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Show me your teamwork
I spent all day yesterday at the 2007 Challenge organized by First Lego League (FLL) organization which is a Robotics contest for kids using LEGO Mindstorms. The day was very fun and the team i was coaching, the Pond Springs Pioneers finished in 19th place out of 60th teams. But the best thing is that…
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Almendra: A rare acquisition
Last weekend was labor day holiday and usually different stores arrange sales. Half Price Books one of my favorite stores in Austin had all its inventory with 20% discount. This store carries used books, cds, dvds and even lps and tapes. First I went to the photography books section and got my self a really…
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Got tickets for ACL 2007
Today I bought tickets for the Austin City Limits music festival 2007 and I’m really happy! Some of the lineup bands: Björk, Bob Dylan, The White Stripes, The Killers, Muse, Queen of the Stone Age, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, Aterciopelados, …
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Smile to my new Nikon D40x
Back in 2004 I bought myself a very small and nice digital camera Pentax Optio S4i as you probably already knew. For 3 years I’ve been taking lots of pictures and having lots of fun with my camera, but over this past 3 years I also realized how point and shot cameras are very limited…
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August update
Blogs turn very lame when you dont post regularly. Recently I haven’t had anything exciting to write about, so my blog has been falling into the lame category. This post is just to summarize some of the things I have been doing recently or that I’m going to be doing in the near future. Party,…
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Welcome Ana Laura
Tonight is my birthday. I’m turning 29… I’m getting old but I don’t feel it… I still feel like I can do whatever I want. At the end, age is a mental thing and not so much a physical thing (err… sure). Anyway, Colombian soccer national team got beat REALLY bad tonight… I mean REEEEAAAAAALLLLY…
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FIFA is peeing 2500 meters outside the toilet
Joseph S. Blatter strikes again. AP Photo/Diether Endlicher “Está meando fuera del tiesto”, is an expression in Spanish that means that someone is doing something stupid (like peeing outside the toilet!), and that is exactly what the world’s most important soccer organization is doing by issuing a new regulation that states that no international soccer…
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2500 words
Can you write 2500 words a day? El reto era escribir 2500 palabras. El motivo parte de una conversación con Lucia sobre una página que…. bueno entre la frase inicial y esto que escribo ahorita pasaron unos 30 minutos, pues antes de adentrarme a escribir 2500 palabras, preferà instalar en mi PowerBook una configuración de…
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Happy Bday to me!
Wow! I always thought that my birthday was sometime in June, but apparently I’m a Capricorn and my birthday is in January.
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Microwaves
This week I purschased a new microwave oven (Sharp R-1505LK) because apparently my old microwave oven was leaking. My old microwave (Kenmore) was a gift from a former housemate and it was about 10 years old. The way I figure it was leaking microwaves was because when I turned it on, my Dish Network signal…