the good old times

Whatever happens, the past will always be the good old times.

I had a Lisbon flashback recently. Monday morning at work, I checked a personal mailbox and spotted a mail from the 59:1 indie club, a concert was coming up and they were giving some tickets away.

Alright, let’s reply and hope to win tickets for the concert of a totally unknown band from Canada, Attack in Black. The next day, the day of the concert, bing… “you got mail”… and 2 tickets for the gig. Next step, find someone to go with. That sorted itself out pretty fast and I ended up having a real cool evening with Manu.

Back when I was living in Lisbon, we used to win heaps of free tickets for ballet, theatre, movies and concerts – I could have won even more if I’d really put myself into it.

I so missed this. The occasional happy oportunity to go to a concert for free with a friend. I wish there were more such opportunities for that in Munich, I’ll keep my ears and eyes open.

Oh, the concert? It was fun. The band ran out of songs and started doing some covers. They were funny and entertaining. The bass player so reminded me of Jeanne, a fab CSer I had the pleasure to meet this year, which by itself is another situation I will add to my next “good old times”.

cheers,

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aware of what the internet can be used for

The latest The Economist has a great article about a concept I never really idealized before.

Usually, when entities' website is suffering from a DDOS attack, this one is being commandeered by a malicious person controlling zombie computers, meaning, the computer's owners do NOT know they are actually attacking something/someone.

Now, common people, politically and socially motivated, are enticed or invited to join on DDOS attacks, just like Russians were asked to Georgian official websites.




http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12673385




The guerilla with its flying sticks and stones, comfortably from home.

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it's cold outside. the bed is comfy and my laptop is warm.

When TV shows are just not enough.

When there is no interesting movie to watch.

When no one is distracting me in bed.

When there is no patience for youtube.

There are simple games to keep a member of the cyber-mankind entertained at night.

• www.fantasticcontraption.com
• www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/game.asp
• www.casualcollective.com

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beeps and blips

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entertainment

Ach so, they are called Calacas! I always wanted a papier-maché doll like that (one more item to pack for my next and still unplanned move, sigh...)

Today, entertainment was the word of the day. I had a blast at my first Wii session (and totally kicked ass at golf). Then, I stumbled on ScummVM just to notice that there is a MacOSX version.
How important can that be? Just enough to revive my joy at playing Gobliiins on a friend's Mac (I downloaded it later myselft once back at home), one of the many old-school PC Games available as abandonware. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, how great that game was!


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I was listening to PaulDotCom.com's podcast n.127 and there was a very quotable note:

"Many say that security is a 3 legged stool: Secure, usable, cheap - pick two"

Kinda got me thinking.

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software is a daily deal...

Kinda got fed-up with Picasa and I didn't dedicate any time (nor patience) to try all the new features from it's v3Beta.

Instead....
Picasa Web Publisher + Live Photo Gallery Beta = my pictures posted online at a 1024×768 res. It's, simple, easy and enough.


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weird habits

Imagine what I did when I woke up at 2AM - I didn't rest until the battery was empty.


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two new loves in one shot

Terry Richardson is nuuuuts but his pictures are so honest, raw, simple and sexual. Plus, the TASCHEN Book Terryworld is available for 15€.

While searching for a very good-looking Charlotte Kemp Muhl, I stumbled on a video directed by Terry... link

This kept me entertained for 3 minutes and happy for the rest of the evening. The song is OK too.


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radio silence

I have been in that mode for a little while.

Could a girl be involved? Has work something to do with it too? Has nothing been happening lately?

Could it not be due to a little bit of everything?

 

I am not really sure either but I'll yell about something soon.

 

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