Zerebria

I doubt that there are plenty of people in this world that can be happier than me with this invention. Now I only regret having made so many turns around the bush before getting it; (more…)

Ah the joys of being a polymath; in these days, it has been very revealing to watch in quick succession ‘Triumph of the Nerds‘ (a documentary on the story of home computing), and then an interview with the intellectual and guru Krishnamurti (you can find the video below). (more…)

Admired and yet feared, there will never be another one like Steve Jobs, and there is for sure a lot to learn from his self-demand, his ‘vision thing’, and his undisputed skill as a motivator of teams. (more…)

For physical documents, GTD’s alphabetical filing works like a charm, but I had been looking for an efficient universal filing system for my computer for a long time. After all, sad as it seems, (more…)

It happens now and then. You have a feeling your idea is not that uncanny. Some fellow human around has certainly thought it before, with the difference that, what for you has only been a passing bird, (more…)

• Why do we need for our daily work a box that requires a fan always on? It means that, whatever you do, you are causing energetic consumption. If you think about it, it’s pretty surrealistic. (more…)

I’ll admit it: when it comes to videogames, I’m of the classic type. There’s nothing I like better than 90′s real time strategy and first person shooters. Most of the games that have come along later, in my view, have consisted only in (more…)

Today I start this new series about people who might have been great bloggers if they had had the technology we use now. My intention here is not to write profound and very precise essays full of data and biography (they can be easily found anywhere else in our very informative age), but to share my love towards some of my authors, in the mood of someone who spreads the news of some dear friend’s achievements.

Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859)

De Quincey, besides, is a particular case (more…)

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Today it’s my pleasure to open the collaborations chapter in this blog with a very special guest blogger; Raul Ojeda, from Alien Ghost, will sound familiar to some of you as a regular presence in the comments section. But if you have not visited his blog yet, do yourself a favor and make sure you enjoy his refined comments and his very acute, sometimes ironic view of life at www.alienghost.com.

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Thank you Nacho for the honor and the opportunity to be here in this amazing blog! The topic I’d like to talk about is a comparison between the way people and cars operate (or behave).

Loop Mode

In modern cars a computer controls the engine, transmission, suspension, brakes, etc. It does that by (more…)

He had mastered the technique of rising early, but was nevertheless having a hard time staying risen. What for? Making his way through mornings was toilsome and useless. Somehow, all things that counted always seemed to happen in the afternoon. But he did not like the sensation of (more…)