Yearly Archives: 2010

My cigar humidor & basic tips for cigar care

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

I’m very happy that my girlfriend recently went to Cuba for work travel, and she brought me back some very nice Cuban cigars. My humidor has been almost empty this year and today is fuller than ever before. I’m normally … Continue reading →

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Good bye Shyam Karanat

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

This weekend I recieved the sad news that Shyam Karanat passed away. Although we never met in person, he was a good friend. We mostly talked about Emacs Identica-mode, where he made several contributions. Actually, his patches to use url.el … Continue reading →

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The Social Network Movie

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

I just saw The Social Network movie. From a geeky perspective, its a very interesting movie. But I don’t know if it will be entertaining enough for the general public. Also I say this with the perspective of having read … Continue reading →

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A message from Richard Stallman on Software Freedom Day

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

Richard Stallman, the initiator of the Free Software movement, published a very easy to understand video message on what software freedom is about. Your browser does not support the video tag. Use the download link below. If you can’t see … Continue reading →

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My top 5 favorite Free Software programs

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

Happy Software Freedom day! In celebration of it, I’ll list the top 5 free software programs I use. GNU Emacs Very powerful text editor. I do most of my tasks in it, specially using and developing Identica-mode. I recommend it … Continue reading →

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Becoming Social Media expert

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

Social media expert books, originally uploaded by gabrielsaldana. By a strange series of coincidences, I turned out to be called the “social media guy” at the office. Now its part of my job to socialmedia-ize company stuff. Although from some … Continue reading →

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