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Open MoKo

2007-01-22T06:19:00.000-08:00

The name is funny I know, Open Moko is a open platform for mobile devices based on Linux, very similar QT's GreenPhone. upside, it includes a GPS, but does not provide WiFi or WiMax so won't by VoIP enabled device, so it is just a plain phone with no new media capabilities.

Galo the elf

2006-12-22T10:54:00.000-08:00

I was so impressed after watching ayose´s elf dance, that I did it myself, click here to see me dancing, on of the few chances you will have to do it.

Banzai!!!

2006-12-21T15:26:00.000-08:00

Fun stuff to do during those holidays, an there is nothing better than killing you friends..at least virtually, playing paint ball.BanzaiTechnorati Tags: personal

Xmas things

2006-12-20T14:47:00.000-08:00

Xmas is approaching, and here in barcelona it is dark after 5 PM, for the ones that live on the suburban areas, there isn't much to do, so reading and playing games can be the best things to do when the DSL is down, which thanks to Telefonica is something very common. (I live in the Valles which has an ugly mix of manufacturing, agricultural and second residences, one day I will write about it

iPhone

2006-12-20T13:41:00.000-08:00

So finally the iPhone has been released by Linksys, not Apple, product family includes products covering a range of VoIP solutions from Skype to standards-based SIP handsets, including a handset compatible with Yahoo! Messenger and a streaming video camera.

Quad fixing...

2006-11-22T07:32:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of some of the activities I enjoy, here Andreu is debugging my ATV, basically we replaced the belt, oil filters, etc, and yes, the thing keeps running after the intervention, and it is ready for our next aventure, a 200k trip from Barcelona to France....

Calories in a Whopper

2006-11-16T08:12:00.000-08:00

I can spend 130 calories when biking for 20 minutes, according to this I should bike for 64 days to fully consume a Whopper?!!!?!

My first YouTube video

2006-11-10T03:35:00.000-08:00

Yes, that's right, finally I have something worth of uploading to you-tube, this is a video taken at home last Xmas...

Virtual Appliances

2006-11-09T13:29:00.000-08:00

VMWare has released a directory of what they call virtual appliances, this is applications distributed as a VM image that are ready to run, you just play them inside your OS without requiring complex application installation and configuration, the images are fully installed, and they usually provide some web based interface to access them.

T-Mobile's UMA

2006-10-26T02:20:00.000-07:00

T-Mobile has launched the UMA service in Seattle, with a Samsung cell phone, the price is pretty high. With UMA GSM is bridged over a WiFi connection, beside draining the battery, seems like there are frequent dropouts.T-Mobile's UMA goodies exposed - Engadget Mobilehttp://cellphones.engadget.com/2006/10/24/t-mobile-hotspot-home-finally-launches-in-Seattle/

ATV Accident

2006-10-24T05:36:00.000-07:00

So finally as many predicted I had an accident. We rented some ATV, and mine felt 25 meters down a cliff in the Pyrenees.The machine was a total crap with no brakes, and no shocks, that we rented in Neo Quads, in Puigerda.Anyway, I am already looking forward to ride my Sportsman, and asking myself why I had to rent this.

Engadget

2006-10-13T08:49:00.000-07:00

Engadget I am adding a link to this page, lots of really cool stuff everyday.

Skype lands deal for Wi-Fi access in Europe | CNET News.com

2006-10-11T09:49:00.000-07:00

Skype lands deal for Wi-Fi access in Europe | CNET News.com.This is quite intesresting. The Cloud, a UK based WiFi hotspot provider will provide VoIP call using the skype system and the SMC skype ready device used their network for call for a flat rate of $13.

Greenphone

2006-10-04T12:31:00.000-07:00

Qtopia Greenphone -Trolltech, the guys that developed QT, the GUI library used in KDE for instance, also have a framework for developing web applications, now they have this phone intended for developers to test their environments.

D-Link Introduces V-CLICK Dual-Mode GSM / Wi-Fi Phone

2006-10-04T12:25:00.000-07:00

D-Link Introduces V-CLICK Dual-Mode GSM / Wi-Fi Phone. The new D-Link V-CLICK line of phones will feature tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 Mhz) and 802.11 Wi-Fi (2.4Ghz) access, using Linux they will be open so 3rd parties can provide VoIP services with it.

Samsung shows nomadic 4G

2006-09-02T03:08:00.000-07:00

This is an interesting article, Samsung and Korea Telecom have done a demonstration of 4G technology. In a bus moving at 60Km/h they where receiving high definition video at 20Mb/sec. You can find the article here, or look in Google.

Zimbra

2006-08-14T05:36:00.000-07:00

Zimbra is releasing its service as an open source project - it is a office like suite that runs within your internet explorer, mostly developed using JavaScript (AJAX) . This kind of solution is very sweet for offices , since it does really allow to get rid of the thick clients and run everything put of the network. The email client is very similar to the Outlook Web version, I did not see

Killer NIC

2006-08-09T05:58:00.000-07:00

This is an interesting usage of TCP and application offloading, games!!.Several years a go, "people" started to look at offloading for sever applications, embeding TCP and Apache into the NIC. Then they started to look at offloading storage protocols like RDMA into the NIC...now it is games, who else will pay $200 bucks for minimal speedup... http://www.killernic.com/KillerNic/

Sprint to build WiMax network

2006-08-09T05:46:00.000-07:00

First was Korea Telecom, with WiBro, now the first US carrier is seting up a 4G network using WiMax, so VoIP, and high speed services become real. WiMax will let carriers that where in 2G or 2.5G jump directly into a technology that will integrated both voice and data services together.Sprint Nextel to Build 4G Network Using WiMax - Mobiledia -

Weekend at the NASA

2006-06-27T14:25:00.000-07:00

So, I did spend the weekend in Austin, Texas and had the oportunity to visit the NASA Space Center at Houston. This is a picture of the ATV used to go arround the lunar surface.

HP Labs

2006-06-12T06:58:00.000-07:00

So I have recently moved to HP Labs, this is an investigation institution within HP, focused at mid and long term research. Unlike product divisions, HP Labs research projects are not expected to become products on the short term, so this gives the researchers greater freedom, and more time.I am part of the Advanced Architectures Lab; some of the people at the lab are quite remarkable, we have

BFF/A blog

2006-05-03T01:29:00.000-07:00

BFF/A blog - This is the blog for the Balsells Fundation, the name shows the techie background of their creators...will there be a BFF/B or a BFF/A.11? :)

Cisco, Nokia Team on FMC

2006-04-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

Cisco, Nokia Team on FMC - Josep Bori, "heard" that rummor, and seems to be quite confirmed.Cisco and Nokia are now FMC project that is much more focused on corporate users than its ill-fated venture with Motorola Inc.The project would enable calls to be routed to Nokia 6000 series phones -- via the office PBX -- over a WiFi connection if a user is in range or a GSM cellular connection if not. "

SCIgen - An Automatic CS Paper Generator

2006-04-26T05:52:00.000-07:00

SCIgen - An Automatic CS Paper Generator, this is the funniest thing since the "bullshit generator" :). These guys generated a paper that got actually accepted in the 2005 World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics.

Easter Activities

2006-04-20T12:50:00.000-07:00

Some of the activities I did this easter included helping on the Sant Jordi decoration. This is our pickup full to the top with flowers. We did spend 8 hours picking up and preparing the flowers. In this small village there is the tradition that some of the people helps during that week, cleaning up the church, picking up flowers, etc.The best part of course is spending time with other people