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Photography

Tampico downtown photowalk in the rain

Started the year with a nice calm photo walk on a rainy day at my hometown, Tampico, Mexico. My friend Luis Perez picked me up and we went to have the traditional breakfast from Tampico: Torta de la Barda, at the place where the exquisite dish started. I wanted to say legendary, but it’s not […]

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personal

Resolutions for 2013

This 2012 has been a year of big changes in my life. There’s been ups and downs like never before and a complete emotional roller coaster. I switched jobs, moved to a new city on the other side of the country, made new friends, reunited with old ones, lost my photography gear, got new one, […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

10 PHP code quality tools to avoid a mess in your projects

When programming in any language there are certain common errors that everyone makes as they mature and evolve their programming skills. In the case of PHP, I’ve seen a lot of ugly and complicated code around, since the language is very permissive. To have a good and healthy PHP code base so it won’t resemble […]

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News Photography

Snapseed for Android vs Instagram

After Google bought Nik Software, makers of the then iOS-only app Snapseed, today they have released it for Android and for free! Snapseed is a very easy to use photo app to edit and enhance your shots. Editing photos with Snapseed is very easy and the results are good. But let me compare it with […]

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Photography

Some photos of Puerto Vallarta

I did a photo walk in downtown Puerto Vallarta on my last day at the Festival de Software Libre. Before having lunch, my friend Gozner the magician performed some amazing card tricks. Then after a some relaxing time and chat with friends by the hotel pool, we went downtown. The Dia de Muertos celebrations were […]

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Events GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Photography

Festival Software Libre Vallarta 2012

The first days of november I spent them at the Festival Software Libre 2012, in Puerto Vallarta. Like last year, this is an event where most of the free software minds in Mexico and other nearby countries gather to exchange and promote technology ideas and projects. The location as always is great, and it was […]