Romulo Lopez Cordero

links for 2008-04-30

• The Austrian Economists: Attention-Grabbing Advertising: Gates and Buffet in a NetJets Plane
  (tags: austrian economics advertisement buffet gates planes)
• MAKE: Blog: Portable cell phone booth makes you seem more old school
  A gift for my wife?
  (tags: funny gadget phone technology)
• FaithWorld » Blog Archive » Speculation starts about pope’s health, possible successor | Blogs | Reuters.com
  The Honduran Bishop would be a great choice
  (tags: Pope Vatican Madariaga)
• Laureano Márquez » Blog Archive » YON
  Regarding the latest Friedman prize.
  (tags: Yon Goicochea)
• Official Windows XP Service Pack 3 Download Links
  Why there are no pages to it?
  (tags: download SP3 WinXP xp)
• Internet Explorer: Get Firefox's Best Features in Internet Explorer
  When you can not get rid of explorer
  (tags: firefox IE lifehacks addon)
• 75% Of Your Site Visitors Will Never See Ads Placed Below the Fold
  Like it or not, left hand corner on the top rules.
  (tags: ads stats toread)

links for 2008-04-29

• Carpe Diem: La tragedia triste y espantosa de los castrati
  A very dark practice that was finally banned.
  (tags: castrati music)
• Shenanigans: Dell to Sell XP after June 30, Microsoft to Pretend They're Selling Vista to Save Face
  Saving face.
  (tags: vista microsoft Windows statistics sales)
• "Asunto: me he muerto" · ELPAÍS.com
  Interesting, how to manage your virtual life upon your death.
  (tags: mail death)
• 30 Alternatives To Adobe Acrobat
  Seems like there is no reason to get adobe.
  (tags: pdf software tools opensource)
• Crapware: Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software
  Love freeware
  (tags: Windows software utilities lifehacker)
• HP Notebook Giveaway: You Can Get a Laptop Computer for Free
  I want mine.
  (tags: blogging free laptop)

links for 2008-04-25

• Shoes are bad for your feet? Vindicating the barefoot set - Boing Boing
  Interesting theory, but the shoe in the picture looks creepy.
  (tags: shoes feet)
• BBC Mundo | Economía | Wal-Mart raciona la venta de arroz
  Another self inflicted crisis. Governments trying to cope with the so called crisis, make the problem worst.
  (tags: rice rationing food)
• BBC Mundo | Cultura y Sociedad | El regreso del Padre Pío
  Leave this saint alone, why the questioning.
  (tags: Saints Pio)
• Líder estudiantil venezolano recibe Premio Milton Friedman por la Libertad | elcato.org
  Now he needs to learn a little bit more economics.
  (tags: Friedman award)
• Ballmer: You want XP, we'll keep XP
  Long life to xp
  (tags: microsoft windows xp news)

links for 2008-04-24

• BBC Mundo | América Latina | "Bolivia a punto de estallar"
  Drums of war?
  (tags: Bolivia Alba Chavez)
• Microsoft Reveals a Web-Based Software System - New York Times
  Finally, would it be too late for them?
  (tags: microsoft cloud computing)
• DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys
  DRM really sucks, I already lost one activation in my itunes, when I forgot to disable one machine that I had to nuke.
  (tags: DRM music microsoft copyfight law)
• BBC Mundo | Economía | Renuncia de alto nivel en el WSJ
  WSJ where are you going?
  (tags: WSJ Murdoch)
• Caffeinate With Care: Small Shots Do a Brain Better Than Big Blasts
  Cindy you should read this.
  (tags: memory coffee brain nutrition caffeine)
• carbon copy sticky pad reminds you to follow up
  To buy
  (tags: office Postit)
• BBC Mundo | Cultura y Sociedad | Sexo en los parques
  Democracy and Freedom in Amsterdam?
  (tags: Amsterdam Freedom democracy)
• El Príncipe 'se suelta' con el euskara | elmundo.es
  Very clever.
  (tags: Euskera Spain)
• Embraer Sells Its 50th Ethanol-Powered Ipanema Crop Duster | Autopia from Wired.com
  Nice, now more people will starve.
  (tags: food ethanol aviation)
• El Independent: ¿Dónde está la comida?
  Very true, free trade to fight hunger.
  (tags: hunger economics free trade)
• Featured Windows Download: RegToy Tweaks Your PC Every Which Way
  To try out.
  (tags: windows freeware utility tweaks downloads Utilities)

I know what I don't like about blog it.

