Category Archives: other

Things for which I don’t have a category.

My hypothesis of music appreciation

I believe most music we like we like by association. What I mean by that is that we don’t like the music because of the music itself but because of what we associate to it. We probably do that with … Continue reading

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Flying my Extra 300S

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It moves!

I’m building a RCPowers Extra 300S and a couple of days ago it moved by itself for the first time: So exciting! There’s still a lot of work to do, I hope it’ll be flying this weekend (if the weather … Continue reading

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Thanks for your contribution to the NetBeans 6.9

When I write software, bug reports and feature requests are a blessing. It shows me that people is using it and want more. Silence is death. It’s nice to see an software project show appreciation for bug reports and I’m … Continue reading

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iPad, the good and the bad

I consider the iPad a very negative force. Apple is taking the close system of iPhone and moving it up to tablets. What’s the next move? Desktops? That’s very scary! Imagine a world where Steve Jobs is the final word … Continue reading

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Relentlessly resourceful

Paul Graham says that startup founders should be relentlessly resourceful. Well, the other day I needed a charger for my Sony PRS505, which was so empty that the USB plug wouldn’t charge it. We went through a big box of … Continue reading

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LEGO!

After watching AFOL A Blocumentary I got obsesed about LEGO. I couldn’t stop thinking about it for a week, so I gave in and I bought some. AFOL A Blocumentary from AFOL on Vimeo. My style is technic, so I … Continue reading

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The iPad's lack of Flash is a win-win situation

It seems iPad lack of Flash support is the debate of the moment. On one camp: “You can’t use the web without Flash”, on the other camp: “We don’t need no stinking Flash”. Although I do realize how a technology … Continue reading

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I'm changing how I deal with spam

My email address, pupeno@pupeno.com, existed since around 1998 and was never obfuscated or protected in any way. Spam wasn’t such a huge problem in those days. Today my Spam folder has 3200 mails. My spam filter is quite good, but … Continue reading

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What Joel Spolsky doesn't understand about Linux

Once again I hear Joel Spolsky saying the same thing about Linux that I consider wrong. I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking that and I’m sure I’m not the only one writing about it, but I’m going to … Continue reading

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