13 Apr, 2007
Tener un ordenador conectado a Internet puede ser la principal causa de que nuestra productividad caiga en picado. Y es que Internet es demasiado entretenido. A mi me ha pasado muchas veces, y creo que ya es hora de hacer algo al respecto.
Con el tiempo uno sufre lo que se acaba llamando por infotoxicación o intoxicación por exceso de información y no es otra cosa que tener demasiados focos de distracción que hacen que sea imposible centrarse en una sola cosa. Algunos métodos que uso para minimizar lo máximo posible estos focos (y con cierta eficacia) son:
- Desactiva la descarga automática del email. El icono del correo en la bandeja con un bonito número es una llamada muy poderosa a leer el correo pendiente.
Esto también se aplica con el lector de feeds y cualquier programa similar, la idea es tener que darle a “descargar ahora” manualmente cuando a ti te interese.
De la misma forma, desactiva las notificaciones sonoras: a poco que te intentes concentrar se vuelven un incordio y te hacen pensar “tengo que revisar los correos/feeds pendientes”.
- La mensajería instantánea es un acoso continuo. El no estar conectado es deseable, pero si no es posible intenta configurarlo lo mejor posible:
- Desactiva las notificaciones sonoras: se aplica el tercer párrafo del primer punto exactamente igual.
- Notificaciones visuales sólo una vez. En esto Kopete por defecto es muy agradable y un ejemplo a seguir, cuando te hablan aparece un cuadro para contestar/ignorar pero cuando minimizas la conversación no vuelve a aparecer el recuadro cuando te dicen algo nuevo a no ser que sea otra persona.
- Ponte en estado ocupado: hay gente que “te molestará” igualmente (a veces ni te das cuenta del estado de la otra persona) pero algunas personas lo respetan y evitan hablarte por tonterias.
- Música: depende.
Por experiencia algunas personas “funcionan” mejor con un estilo de música que con otro, incluso sin música. El único inconveniente es al trabajar en grupo evitar elegir estilos que a unos les distraigan y a otros no.
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12 Apr, 2007
Hey people, I´m posting episode 5 of mariposaHD. Today was released episode 6, so stay tunned, I´ll be posting it as fast as I upload it to my server. For now, enjoy episode 5. Remember, you´ll need QuickTime installed on your system and if you wanna download the iPod version of the video, just right click the link under the video and click on “save target as”!!! Enjoy!!!
| It was benito juarez, a Zapotec Amerindian and Mexico’s first and only Native American president, who famously said, “Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.”It is the morning after the night before. For anyone who has been to Cancun, Mexico (where Americans go to get drunk and rowdy) it may be ironic to see that it is Mexicans who get drunk and rowdy in Uruguay. The mariposaHD team is up yet again at the crack of dawn to document a day at the beach in Punta del Este. And what did we learn in our day at the beach? That how we choose to behave is more important than what we choose to drink or smoke. |
segment 1: bikini beach
segment 2: tammy
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| There are lots of hot girls on Bikini Beach but only one of them gets to be our new mariposa girl. tammy is a beautiful young model from Argentina who spends the summer working on the beach in Uruguay. She doesn’t smoke, is in great shape, has all her original body parts, has a fantastic smile, and, most importantly, she has the right attitude. It’s not easy to look perfect in front of an HD camera. tammy does and she’s our newest mariposa girl. |
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segment 3: dotto
segment 4: bussola
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| When javier bussola is spinning, you know it’s going to be a late night. Or an early morning. Since starting as a DJ back in 1987, Bussola has played in every major club and festival around Argentina. tamir catches up with Sñr. Bussola in his car before going on to play an outdoor set at an electronic music festival near Punta and we find out how he gets warmed up before a big show. |
“Magic Leaf”
by Javier Bussola
Courtesy of Javier Bussola
http://www.javierbussola.com
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1 Apr, 2007
See below!!!!
New! Introducing Gmail Paper |
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Everyone loves Gmail. But not everyone loves email, or the digital era. What ever happened to stamps, filing cabinets, and the mailman? Well, you asked for it, and it’s here. We’re bringing it back.
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A New Button
Now in Gmail, you can request a physical copy of any message with the click of a button, and we’ll send it to you in the mail.Simplicity Squared
Google will print all messages instantly and prepare them for delivery. Allow 2-4 business days for a parcel to arrive via post.Total Control
A stack of Gmail Paper arrives in a box at your doorstep, and it’s yours to keep forever. You can read it, sort it, search it, touch it. Or even move it to the trash—the real trash. (Recycling is encouraged.)
Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe
Google takes privacy very seriously. But once your email is physically in your hands, it’s as secure as you want to make it. |
How does it work?
Is it free?
Yes. The cost of postage is offset with the help of relevant, targeted, unobtrusive advertisements, which will appear on the back of your Gmail Paper prints in red, bold, 36 pt Helvetica. No pop-ups, no flashy animations—these are physically impossible in the paper medium.
How about attachments?
All part of the deal. Photo attachments are printed on high-quality, glossy photo paper, and secured to your Gmail Paper with a paper clip. MP3 and WAV files will not be printed. We recommend maintaining copies of your non-paper Gmail in these cases.
Is there a limit?
You can make us print one, one thousand, or one hundred thousand of your emails. It’s whatever seems reasonable to you.
But what about the environment?
Not a problem. Gmail Paper is made out of 96% post-consumer organic soybean sputum, and thus, actually helps the environment. For every Gmail Paper we produce, the environment gets incrementally healthier.