I can not post in simple rich text, so unless I am willing to remember some html code for links and so on there is no way for me to blog from here comfortably. I like the idea, but I miss that feature.

links for 2008-04-23

• Video: Podcasting in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English
  (tags: podcast presentations video commoncraft)
• Urinal Elephants invade Japan - Engadget
  I always wondered if there was a better method to clean toilets, I can't wait to see the home version to clean your toilet.
  (tags: elephant humor cleaning)
• Lee Hockstader - Arizona's Immigration Two-Step - washingtonpost.com
  The obvious is happening, kick out the inmigrants, the business start loosing workforce.
  (tags: inmigration business)

links for 2008-04-22

• Bits: Online Advertising Is a Lagging Indicator of a Recession
  Will Google and online advertisers be able to avoid recession?
  (tags: advertising economics work internet)

links for 2008-04-21

• Anatomy of an Ikea product
  The secret revealed.
  (tags: design IKEA)
• Speculation mounts over Six Apart acquisition
  What would it be?
  (tags: Six Apart Blogging business)
• Struggling to Evade the E-Mail Tsunami - New York Times
  Good suggestions, specially Mencken's.
  (tags: email management)
• El Independent: Traseros irritados
  (tags: Mario Vargas Llosa)
• What Could Dull Toyota's Edge
  In the aftermath of the Big Three's cost-saving deal with unions, its U.S. plants must play catch-up
  (tags: Toyota car industry)
• Vatican Hints at Changes in Church Laws on Abuse - New York Times
  (tags: Church sex abuse)
• BBC Mundo | Economía | La crisis crediticia llega a Miami
  I thought that Florida was already, hit, but it seems that Miami was isolated.
  (tags: recession Miami)

links for 2008-04-19

• How to Insert LinkedIn Email Signatures In Gmail
  This is a clever trick.
  (tags: gmail signature)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Paypal to block 'unsafe browsers'
  Time to be though.
  (tags: browser paypal phishing security web)
• Online-ad network Federated Media brings in $50 million? | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
  There is real money in blogs.
  (tags: advertising IPO blogs federated)
• Gawker Media slims its blog network | The Social - CNET News.com
  On the other hand seems like the the bad economic times are hitting the web somehow.
  (tags: blogs economics)
• Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - How to make a Sawed-off USB Key
  To do.
  (tags: usb DIY tutorial computer cool)
• Microsoft Will Kill ActiveX Controls - If You Ask
  (tags: security Microsoft updates activex)
• Photos: Giving old PCs new life | CNET News.com
  An interesting way to give new life to old computers.
  (tags: pc recycling Colombia)
• El Independent: La otra China
  (tags: China freedom Alvaro Vargas Llosa)

links for 2008-04-17

• Erosion of Support for Free Market System: Global Poll
  The start of a long colectivist night? We free marketeers need to work overtime to counter this trend
  (tags: free markets trends)
• Vista 'broom' sweeps top execs out the door
  Another whole in the ship
  (tags: windows vista)
• An Open Source Class-Five Switch | Team Think | ZDNet.com
  The open source world is growing with these projects.
  (tags: telephony opensource freeswitch)
• Google Watch - Google Mobile - Politicos Feel Used by Google in Spectrum Auction
  "Don't make Google the bully when the FCC typically bullies every company that needs something from them."
  (tags: FCC google auction)
• Print Your Own Monopoly Board Game - Inspired by Google
  Got to try this.
  (tags: games Google Monopoly)
• The Googlenairs :: Sexy College Girls :: Cherry Avenue
  I want to work at Google.
  (tags: google salary benefits jobs)
• Happy Birthday, Thomas Jefferson
  With less freedom
  (tags: JEfferson freedom)
• Estándares abiertos e interoperabilidad. Foro sobre Estándares Abiertos.
  This is bs, what he wants is the ability to have full control.
  (tags: opensource software)
• TypePad - Features - Blog it
  I would rather blog in typepad and have it republished on all the Social networing sites or blogs.
  (tags: facebook blogit)
• New Vostro Laptops: A 13.3" and More - Small Business
  I have to try this new line.
  (tags: Vostro DEll)