http://bertobox.com/blog The life of Robert Valencia a.k.a. bertobox Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:31:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Esta noche, al intentar abrirme un caminito por la red y llegar a algún sitio productivo [buscando la traducción del término 'Googol' al español] terminé por unos minutos en la definición de Gúgol de la Wikipedia. Al seguir mi costumbre de leer el resto del wiki (en vez de solamente ... http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/eres-una-en-un-hipermegalon/ A couple of years ago, I was exploring other alternatives to Wordpress, more for the benefit of students, should I decide to implement some sort of requirement that they ought to post something or other. That's when I discovered Tumblr and the concept of tumblelogs. And while I loved it ... http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/tumblelog-and-wordpress/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJZRZL4qUC8[/youtube] I don't care if Monday's blue Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too Thursday I don't care about you It's Friday, I'm in love Monday you can fall apart Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart Oh, Thursday doesn't even start It's Friday I'm in love Saturday, wait And Sunday always comes too late But Friday, never hesitate... I don't care if Mondays black Tuesday, Wednesday ... http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/friday-im-in-love/ Pretty cool getting to watch Mr. Fairey's process while creating one of his masterpieces. Arkitip was so kind as to create this video and share it with us. Take a look at it here: [vimeo width="500" height="281"]http://vimeo.com/5148749[/vimeo] http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/shepard-fairey-creating-a-masterpiece/ Beautiful experiment our brazilian brothers came up with at Dê voz à sua imaginação, a site that lets you draw with the help of your voice. Some interesting and amazing results of these creations can be witnessed on their flickr site Here are some examples: Post a link to you creations in ... http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/the-voice-to-your-imagination/ I was listening to our church's Doxology last sabbath and started imagining how it might be heard if we had an electric guitar version of it, ala Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner. Curiously, this morning my friend pacodotorg deejayed that wonderful rendition of the national anthem on blip.fm. Below you may ... http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/dreaming-of-doxology-remixed/ This morning, while having a bowl of cereal, I stepped out on my backporch which faces the street. I live on a second floor apartment. It's a dark, overcast day so far, and the air is nice and crisp. I was enjoying the cool breeze and the different sounds of ... http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/morning-sounds/ One of my resolutions this 2009 was to listen to all new music, or at least music that i hadn't heard yet. This was in large part due to the fact that my dear little sister gave me the coolest little Sansa Clip and being 2GB, I wanted an excuse ... http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/new-year-new-music-in-2009/ I've been listening to President Barack Obama's weekly address to the nation since they began in January. I usually convert them to audio so I can listen to them throughout my day. I've written to the WhiteHouse.gov people and they've added the audio version on the following weekly address after ... http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/hooked-on-the-weekly-address/ http://bertobox.com/blog/2009/bertotwitterpated/