Posts in January dAmerica/Chicago 2008

A PDA with Linux
Thursday, 31-January-2008

I’m used to read PDFs while in bed, on my Acer PDA. But its tiny resolution (320×240) didn’t help a clear reading, therefore I started to look for a bigger device, it must be easy to hold but not too big. So I avoided those e-readers, and focused on PDAs with bigger resolution. And then […]

Playing with the bits of double variables
Friday, 25-January-2008

[Most of my readers will not understand the following, but the mathematicians will love it]
A couple of years ago, a mathematician friend told me some problems he had about optimizing a program (maths calculations), asking me for suggestions. I answered with some ideas, but then he asked me about the double format, the way the […]

A farmer
Tuesday, 15-January-2008

I should have been a farmer, or a gardener.
Every single plant grows on my rough hands.
Is it me?, or is the nature so beautiful?
Even a garlic clove!

Renfe.es: a bad UI case
Wednesday, 9-January-2008

In the last year I flew 24 times. Too many times, according to those ecological footprint quizs. So I decided to give another try to the train, for my usual Barcelona-Alicante trip. Unluckily in Spain the train’s company, “Renfe”, is really prehistoric: there are always delays, tickets are expensive (domestic flights are cheaper and quicker), […]

Welcome 2008, warming up again
Wednesday, 9-January-2008

I stayed one week in London, during the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. I had a really nice time there, took part in a Go tournament with excellent results, and did a lot of sightseeing beneath the cold and dark sky. I took a lot of pictures, as well. It was an […]