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Raul Santos: A.D.P. - Associação Drupal Portugal

Foi criada hoje a A.D.P. - Associação Drupal Portugal, que entre outras coisas, vai ajudar a comunidade a organizar o primeiro Drupal Camp cá na Tugalândia :)

20:33 - 11 de Fevereiro, 2011

Gil Sousa: The Mission

Not mine, but I wouldn’t mind

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oag1Dfa1e_E

A masterpiece directed by its creator! I miss playing oboe

22:02 - 05 de Fevereiro, 2011

Gil Sousa: Almost two years ago…

…, I was already preparing my next big adventure Greece!

Nostalgia is always present when things have been great, thankfully I can say I feel nostalgic about my time in Greece and even better, I return when I was on my best time! I can’t know if it could be better, but it was amazing and I am glad for it! I recon I barely knew about Modern Greece, only what I used to see in the news and hearing about the amazing Greek Island (yes, they are really amazing!). I found a very polluted city…, I was disappointed… I believe I have already said this, but a city is more than buildings and roads, it’s also its people! Athens is a poor organized city with amazing people! Athens is amazing!

Thanks to that experience, I want even more to experience new cultures, new countries and new routines. I grew so much as a person while in Germany, and afterwards in Greece, that I became thirsty for more!

I can see amazing landscapes also in Portugal, I can find desert beaches in Portugal and so on. I think regarding Nature, Portugal is a very rich country, so why going abroad? Because, even with all the nomadic people passing through Portugal, I can’t live their customs as I’d do at their countries! That’s why I want to travel and to live abroad, intercultural exchange and absorption!

Now in February, I still don’t know how will I manage to be self-sustained! Suggestions are more than welcome! /2011goal

21:19 - 03 de Fevereiro, 2011

Gil Sousa: What to do when shit happens

Some people often get caught in bad situations, what some people call karma. Well, I don’t consider myself as one of those people, actually, I believe I have been too lucky in some odd situations…

Well, my goal with this post is not writing about bad things, instead I want to write about how I (try to) deal with those bad situations. If I were a god-believer, I could say that’s the Will of God, but I am not. If I were optimistic person, probably I would say that everything happens for a reason…, I am trying to be more optimistic but I don’t want to be too much that way I think I am more like a skeptical person, I like to keep my head on Earth or at least close enough not to fall from too high. I am more than aware that this isn’t also the best way of thinking…

What to do when shit happens?

I try to learn with it! Isn’t easy, believe me because I know! Often I get too disappointed with people, with life, with everything else. Shit happens, and you know it, but I “like” to overreact…, thankfully I learn a lot with the hangover after the tragedy. I don’t know if there is any reason for the shit happening, but what I know is that it can be avoided next time. But learning isn’t enough, quoting Monty Python, Always look on the bright side of life!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ

21:39 - 01 de Fevereiro, 2011

Gil Sousa: Chuva

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzrUs08-SWs

22:24 - 27 de Janeiro, 2011

João Moreno: Updated Reverb for Skype 5

Skype 5 is out. They managed to improve some of the messy UI they had in the beta version, but it still feels wrong to me. Anyway, I’ve updated Reverb to match this version and to make it installable per User.

Actually, the old version of Reverb will break the latest Skype version, preventing it from opening. To fix this, just install Skype again and download the new Reverb version, included in this post.

21:41 - 27 de Janeiro, 2011

Gil Sousa: Presidential Elections 2011

Well, maybe today we’ll know who’s the next Portuguese President…, or maybe not.

Just to give you one overview of how is the politics working in Portugal, the actual President (that might be re-elected) said we should save money with the elections and avoid a second round. Which means, we should economize with the democracy Isn’t this nice? Usually I don’t care about politics, but I care about my country and it is my duty to be part of this, even if I don’t believe we have a real option.

Vote submitted!

16:21 - 23 de Janeiro, 2011

Raul Santos: 30 anos de Raúl - actualização

Aqui fica uma pequena actualização da minha iniciativa a propósito do meu trigésimo aniversário.

Em apenas 15 dias, metado do prazo que eu tinha inicialmente proposto, atingimos o objectivo dos 300€ e neste momento contamos com 362,5€ para distribuir pelas várias associações e instituições. No entanto, quem me conhece sabe que raramente me contento com pouco; não no sentido de posse mas sim no sentido de alcançar mais, de fazer mais. Por esse motivo quero chegar aos 400€ até ao fim do prazo de dia 29 de Janeiro.

