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Feb 08 2010

Too much power, too much control

Recently, I had an unfortunate incident with my GMail account. It got blocked for around one hour “because of suspicious activity”. I was doing some User-Agent tests with Firefox and User Agent Switcher with GMail open in one tab so you can imagine my...
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Dec 21 2009

The ultimate clean desktop, Windows 7 edition

While I’m not an expert, I’m neither an amateur in using Windows. I try to learn useful shorcuts, I combine mouse + keyboard for faster actions, try to have as few running programs as possible (both to improve performance and to avoid unlegible taskbar...
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Oct 13 2009

5 Technological gurus I admire

It is common to have models in life, to dream to be like them someday. Some people chose actors, others singers or rock stars… I’m selecting 5 technology-related individuals that I think are real gurus, people I really admire for their intelligence and...
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Jul 12 2009

How we Europeans get cheated with videogame prices

This is going to be a small rant post not related to development, but I just couldn’t resist to talk about this semi-fraud. Everybody who plays videogames (either on PC or on console) knows that in Europe prices are “a bit higher” and games usually come...
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Feb 06 2009

It’s official (at last): I’m getting fired

This is an offtopic, personal and a bit sad post. For the last 8 months, I’ve been working at NAVTEQ , in the Madrid R&D Department, as a .NET Analyst-Programmer, both maintaining and expanding a mobile platform (in the server side) and doing some...
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Oct 21 2008

Offtopic: Workplace setup

After moving to our final destination, I've got my workplace properly setup. As I said before , dual monitor development rulez! And I even have windows (I mean in front of my pc, inside it of course :P)
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Oct 13 2008

Last posts words tag cloud

Just a tagcloud made with Wordle about things said in my last posts:
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Sep 22 2008

Offtopic: Cheat Engine

I'm a videogame addict, I must confess it. Since I've got Spore, I've been playing a lot with it. I'm in the galactic stage now, and I've restarted the game three times to perfect the score, get all the creature parts and maximize...
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Jul 22 2008

Offtopic: Software Development meme

Software Development meme Via Vicente I'm "forced" to do this meme about software development, but in english :P What was your age when you started programming 13 years old. How did you started programming I was born between computers, from...
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Jul 02 2008

Tides of change

Goodbyes are never easy. Times change, companies change, people changes, and our goals change too. After 4 years at ilitia , coinciding with the new company's logo and office, I'm moving to a new job. This past weekend I went to Barcelona to Jack...
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