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High Fidelity
BOOK The author is Nick Hornby and the book is from 1995. The main character is Rob: a mid thirties bloke that owns a small record store and used to be a DJ and loved it. He thinks you should own at least 1000 records to prove that you appreciate and know music. He hates…
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The DJ has a new toy
Today I went to the Apple Store at the Domain and bought myself an xSessionPro: a USB mixing device that you can use to mix tracks on your computer and pretend that you are a DJ. It comes with a software called Torq Mixlab which is pretty simple but powerful and after a few minutes…
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Austin City Limits 2008
Another Austin City Limits music festival has passed successfully through Austin. The festival just keeps getting better every year and I really enjoy going to it. My favorite bands this year where: Manu Chao I saw Manu Chao last year in Austin and I enjoyed watching him perform again. It was the only artist I…
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Road trip to New Mexico
View Larger Map Last weekend Cristin and I went on a road trip to New Mexico and visited some of its sites. We wanted to see Santa Fe, but besides that nothing was planned. I took Friday off at work and we drove from Austin to Santa Rosa where we spent the night. Santa Rosa…
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Cuca Fresca
From Brazil with Love: Cuca Fresca!
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Medellin 2008: The pictures
Pictures from my trip to Medellín.
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Medellín 2008: The food
Wikimedia Commons – Description = Bandeja Paisa – Source = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Banpaisa.png – Date = 12/16/06 – Author = Wikipedia Author F3rn4nd0 – Permission = Author released into public domain Every time I come to Medellín it is mandatory for me to eat as many typical dishes as possible and this time it hasn´t been the…
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Medellín 2008: Corralejas
Picture by Luis Pérez A corraleja is a typical celebration from the Colombian coast regions where people gather in a place similar to a bullfight ring and fight several bulls. The difference with a bullfight is that there is no matador in corralejas, but anyone can jump in and fight the bull. And the bull…
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Medellín 2008: The trip
View Larger Map It all started on July 30th at 3:30am when I get this phone call: Me: “He…mfff…llo…bmgrrr?” Cab driver: “Hello are you Mr. Jaramillo? I´m the cab driver and I´m waiting for you outside your house” Me: “Dude! I asked for a cab for July 31st! You came 24 hours too soon!” Cab…
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30 years and counting
It has been almost a month since I wrote my last post two days before my birthday. I have to thank everyone who made it to my birthday party. It was really fun. I also want to thank all the friends and family members that sent me happy birthday wishes through emails, instant messages, phone…