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Photography

Tapalpa trip to the Big Stones

Around Guadalajara city there are a lot of interesting beautiful places to visit. Some locals say that the best part of living in this city is its surroundings. So I went to visit Tapalpa, Jalisco. A place known for its sheep barbecue, rest log cabins and the big stones. Since it was a small one […]

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Interesting random stuff

Google Currents as replacement for Google Reader

On December 2011 Google introduced Currents, an RSS reader app for mobile devices with a magazine-like user interface similar to Flipboard. The application is very good-looking, they have done a great design and user experience. But before that, there was the Google Reader web service and mobile app. The Google Reader app looks old and […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

Free & Open source web based Google Reader alternatives

Google has announced that they are terminating the Google Reader application. I’ve written before about the risks of depending on web services, and well, for those users of this service, it is time to look out for options. At least they play nice and thanks to the Data Liberation Front you can export all your […]

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personal

Death, mortality and coincidences

On February 14 2013, my uncle passed away from a sudden heart attack. He survived the Mayan apocalypse from 2012 and also survived many other “end of the world” dates. But it came to that day when he ceased existing. His sudden death took us by surprise, since he was still young and seemed well […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

My Mediagoblin instance with better image quality & EXIF data

In my continuous attempts to free myself from proprietary webservices and run my own Free Network Services, I’ve finally set up my own GNU Mediagoblin instance. This is a multimedia gallery project to host, show and share several kinds of media files, like images, videos, ascii art, SVGs and even 3D models. From the Mediagoblin […]

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personal

An update on my take on ebooks and readers

On the first days of February, after many considerations given my past experience, I decided to bite the bullet and get a Kindle. I got the wifi-only paperwhite edition with ads for the economic price of $118 USD. I had the opportunity to buy it directly at a BestBuy store since I was in Texas […]