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21:14 - 21 de Janeiro, 2011

Gil Sousa: Small World

There is a theory that we are all connected to the 6th degree of relationship, I don’t know about it but I start to believe it even more day after day. Lately, the coincidences that I have been facing, really start to make me feel that the world is smaller than we think, people that I meet in the streets and after we find out that we have mutual friends, people that I work with that used to work with some friends of mine, or just people that I met randomly and for one reason or another have some kind of connection in common with me.

My conclusion regarding this is quite simple, just keep of friends close and be more tolerant, because you’ll never know when you’ll find your enemies’ best friend (if you have one). Regarding personal relationships, that’s quite easy to deal with, however regarding your professional life that can really became a mess and quite uncomfortable. I am quite young and still naïve, but I think I already learned this lesson and with the best way! No harm until now!

Last Friday was the Coincidences-night, in just one night I met friends randomly in the streets with other people that I never met before but after a while we found out that we also have friends in common…, and this happened 3 times just in that night! Fucking crazy, hun? Ok, I am in Lisbon…, this can happen, but three times just in one night???

15:49 - 16 de Janeiro, 2011

Raul Santos: Google Chrome App Store

Hoje abri o Google Chrome 10 e tive uma bela surpresa:

Google Chrome App Store :)

Tem lá algumas coisas bem giras... :)

16:09 - 07 de Janeiro, 2011

Raul Santos: Drupal 7 lançado hoje

Hoje, dia 5 de Janeiro de 2011, após 3 longos anos do lançamento da versão 6, foi lançado o Drupal 7, que é provavelmente a versão mais revolucionária da história do projecto.

http://drupal.org/drupal-7.0
http://drupal.org/drupal-7-released

22:02 - 05 de Janeiro, 2011

Raul Santos: PowerBalance obrigada a admitir no seu site que não passa de banha da cobra

Esta é tão boa que até me dou ao trabalho de pôr isto no blog através do telemóvel:
PowerBalance obrigada a admitir no seu site que não passa de banha da cobra

Claro que continuo a questionar-me sobre o porquê de não fazerem o mesmo às religiões e espiritualismos da treta mas esta já me fez ganhar o dia! :)

18:31 - 03 de Janeiro, 2011

Raul Santos: 30 anos

2010 foi um ano interessante para mim, com várias mudanças e acontecimentos "grandes":

• Contra todas as probabilidades, troquei a minha pacata vida de freelancer por um emprego fixo;
• À conta disso engordei uns 6Kg;
• Tentei tudo por tudo para salvar o Roy mas não consegui;
• Parti o quadro da minha fiel bicicleta Fuji 1 Diamond;
• Realizei um velho sonho meu: fui à Escócia;
• Meti-me na compra de uma casa;

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16:09 - 29 de Dezembro, 2010

Gil Sousa: Merry Christmas!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXVLP2FY7_w

I am not religious, but anyway, Christmas is not only a Catholic holiday as almost all of the Catholic holidays! Therefore, I am wishing you a great Sol Invictus!

17:32 - 24 de Dezembro, 2010

Gil Sousa: The word is F-O-C-U-S!

The 21th century disease (in the case, disorder) is well know as depression. People just can’t stop, and after a while most of them (us) lost their focus, their goals and worst of all, their values.

There are out there a lot of motivational books, blogs, papers, you name it! This one won’t be one of those certainly, I am not the best person to talk about it…, I am writing this just to let you know that you can’t lose your focus, no matter what it is! 2011 is another year, just another Earth rotation around the Sun but where you can make the difference…, if you lost of focus!

Plans, plans, plans…, everyone has plans and they are so easy to do…, though, in most of the cases not that easy to achieve. Just split your plan in small parts, transform a bigger problem in several small problems and try to solve them. Most probably you won’t have or plan done until the end of the year, but you can sure you’ll successfully complete some of your several small problems. Like baby steps.

I have a huge plan, I have already gave some tips about what it is on my previous post, I just need to split it into small pieces and start working on that…, and defining how I should split it is what I call “a challenge”

2011 will be a great year! I can’t keep jeopardizing my dreams!

