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The downside of this is that the news aren’t always recent, most of the times you only get outdated information. Sometimes, a bit of news is better than nothing (or at least that’s the way I like to see it), even if they aren’t very good news…

If you are curious enough and want to know what I’m talking about, you can read this & this articles that I found. Maybe you won’t catch the thing but that’s all the info I want to give you

Despite of what most people are thinking, Yahoo! 360° isn’t designed to be another social networking service. Unlike Orkut, Friendster, and others, the goal in Yahoo! 360° isn’t to amass as many “friends” as possible. It’s about making it easier to share stuff with real friends. It will combine your friends, your content (pictures, lists, reviews, etc.), and a bit of blogging. For now, it’s only possible to sign up for the beta waiting list until the service launchs.

I’m sure that the product will be a very good tool and that it will become very popular. As soon as it gets launched, I will seriously consider about deleting my account in Orkut. Thumbs down to Google, who hasn’t put the necessary effort in improving Orkut, their only product that has become shittier day by day…

A few days ago, I installed a second-hand HD for storing temporal data on my main workstation. Unfortunately, none of the witchcraft I was able to perform on it could restore the drive when it died this afternoon. Too bad, hardware doesn’t last forever…

This time, they discuss about scientific data management. They argue that the ideas proposed by the company are nothing new in the field. Apparently, they have been cheating (spying on other’s ideas) about bringing new solutions to scientists. Even worse, not all of the proposed solutions seem like a coherent thing to do.

Microsoft is evil…

After climbing, we decided to buy some beers to celebrate the achievements and our friendship. We drove to Cova’s place and started the long talk: from the last move of that boulder problem, to the next climbing trip, to the wishes and dreams of each one, to the real climber’s way of life…

A few hours (and beers) later, we were drunk and ready for going to sleep, but with the final conclusion that no matter what we ended doing, we would be friends till the end

After checking the company’s Bioinformatics page I felt a big relief, since they aren’t doing anything serious, just a few collaborations with some institutions, but nothing to be worried. Only 1 published paper on the subject!

I can almost assure that they’re applying the well-known “psychological terrorism” just to make buzz about nothing. No MS BLAST 2005 or some bad joke like that…

We quickly did some of the classic problems and soon started the search for new ones. We’ve been very creative lately… Nice workout! The sun started to fade away and the sky turned orange. The horizon was promising…

A few minutes ago, while watching an old episode of The Wonder Years, I brought alive a moment from the past. An ancient and “supposedly” forgotten story of love and disillusion. Yes, some of you know the story and I won’t post it here for others delight. I just have to say that the tears came out for a few seconds (yes, I have feelings too…) and that Kevin ended his narration much better than I would be able to finish mine:

When you’re 13, the road to Albuquerque is long. Teri said that she was getting her driver’s license, and that her 1st trip would be directly to me. She wrote about the night we spent at the beach. She told me that she missed me so much that she cried before going to sleep. And she promised to write to me until we meet again. I have that letter in an old shoe box. It’s the only letter she wrote to me…

Wandering around my friends’ blogs I read Mancha‘s funny tale of keyboard disaster. It reminded me of my own odyssey…

While he was getting the cuisine stuff done, I spent an enjoyable moment with my niece watching El Chavo del 8. When quesadillas were ready to be eaten, I went to the toilet for washing my hands.

As fast as a hurricane, María entered the room with some hurry in her face. I asked what happened, then the answer came… She came to see which soap I would use for washing my hands. I haven’t noticed that there were 2 different kinds of soap in the place: a normal soap bar and a Barbie‘s liquid soap dispenser. It quickly came clear to me what was the real problem in Toche’s mind, so I was ready for using the soap bar, it wouldn’t be a problem for me, but no… María insisted that I could use her soap. She said that it would leave my hands like the ones from a princess. Maybe she was troubled because of having seen my hands after that good bouldering session… Anyway, I finished the job and was about to leave the toilet when she entered again… She wanted to inspect my washed hands.

I can’t describe her face, but surely she was dissapointed of me. She couldn’t believe that her magical soap didn’t work on my severely callused hands. Dirt traces from weekend work and training sessions could be seen from the distance. Astonished (and a bit upset), she began to punish me for being such a dirt bag and ordered me to pay attention. She washed her hands in front of me using her magical soap, just to show me the right path to cleanliness. After that, she got her princess hands ready for dinner and warned me to make it right the next time. She left the place with a proud smile…

Moral: with kids, you’re always going to lose