Monday, July 27, 2009

Appropriate Words Of Condolence Thank You



My father came home with one about four cans of white paint. My mom has always liked the places are well lit and would not accept any other color. The beds and other wax would be made on one side and gave way to a carpet of newsprint. Lucky for me, I was too young to participate in the Herculean task of moving the house to and fro each time a wall was painted. However, I was occasionally allowed the fun of painting the house. Before we would begin those paper hats, which more than keep us topped the head of painting, contributed to the feeling that this was a game. This is my first memory of painting a house.

The second occur years later, while I was in adolescence and paint and was not part of the definition of fun. At this moment I can not really remember if I worked and I managed to avoid the task. I remember the color chosen this time was a horrible passion fruit that remained on the walls for almost a decade. If I worked at that time, I suppose the task was so boring that no longer considered worthy of being remembered. What I can say is that on subsequent occasions when my parents decided to offer a new color to our home, I managed to avoid the ordeal they represented all things move to leave the walls and clean rooms. Admittedly, painting is fun but a waste more time preparing the place to be given new life by giving new life.

The next time he successfully managed to evade the painting was due to travel. When I turned my parents wanted me the surprise of having a room with a blue wall. While blue was nice, the finish was horrible. I was silent for years not to make you feel bad about the failed surprise. Later, my father decided that it was not fun to waste a couple of weeks to get new colors to the walls and decided to hire someone. The best thing is that this time it was I who chose the colors of my room and to this day I believe I have not lived a beautiful place like that. Unfortunately not live there long to enjoy my new colors.

conclusion, painting is fun, as long as they do in an empty room and where there to keep things in boxes and not have to move beds or closets or you have concerns of damaging something.

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Nothing is permanent, But change is

guess many asked why my previous post. Suddenly I talking of CSS 'and web design. Well the reason was that I wanted to bring this change to my blog. I made several experiments using alternative styles (including finished one with a grunge style), but mine are not dark themes, I like things minimal and definitely would be in the white stage of my life (as well as Picasso had his blue period and speaking of this stage is it not curious that all these great painters like Picasso and Van Gogh, had to use prostitutes as models that failed to model it?).

recap, I'm in my white stage and it's not just on the blog but in my personal life. Things are going very well lately, so much so that the only thing that still needs to improve is my thesis that still does not run as expected. But most importantly, the reason for my happiness is that I committed. Yes sir, no more single. Those who thought it would end a monk were wrong. Although no hurry, because the wedding is going to take a little bit, then how come here cold and do not feel like a marriage in the snow. So, if things go as they go, in May of next year I will give you my final farewell to bachelorhood.

And since not being more, I leave. I hope to comment on the new skin on my little blog.


Saturday, July 18, 2009

International Color Card

Handling CSS

I am designing a new template for this blog and, since all major browsers (and the only ones that interest me support) implemented css3 , I decided to add use some elements of the new standard. Particularly wanted to use the property @ font-face . Because I use firefox , I tend to design tests performed on this browser. The results were unfortunate and although I did not change the css resigned myself to not use the subject property.

The surprise was where I opened it, by chance, the same page in Opera and suddenly there appeared sources. Then, after further experiments, I discovered the reason for the problem. To protect intellectual property on the sources, the property does not apply @ font-face unless the file Supply is on the same server as the page you expect to use, however, Opera have no problem in displaying the correct font no matter which server is hosted.

Friday, July 17, 2009

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Zappa

is well known by most who know me I'm a big fan of Zappa, and those who do not know, just have to look here. Curiously, it is a hobby not as old as I would like but there it is. When I went to Berlin one of the main points I wanted to know was the Frank Zappa Strasse (though I could not go due to time).

In any case, the reason I write this post is that I want to recommend the entry the soundboard just published. This entry Carlos makes an excellent compilation of the records that a newbie should listen to Zappa. I can only say that he lacked the to Freak Out! the top of the list, but otherwise, I quite agree in their recommendations. Now I only say that I hope most fans of Zappa in the future.



Saturday, July 4, 2009

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The truth of research in Colombia

few days ago I read an article Malpensante in which exposed the farce of academic publications in Colombia. The author showed how a circle of reviewers and revised the system is worth colciencias generated to calculate the salary of a teacher to bleed the public treasury. The author particularly critical of the human sciences, and indeed naively assumed that these things do not happen in the hard sciences and / or engineering. Unfortunately for the author of that article, my experience has shown that these aberrations occur even in the most important circles of engineering. To support what I say, I can talk about my own experience.

few years ago, before emigrating to Colombia I had the opportunity to bond as a research assistant on a project developed by a prestigious university, funded in part by colciencias and another by a well known Colombian company. At that time was a recent graduate and idealistic. Dreamed of doing research for his belief in science, so I did not hesitate a few seconds to take the job.

After months of working on software that no one had any idea how should operate so that the requirements changed every day. Having difficulty trying to contact and / or personal interview within the company. The project came to an abrupt end as soon as it published an article in a conference. Painful for me was the fact that aside the only person who believed in our project, the director of this not considered relevant and frankly I believe, was no longer interested in the project. At that moment I realized the sad reality. No one was interested in our work and the reasons for which this project was due more to economic and reputational reasons, that a love of science.

The business works like this: the company partly funded the project and that this was taking place was only interested in two things, first, a discount, equivalent to 120% of project cost, in taxes. Second, maintaining a reputation as a company sponsoring the research. The project director, was interested in publishing an article for that, as evidenced by the Malpensante article, we go up the job. But that does not end there. At the start of the project passed a budget Colciencias, which stipulates that the project costs will be, these expenses include items such as new computers, assistants' salaries, expenses for meetings of socialization, even had an item for a meeting rather large for the launch of the project. If the chief saving money on those items he was the difference. Obviously is not as fast as that, but if you knew the right people, that was the result.

These things disappointed when you believe in science. Before this story took place, belonged to a lab where things were done with idealism. People love working for what he did. Clearly, these projects, which if science had never managed colciencias sponsorship. Probably due to its enormous budget was bled in similar projects to that in which I worked.