21:26 - 23 de Dezembro, 2010

Raul Santos: Petição contra a destruição das árvores da Fernão Mendes Pinto

Querem destruir o lago da Biologia e deitar abaixo uma série de árvores da Escola Secundária Fernão Mendes Pinto. Espero que se consiga impedir esta alarvidade. Para já há uma petição online, a qual peço que assinem e espalhem.
Espero que faça efeito...

23:59 - 22 de Dezembro, 2010

Raul Santos: Google Body Browser - o arranque do 3D na web?

A Google lançou recentemente um novo brinquedo, o Google Body Browser. Só utilizável com browsers bastante recentes (do futuro, dado que nenhum deles ainda saiu em versões oficiais), que suportem WebGL; ou seja, Google Chrome 9, Firefox 4 e uma versão do Safari que ainda não saiu.

Poderá isto ser finalmente o início do 3D na web?

23:03 - 20 de Dezembro, 2010

Raul Santos: Econatal

Aqui está uma excelente iniciativa que de forma muito suave chama a atenção do pessoal para alguns pontos que eu considero importantes: o econatal do GAIA.

22:26 - 19 de Dezembro, 2010

Raul Santos: Cachorrão para adoptar

Este é o Cachorrão. Chamo-lhe assim porque ainda é cachorro (deve ter agora cerca de um ano) mas é grande. Ando à procura de um dono para ele.

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21:11 - 19 de Dezembro, 2010

Gil Sousa: 2010 review and 2011 goals

In the beginning of this year I wrote a summary of what happened to me in 2009, a great year indeed proceeded by a better year, 2008! Well, unfortunately I can’t say the same regarding this year and the name of this blog might give you that same idea.

I started this year with a goal, visiting castles in Portugal and writing a guide how to reach them using only public transportation…, well, I didn’t do it, just visited (again) Óbidos and nothing else, neither the Castelo de São Jorge which is 3 or 4 kms away from my current house…

Last year, when I returned to Portugal, I had the goal of going abroad again this time for a longer period…, that was the main reason why I accepted this job, I naively thought that being on a multinational company I would get a better chance, maybe in a couple years I’ll harvest the result of this bet, but so far I see no vantage of this. We are now in December, and I am still in Portugal however not unhappy as you might expect, I really had the chance to prove myself that I am better than I thought, I just need to push a little bit harder and I will get it! I got the opportunity, I blowed it but most important, I also learned with it! I’ll keep this goal, to go abroad, but now with a slight difference I won’t make such a big deal of it.

I have now a nephew! That’s really a big thing for me, considering that there is nothing to be proud of my achievements this year, this is really something that makes me happy and really overcome everything else! Needless to say, that I really mean what I just wrote.

Another thing that I want to change is my blog’s name, but for that I need that something changes in my life, something worthy. The same applies to my life goals, I am almost 28 and I really had amazing experiences that makes me feel that I am having a great life! I shouldn’t complain about it, but I do. I feel that something is missing and I already know what that is, I need to do something meaningful with my life such as volunteership and helping those that really need it! This might sound pretentious or just another “Miss World” expression, but it isn’t. As I said, I am almost 28 and eventually I will die, sooner or later (duh), why spending my life helping others getting richer when I can spend my life helping others having a better life? My goal for this year is getting a way of self-sustain and invest sometime to learn something that I can earn money working at home and anywhere, this doesn’t mean that I will quite my job but that I want to get a Plan B.

In resume, 2010 was a failure as a personal perspective, but another amazing year regarding familiar aspects! The balance is positive!

2011 WILL BE better, definitely! Nothing concrete to do, and I don’t need to. I will keep trying to go abroad, maybe I’ll push a little bit harder, but as I said, I will just try! It is not a goal, it is a bonus in case I can get it! I will find a way to self-sustain and I will invest sometime getting good at it!

I am not lowering my goals to avoid disappointments, I just want to live one day at a time and keep avoiding to get resigned with my life!

