Archive for July, 2007

You know you’re working too much when…

Jul 20th

Posted by Andre Noel in working

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… you say “I’ve already run the program” when you want to say “I’ve already woken up”.

Tonight I fell on my bed when I arrived in my house. When my wife came in to the bedroom she asked if I was awake and I said: “Yes! I’ve already run the program”… And I remember that I tried to say that I was awake when I said that. :P

Meet the “open surface”

Jul 17th

Posted by Andre Noel in free software

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Today i saw on meio-bit a post with a video about the MPX, a version of X server which supports multi-touch.

[MPX: Servidor X com suporte a multi-touch]

The project is still in the beginning, but it has two greats advantages over MS Surface: it’s free and it’s available now!

And the most beautiful: here comes the Ubuntu:

[MPX no Ubuntu]

A special day

Jul 5th

Posted by Andre Noel in Uncategorized

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Today is a special day, 1 year and 11 months ago I was marring. Today I have a pretty wife and a wonderful marriage!

But today is also special for another reason: today would be anniversary of my father, José Abdala Noel, deceased in 92.

[Miss you]

It’s easy to find something about ourselves over the Internet, but as he died many years ago, there are no mention about him at Google, what is a big mistake. So I make here my homage and this special mention to the great mean he was.

I see a picture of a little child
standing alone
wondering where you are
I can’t believe how this child has grown
living this life
sometimes so alone
still I wish that I had one more chance
to have you hold me once again
but even though I know I can’t
you’ll hold me in heaven
(see you in heaven, Guardian)

Despite I miss him, I thank God for having always been a lovely and present Father, always on my side, and for having instructed me and lead me to where I am today.

Disney reuses its “code”

Jul 5th

Posted by Andre Noel in disney

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Disney is reusing “code” too:

Disney reusing

Source: Emezeta / hemmy.net

3 years old!

Jul 4th

Posted by Andre Noel in ubuntu

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[Birthday cake]Today my computer completes 3 years of life! 3 years ago I assembled him… By the way, I just remembered that he has my DNA. I cut my finger when I was mounting him, and when I saw, there was a little drop of my blood on the motherboard. Maybe it makes my computer stronger… :)

Much thing happens in the life of a computer in 3 years… I remember the relief that he felt when I eliminated totally Windows from him. He used Debian for a while, till know Ubuntu and “they live togheter and forever”.

They say that a 3-year-old computer is an ancient one, but he runs very fast with Ubuntu 7.04 + Beryl… Maybe I would celebrate installing Compiz Fusion over him… :)