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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…
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Una trova a mis treintas
Una trova a mis treintas.
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The path to 30
Thirty years ago, on June 8, 1978, Intel Corp. introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086, with a splashy ad heralding “the dawn of a new era.” Overblown? Sure, but also prophetic. While the 8086 was slow to take off, its underlying architecture — later referred to as x86 — would become one of technology’s…
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Posting your pictures online
Sharing your pictures on the web seems like a very trivial matter, right? well I can tell you it is not that trivial. Here is my story. Back in 2004 when I first created Chichipanguanorrea I chose Fotopic as the solution for sharing my pictures. The interface was ugly but uploading the pictures was very…
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WordPress 2.5 upgrade
I’m not going to give you all the nasty details, but I just updated Chichipanguanorrea 3.0 to use WordPress 2.5 and it wasn’t a smooth upgrade. Anyway finally I got everything back in order so you (and the other 4 readers) can continue enjoying the Chichipanguanorrea sensation.
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nine inch nails is the best band ever
Trent Reznor rocks! I said once. NIN fuckin’ rocks! I said later. I even was crazy enough to play along with them. But now I have to say: nine inch nails is the best band in the world. I’m really sorry Pink Floyd, U2 or Soda Stereo. “thank you for your continued and loyal support…
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Austin hidden treasures
Rocks path Originally uploaded by Daniel Jaramillo Today I decided to drive around Capital of Texas Highway / 360 and find neat places to take pictures of. That is how I discovered the Bull Creek District Park.
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Learning to pic
Still learning how to take good pictures. Check my latest pictures on flickr and leave some comments if you love/hate what you see. Learning to fly is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs.
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Life in Austin: Update (not worth reading)
There is a time in every blogger’s life when you simply don’t have much interesting material to post about, so you decide to create a post about the last few things that have been going on. Unfortunately this is not the first time I do this, so feel free to drop some hate comments and…