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Great time attending Google IO 2011

This year I got to finally attend the Google I/O event. I was lucky to easily get my entrance ticket the day they opened for registration. That day the tickets sold out in 59 minutes! (or so they say) The place was packed! There were about 5,000 attendees! I even got to see Leo Laporte […]

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San Francisco & Napa Valley trip photos

Before attending Google I/O, I went with a co-worker and friend to San Francisco and Napa Valley. Originally we were only going to SF for some shopping and walking around before going to see Cats, the broadway show at the Orpheum Theatre. But after I commented that I’ve never been to there before, and since […]

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Debian and the girlfriend

We got a new computer for the girlfriend some months ago. Since her old laptop was running Debian Lenny and she loved it, but the software packages were quite outdated, I decided to install Kubuntu 10.10 on her new laptop. Assuming that it would be easier to use with all of Canonical’s and community customizations, […]

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Weekend fun at the beach

Two weeks ago I finally got back to visit my hometown. Its been a while since my last visit and I really miss the beach. So I went there for a little while, took my dog Pancha and my camera. To my surprise I bumped into my cousins and some friends. Since I had my […]

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How NOT to kill an idea

Sometime ago, I came across this image on a blog, 8 ways to kill an idea. These are all clever and very real ways to kill an idea on the work environment. But it made me think of way’s I’ve killed an idea, on a personal level, and I realized its missing a nine-nth one: […]

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Dental exams and my childhood

A few days ago I went to take some dental models and X-rays for the braces treatment I’m currently under. It all reminded me of my childhood, as I spent most of it hanging around at my mom’s dental office. I used to help my mom with these same sampling back when I was about […]