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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source personal

Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich from Telcel

I was lucky to get an online coupon to get the Galaxy Nexus phone on launch in Mexico (Telcel carrier) last thursday. The software and usability I wanted to give the phone some use before writing about it so I waited some weeks to post anything about it. I think it’s a very fast and […]

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

CSS3 columns in Internet Explorer and other unsupported browsers

Recently I’ve been working on a project for a client that makes use of CSS3 columns in its layout design. The problem with CSS3 columns is that it’s not supported by any stable version of Internet Explorer so far (surprised? no? good!). At the time of this writing IE9 is the latest version. Luckily there’s […]

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personal

Resolutions for 2012

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. I went to Google I/O I got back into the open source community in Mexico […]

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

Easy CSS editing with Emacs

Editing CSS in Emacs is very easy since the standard CSS mode comes included by default. But developer Julien Danjou created this nice minor mode called rainbow-mode which will display the color of the code as the background of the code’s text. It is very useful to immediately see the colors right there in the […]

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personal

Montecristo Signature Series Humi-Savor Travel Cigar Case

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 internal base and a coil that will adapt to the size of your cigar to […]

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Photography

Local fashion show at Batiz boutique

A new fashion boutique opened up in my neighborhood. Veronica Batiz, chief editor of Intrend Magazine just opened up her new boutique of haute couture in San Pedro. I got invited via email and I couldn’t let pass an opportunity to shoot some models picutres. I like fashion and I get very few opportunities to […]