most reliable and effective s
  (tags: greenspan crisis economics)
• "A Bear Stearns Market" By James Grant
  Back in 2002-03, Ben S. Bernanke, then a Fed governor serving under Alan Greenspan, got it into his head to scotch "deflation." Low, and lower, everyday prices were a clear and present danger, he claimed. Concurring, Greenspan led a campaign to reinstitut
  (tags: Credit economics)
• Feature: Wire Your Living Room Over Wi-Fi with a Bridge
  Just what I was looking.
  (tags: inbox lifehacker networking tech wifi wireless)

links for 2008-03-17

• Venezuela opts for oil contracts in euros: report - Yahoo! News UK
  (tags: dollar Euro US venezuela world)
• eluniverso.com - Los amigos de las FARC en Ecuador, de luto por Reyes - Mar. 16, 2008 - POLÍTICA
  (tags: FARC Reyes communism)
• How to back up your Gmail on Linux in four easy steps
  (tags: gmail email howto getmail linux backups)
• The Strangest Vehicles In The World » The UberReview
  I want the WV.
  (tags: awesome vehicles)
• Indie Labels Take E-commerce into Their Own Hands
  (tags: music online)
• First look - Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V installation — Server Virtualization Blog
  Interesting you need 64 bit for virtualization.
  (tags: windows 2008 virtualization)
• Google Watch - Google vs. Facebook - Adobe Bid Would be Out of Character For Google
  Buying Adobe for almost $20 billion would be an extremely Machiavellian response
  (tags: google adobe)
• Online Backup by the Numbers
  (tags: online backup)
• Yahoo showing signs of life, albeit too late | Coop's Corner : A Blog from Charlie Cooper - CNET News.com
  The future of flickr.
  (tags: flickr video Yahoo)
• BBC Mundo | América Latina | Brasil: hallan plantación de coca
  (tags: Brazil drugs)
• Comcast Kicks Tires On 100-Gig Optical Links - 3/12/2008 5:00:00 PM - Multichannel News
  Amazing, I want that speed for my home.
  (tags: comcast tech news fiberoptics)
• A flash memory notebook: The sounds of silence
  (tags: dell FLASH hardware tech storage)