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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Self Promotion in Japanese Celebrities’ Blogs

Are all blogs the same? Is there any difference between the use of blogs as political instruments and the marketing of the self?

One could assume that blogging is mainly an exercise of writing about the “self”, the hedonistic activity of redundancy of ideas or thoughts. However, it is the self-assurance and the distinction of its [...]

System Update

Yesterday I received a phone call from a friend asking for some help with some technical issues concerning his computer.
He is the owner of a T60 Lenovo (former IBM) laptop and he had found some awkward behavior concerning the use of the “Presentation Director” tool from Lenovo. The whole thing started on Monday when he [...]

From Believer to Skeptic – Apples and IBMs

I believe it was the end of the 70’s and the beginning of the 80’s. Things were changing fast and in the fast lane was personal computing.
At the age of five I had my very first contact with a computer, or at least what people believed to be a computer at that time. It was [...]

Short Thoughts on Communication and Language

Living abroad can be an exciting experience. Learning about new cultures and embracing a diverse and broad cultural universe can help one ponder about its own stance on the world. Together with it, learning a new language is also a rewarding experience. However, from my own understanding as an “expatriate” living in Japan for almost [...]

Microsoft & Yahoo - Is it the answer?

The giant Microsoft announced last Friday (February 3rd) its offer of $44.6bn on an unsolicited bid to buy the long runner and Internet veteran company Yahoo!.
For a long time both Yahoo! and Microsoft with its MSN Search have been struggling to break Google’s hegemony as the number 1 search engine on Internet. The two companies [...]

Pedro & Frankensheep

This animation reminds me a lot about the crazy times I had when trying to be awake as much as possible during the writing of my MA and PhD dissertations.
“From now on I will be super efficient. No sleep! More Science!”
Pedro & Frankensheep are a creation of The Brothers McLeod for Children’s BBC. [...]