Oh, and I almost forgot! I will keep writing in English, I have friends everywhere and not all of them know Portuguese (thanks google for the translator! but it isn’t the same thing), and I really need to improve my English…, is not that bad as used to be, but I really need to improve it! All the grammar-nazis are welcome to correct me, but privately, please

15:05 - 18 de Dezembro, 2010

Raul Santos: Humble Indie Bundle 2

No seguimento do enorme sucesso que foi o primeiro Humble Indie Bundle, que gerou mais de $1000000 (sim, mais de um milhão de dólares americanos) de receitas, incluía os jogos Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD e Penumbra Overture, e dos quais o código foi posteriormente lançado sob uma licença de Free software, chega-nos agora o Humble Indie Bu

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19:47 - 16 de Dezembro, 2010

Gil Sousa: Mankind is no Island

I have been thinking about writing this post for a while, now a friend of mine showed me the video I’ll attach to this message which kind of forced me to write this down.

From my window, or should I say mini-balcony, I can see the stars…, it is really amazing being in the city center and being able to see the stars, if that wasn’t good enough, I also can see trees and one of them touch the fence on my balcony. I was really lucky indeed to get a room close to a park in the center of Lisbon. But life ain’t pretty, from that same window under the trees there use to live people, homeless people that I see every fucking day and that makes me feel quite bad for living in a such great room with a such great view when there are people out there without a ceiling to cover them from the rain.

As I said, I live in Lisbon. The capital of Portugal, one country of the European Union…, that country that is known for its highways and for Algarve (or should I say Allgarve?). It is really sad knowing that we are in the middle of a crises and the government decided to increase even more the taxes and increasing the difficulties that we are already living with, barely cutting their expenses and pushing us to pay for their mistakes. This really freaks me out. In one year, how much more people will be sleeping outside my window? Will this window still be mine?

Well, enough of words.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrDxe9gK8Gk

01:03 - 15 de Dezembro, 2010

Gil Sousa: Inspired by Iceland

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG92NUXKzZ0

Maybe some day

23:15 - 12 de Dezembro, 2010

Gil Sousa: Why work doesn’t happen at work

Very interesting theory. This combined with working with weekly goals would increasing a lot an employee’s life quality, with a well structured goal, of course.

However…, I prefer working at my work place. Just for a simple and single reason…, when I work at home I am ALWAYS hungry!!! I spend more time cooking and eating than working Ahh, after all there is another reason…, I like to keep work and home apart. Working at home is the first step to take my work problems home and vice-versa. This is that kind of things that I really want to avoid at any cost.

01:24 - 10 de Dezembro, 2010

João Moreno: 90 days

90 days is a simple Last.fm visualization based on Jeroen’s last.fm records library. I personally love music visualization and I have a special fondness for Last.fm’s scrobbling service, so I just had the idea for 90 days etched in my mind for days, until I finally gave in and got dirty. Give me your cents.

22:48 - 07 de Dezembro, 2010

Gil Sousa: Rats and Land Mines

Sometimes I get myself thinking about what I really wanna do with my life and what should I do to do what I really like to do. Confusing? Maybe. I’d like to share with you one inspiring video, for me, about what happens when you mix a passion with work, and when you also can help other people with your passion. It is incredible how you can turn your life into something really meaningful.

22:32 - 07 de Dezembro, 2010

Raul Santos: Workshop sobre Drupal

Amanhã, dia 6 de Dezembro, vou dar um workshop sobre Drupal na FCT-UNL.
Os interessados podem obter mais informações aqui.

12:21 - 05 de Dezembro, 2010

Raul Santos: The certificate for omega.contacts.msn.com could not be validated. The certificate chain presented is invalid.

De há mais de uma semana para cá que o Pombo se anda a queixar de não se conseguir ligar à rede do MSN, dando o seguinte erro:
The certificate for omega.contacts.msn.com could not be validated. The certificate chain presented is invalid.

Hoje dei-me finalmente ao trabalho de tentar encontrar a solução para o problema e cá está ela, em passos simples:

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10:38 - 27 de Novembro, 2010

Raul Santos: Soccer Sniper

OK, agora percebo porque é que eles caem tantas vezes aparentemente do nada! Coitadinhos, e eu que pensava que era falta de integridade e que estavam a querer arrancar faltas onde elas não existem... :)

Original em http://9gag.com/gag/52715.

13:48 - 26 de Novembro, 2010

Raul Santos: Vodafone, Caras e Apple - fraude de oferta de iPhone4G

De vez em quando não sei se hei-de rir ou se hei-de chorar com o analfabetismo informático que existe em quantidades que envergonhariam a escala do derrame da BP.

Hoje recebi vários e-mails cujo conteúdo era unicamente a seguinte imagem:

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11:00 - 26 de Novembro, 2010