Everything is a remix

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

 

For almost our entire history ideas were free. [...] But the growing dominance of the market economy, where the products of our intellectual labors are bought and sold, produced an unfortunate side-effect [...] Original creations can’t compete with the price of copies.

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Intelligence

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

 

It´s ok to say “I don´t understand”, and it´s always ok to ask questions.

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Envidias y fugas

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Gran viñeta, en La Información, de Ferrán Martin.

Imagen colgada con su permiso. Gracias!

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27% Income tax in 2011, and 400$ for H&R Block

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

Tax
I believe in Taxes. Not sure how much percentage is fair, which services  should be provided, or whether I agree to the spending, but the concept is just. That´s why I post this.

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Life is not just

Posted on February 16, 2012 by 
Life is not always just, but no one said said it would.
We get sick, we grow older, we die.
Justice is social, no natural.
We make social laws, we can break social laws.
Gravity, magnetism, are natural laws, you can't break them.
Life doesn't care about justice,
just like there is no "unjust gravity".
So, you see, Life doesn't care about it. Life is natural.
So stand up, keep fighting, and be just, whatever it comes.

Dedicated to those who always stand up,

till they aren’t.

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What the green “Maximize” button does in OSX does

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

The green “Maximize” button in Mac OSX is actually not what you thought it was.

In Microsoft Windows it makes the window fill the screen… (and I don´t really know what it does when the window is already maximized). In Mac it switches the size of the window from “application default” to “user set”. Its name is “Zoom”, and you can also find it on the Window Menu. Continue reading →

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[Idea] Brainstorming for Apps for Climate

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Apps for Climate

Today I went to a lunch meeting with the Apps 4 Climate folks. It is basically a challenge for developers to make apps using the vast archive of open data at the Bank.

It was great to see such a motivated team behind the project. We talkedabout the challenge itself, requirements and timelines. It was very appropriate for Habiba Gitay to point out the importance of rightful sourcing attribution (Most times the Bank acts as a portal that archives someone else data). Alex Barth also gave a talk about building maps with World Bank Climate Data (slides here).

The main part of the event were focus groups to brainstorm about ideas and about the potential of such competition. Here are 9+ ideas with mock names to motivate your brain: Continue reading →

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Full text feed

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

For those following the blog via RSS feed (Google Reader, … ).

You can see now the whole text in the feed.

Thanks @zugaldia for noticing.

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Más acción, menos palabras

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

[Cross posted at Global Adaptation Institute]

Today I´ve published the article “Más Acción, Menos Palabras,” in the Madrid-based daily national newspaper, La Rázon. One of the goals of the article is that in the wake of no clear path forward on tackling climate mitigation, concrete steps taken by world leaders attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting can harness the power of the private sector in helping those most vulnerable adapt to the challenges of climate change and other global forces:

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Yes, the Sun did flare

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Some of you asked me today.

Yes, the Sun is pretty active lately. Not many hours ago it did flare on its surface. With such luck that the ejecta pointed towards us. That´s rather unusual considering the tiny size of the Earth in comparison to the huge distance from the Sun.

Origianl source: https://www.facebook.com/game.esp

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