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I have to admit that at the time I saw this announcement i believed it totally. Then I realized it was a google´s april fools day hoax… GOOD ONE google…
29 Mar, 2007
Well, that depends on three main things, the length and complexity of your password, the speed of the hacker’s computer, and the speed of the hacker’s Internet connection.
Assuming the hacker has a reasonably fast connection and PC here is an estimate of the amount of time it would take to generate every possible combination of passwords for a given number of characters. After generating the list it’s just a matter of time before the computer runs through all the possibilities – or gets shut down trying.
Pay particular attention to the difference between using only lowercase characters and using all possible characters (uppercase, lowercase, and special characters – like @#$%^&*). Adding just one capital letter and one asterisk would change the processing time for an 8 character password from 2.4 days to 2.1 centuries.
Remember, these are just for an average computer, and these assume you aren’t using any word in the dictionary. If Google put their computer to work on it they’d finish about 1,000 times faster.
Now, I could go on for hours and hours more about all sorts of ways to compromise your security and generally make your life miserable – but 95% of those methods begin with compromising your weak password. So, why not just protect yourself from the start and sleep better at night?
Believe me, I understand the need to choose passwords that are memorable. But if you’re going to do that how about using something that no one is ever going to guess AND doesn’t contain any common word or phrase in it.
Here are some password tips:
- Randomly substitute numbers for letters that look similar. The letter ‘o’ becomes the number ‘0′, or even better an ‘@’ or ‘*’. (i.e. – m0d3ltf0rd… like modelTford)
- Randomly throw in capital letters (i.e. – Mod3lTF0rd)
- Think of something you were attached to when you were younger, but DON’T CHOOSE A PERSON’S NAME! Every name plus every word in the dictionary will fail under a simple brute force attack.
- Maybe a place you loved, or a specific car, an attraction from a vacation, or a favorite restaurant?
- You really need to have different username / password combinations for everything. Remember, the technique is to break into anything you access just to figure out your standard password, then compromise everything else. This doesn’t work if you don’t use the same password everywhere.
- Since it can be difficult to remember a ton of passwords, I recommend using Roboform. It will store all of your passwords in an encrypted format and allow you to use just one master password to access all of them. It will also automatically fill in forms on Web pages, and you can even get versions that allow you to take your password list with you on your PDA, phone or a USB key. If you’d like to download it without having to navigate their web site here is the direct download link.
- Once you’ve thought of a password, try Microsoft’s password strength tester to find out how secure it is.
28 Mar, 2007
Ever happened this to you? There is a free application that helps you know if you´re recipient email saw your e-mail and is avoiding you… It´s called MSGTAG!!!
Everybody loves email. It’s cheap, easy and instant. But how many times do you find yourself wondering what happened to your messages? You send an email out into the Internet, then wait patiently for a reply. But will it get there? Will they read it? When will they read it? And will it be too late? Where’s the reply? Are they still checking that account? Are they on holiday? Should you just wait a little longer? What’s the story?
Message tags take the uncertainty out of email by allowing you to deliver messages, instead of just sending them. MSGTAG is a new desktop application that tells you when your emails have been received and opened. It works alongside your existing mail program, sending you an email the moment your message is viewed — just to let you know. MSGTAG simply lets you know they’ve got the message. So now you don’t have to wonder, because you’ll know.
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27 Mar, 2007
¿Qué es DomainTools? Pues DomainTools, evidentemente, son herramientas para los dominios en internet, una utilidad muy completa que nos ofrece una información más detallada sobre cualquier dominio que lo que nos puede ofrecer la mayoría de servicios.De una pasada y mediante un whois a un dominio en concreto sabremos informaciones como su puntuación SEO, artículo en el wiki de AboutUs, relevancia, sitios relacionados, etc… También nos ofrece información sobre los datos del servidor, datos del registro del dominio y otros datos.
Cuenta además con otro tipo de herramientas, como la que nos sirve para averiguar nuestra ip, monitorización de dominios, monitorización de servidor de nombres, ping, traceroute, histórico de dominios, subastas, etc…
En definitiva, un conjunto de herramientas relacionadas con los dominios en internet en un único sitio web, siendo necesario el registro para la mayoría de servicios.
LINK: DomainTools.com
Via: Genbeta
20 Nov, 2006
This photo was taken in Florianopolis, Brazil. I worked with fashion photographer, Brigham Field, for two international magazine editorials, such as Black+White (Australia) and Matador Magazine (Germany). In this photo I appear with international model Roberta Murgo, a 19 years old brazilian girl, who began her career two years ago, appearing two times in the brazilian version of Playboy Magazine.
After appearing in these international magazines, people from Europe and the USA searched the web, wanting to see more of her. The first result from a “Roberta Murgo Google search” is from my Flickr account, followed by my personal photo site called PICS2DIE4.com
Some important and high traffic blogs and FHM Magazine linked directly to Roberta Murgo´s Gallery @ PICS2DIE4.com collapsing my server in one day. Traffic statistics reported 75 hits per second making the site unsurfable… I was amazed, because after one year of life of PICS2DIE4.com , I only had 12,000 visits, and in the last 2 days I almost got 31,000 visits. That´s the power of a pretty face. I had to change some URLs to get my server alive again. By the time I´m writing this post, PICS2DIE4.com got 43,331 visitors. I´m already planning in working again with Roberta, so I hope to have a more powerful server in the future….
