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Public domain electronic books in Portuguese

2009-06-26T19:34:00.007+09:00

The Brazilian Government has launched a site with lots of public domain books.

They are available as PDF files for download.

Check at http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br

Great Conversation with Tim O'Reilly on Floss Weekly 73

2009-06-16T21:52:00.000+09:00

Leo Laporte, Randal Schwartz and Jono Bacon have a great conversation with Tim O'Reilly on Floss Weekly 73.

They talk about open software, web 2.0, past, present, and future technologies and intellectual property.

Google Wave Preview

2009-05-31T09:56:00.001+09:00

Google announced Google Wave - a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.

This video is from a preview shown at Google I/O 2009, on Thursday May 28th.

LEGO Battleship YAMATO

2009-04-26T20:23:00.003+09:00

Impressive what he made with Lego. You have to see the video.

Thanks to Ken Sheppardson to point this

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport, FDA

2009-04-05T11:05:00.003+09:00

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport, FDA
Originally uploaded by Tani07

Photo by my friend Nilson.

This is the cover of Air-mail magazine, vol.10. We can see ERJ-170 - Embraer jet serving FDA - Fuji Dream Airlines at the new Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport.

The Day The Routers Died...

2009-03-07T12:25:00.002+09:00

A song for the network geeks among us....

Anna Maria Jopek and Pat Metheny - This is not America

2009-02-21T11:33:00.004+09:00

Anna Maria or David Bowie? Who do you prefer?

Holy Cow

2009-01-28T22:25:00.001+09:00

Holy Cow
Originally uploaded by brefe

Happy 2009 - The year of the Ox!

Guardia Svizzera @ Uniforms Magazine

2008-12-08T22:01:00.002+09:00

Guardia Svizzera
Originally uploaded by brefe

Uniforms Magazine editor asked me to use this photo on an article.
To be honest, I don't know if was used, because I never found this magazine....

Massa won, but Hamilton is the Formula-1 2008 Champion

2008-11-03T12:58:00.002+09:00

In a spectacular race last Sunday, Massa celebrated his victory for a few seconds, but then Hamilton arrive in the fifth place and clinched the title!

He is the youngest ever champion and the first British to win since Damon Hill in 1996 and the first McLaren champion since Finn Mika Hakkinen in 1999. He is Britain's ninth champion.

He had some help from Ferrari - we just had to remember Singapore grand-prix in October, where they really took the title from Massa, by failing badly at the pit stop, but we had to say that Hamilton showed great talent and deserves the title.

Now, lets wait for 2009.

Lewis Hamilton Portrait

2008-11-01T19:06:00.002+09:00

This is really amazing. Artist Ian Cook painted Lewis Hamilton portrait using remote controled cars!

21st century crime - Jail time for a virtual murder

2008-10-27T07:48:00.002+09:00

Impressive... She will need a real lawyer.

A 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher, player in a virtual game world called "Maple Story" , became so angry about the sudden divorce from her online husband that she logged on with his

password and killed his digital character.

She said to the police "I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry"

Players in "Maple Story" create and manipulate "avatars" that represent themselves, while engaging in relationships, social activities and fighting monsters and other obstacles.

The woman used log-in information she got from the 33-year-old office worker when their characters were happily married, in order to kill the character. The man complained to police when he discovered his online avatar was dead.

The woman was arrested Wednesday and taken 1,000 km from her home in Miyazaki to be detained in Sapporo, where the man lives, the official said. She did no plot any "real world" revenge.

She has not yet been formally charged. If convicted, she could face up to five years in prison or a fine up to ¥500,000.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20081025a9.html

BookMooch - an update

2008-10-22T18:32:00.003+09:00

I posted about BookMooch back in June. BookMooch is a book exchange site.

At the time I mentioned that I would give a try.

Well, I added 78 books and magazines I want to give away and my wishlist had 56 books that I would like to read. So far I received 3 books and sent 7, what is a good ratio.

I am happy and will continue to exchange books!

Blog de Mónica Colaço

2008-10-18T11:33:00.002+09:00

Conheci um excelente blog sobre livros, o Leituras e Devaneios escrito por Mónica Colaço.

Vale a pena dar uma espiada!

Great video - The Dark Bailout

2008-09-28T19:42:00.002+09:00

The Dark Bailout

US$200 Bill!

2008-09-21T18:09:00.006+09:00

Amazing....

Check NC Wanted - in HALIFAX COUNTY, North Carolina a guy successfully passed a $200 bill with George W. Bush's portrait and a drawing of the White House with lawn signs reading "We like ice cream" and "USA deserves a tax cut." He even got $50 change on the $150 purchase...

Makes you wonder the kind of cashier the shops are hiring nowadays....

Toyota's new Winglet

2008-08-16T11:48:00.001+09:00

They device will directly compete with the Segaway (maybe....)

If they market outside Japan, it may catch....

Testing Ping.fm

2008-07-21T19:18:00.001+09:00

Ping.fm lets me post to several places from one site... interesting at least.

http://ping.fm/

Mic and Mac

2008-07-06T11:17:00.002+09:00

Mic and Mac
Video sent by helolo

Very nice video on PC and Mac love!

Never imagined this existed,,,,

2008-06-14T22:49:00.005+09:00

Check on the blog "Um Rebordão no Japão" the incredible Masturbate-a-thon.

No one could describe it so well as Antonio!

This is entry from Wikipedia:

Masturbate-a-thon is an event where participants masturbate in order to raise money for charity and to increase awareness of, and dispel the shame and taboos that persist around, this form of sexual activity.^[1] During the past six years, the Masturbate-a-thon has raised over $25,000 for women’s health initiatives and HIV prevention, education and treatment organizations, and has contributed to debates about safer sex and alternative safe methods of sexual expression.

BookMooch - a community for exchanging used books

2008-06-08T19:40:00.003+09:00

Found BookMooch site today in Japanzine magazine !

BookMooch lets us give away books we no longer need in exchange for books we want.

Every time you give someone a book, you earn a point and can get any book you want from anyone else at BookMooch. Once you've read a book, you can keep it forever or put it back into BookMooch for someone else, as you wish.

The only cost is mailing the books to others.

We receive a tenth-of-a-point for every book entered into the system, and one point each time we give a book away. In order to keep receiving books, you need to give away at least one book for every three we receive.

I will give a try. Added 14 books today.

2008-06-08T00:34:00.002+09:00

6,000 dollar watermelon

Reuters News:

A top quality watermelon grown in Northern Japan is said to have broken the world record for the highest selling price, 6,100 U.S. dollars.

Suphala - Underwater City

2008-05-31T18:47:00.002+09:00

Record release party July 10th, 2007 in NYC at Canal Room.

Artists performing with Suphala include David Gotay (cello), Eddie Venegas (violin), D.I. Noizepunk (laptop, keys)

“This Indian-American beauty plays those two small drums like Bruce Lee in a fistfight - with fast hands and a furious beauty.” – St. Petersburg Times

Suphala is a protégé of the great tabla masters Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain, who are a constant source of inspiration to her.

NerdTests.com

2008-05-27T08:01:00.003+09:00

My friend TKarlos sent a link to NerdTests.com to comp-83 mailing list.

I did the test and got a score of 50 (he got 53).

49% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
50% scored lower (less nerdy).

Herbie Hancock - Jazz Fusion Cantelope Island

2008-05-03T11:56:00.003+09:00

The master "Herbie" in one of his great performances. Enjoy the live version of Cantelope Island!