Category Archives: personal

Resolutions for 2012

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Gabriel Saldaña

At first, according to my last year’s resolutions post, I thought this year’s resolutions would look like the image above. Fortunately after reviewing a bit further, I did manage to accomplish 5 of 7 goals, so it’s not that bad. … Continue reading →

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Montecristo Signature Series Humi-Savor Travel Cigar Case

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

A few weeks ago I received the Montecristo Singature Series Humi-Savor from Montecristo. It’s a very nice travel cigar case that holds one piece but has the added benefit of having humidity control. It’s a hard metal case with an … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Christopher Hitchens

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

Yesterday (Dec. 16, 2011) I read in the news that Christopher Hitchens passed away after a long struggle with cancer. Although I didn’t know the man personally, nor I’m familiar with all his journalistic work, his books, talks and speeches … Continue reading →

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Grant’s Tobacco shop

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

While walking in the financial district of San Francisco, I stopped by Grant’s Tobacco shop. It’s a traditional tobacco shop that’s been around since 1849. I usually don’t stop by any tobacco shops in the US because cuban cigars are … Continue reading →

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Will be speaking at FSLVallarta 2011

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

This year I’ll be giving two talks at the Festival del Software Libre in Puerto Vallarta. This time I got invited on two topics, I’ll give my talk about DRM and for the first time I’ll be talking about Free … Continue reading →

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Latest events and life changes

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

The last two months have been full of unexpected changes in my life. I no longer have a steady job, nor a personal relationship (I’m back to single status). Its been hard as the two changes came quite close to … Continue reading →

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