Same Shit, Different Day
Checked: 1 hour 51 min ago
Updated: 4 days 20 hours ago
Update every: 2 hours
If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution - LiveJournal.com
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 01/01/2009 - 12:13pm
http://ping.fm/QZ4Lf
So this is the new year.
And i don't feel any different.
And I have no resolutions
For self assigned penance
For problems with easy solutions
So everybody put your best suit or dress on
Let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once
Lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn
http://ping.fm/QZ4Lf
So this is the new year.
And i don't feel any different.
And I have no resolutions
For self assigned penance
For problems with easy solutions
So everybody put your best suit or dress on
Let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once
Lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn
Same Shit, Different Day - Sun, 28/12/2008 - 8:09pm
My Xmas present to me: An Openmoko mobile phone
My Xmas present to me: An Openmoko mobile phone
Same Shit, Different Day - Sat, 27/12/2008 - 6:09pm
Grrrrrreat techno in the Chill Out room at the CCC
Grrrrrreat techno in the Chill Out room at the CCC
Yerma
Same Shit, Different Day - Wed, 24/12/2008 - 10:24pm
Poem to motherhood
Even though I can’t have my
own baby I am now in peace
with it because I understand
now that I can give life in so
many ways...
These were not here when I
left home this morning.
I am a nurturing being.
Poem to motherhood
Even though I can’t have my
own baby I am now in peace
with it because I understand
now that I can give life in so
many ways...
These were not here when I
left home this morning.
I am a nurturing being.
Self-steem issues?
Same Shit, Different Day - Wed, 24/12/2008 - 7:30pm
When a cat is on your lap or very close to you, it means there is no better place for him in the whole world. And cats are very smart. And demanding. They are absolutely free souls and natural born gourmets.
But where is the tip? Just around the corner, read on.
Listen to the world around you, the more related to nature the message is, the more important and meaningful is the wisdom coming with it.
When a cat is on your lap or very close to you, it means there is no better place for him in the whole world. And cats are very smart. And demanding. They are absolutely free souls and natural born gourmets.But where is the tip? Just around the corner, read on.
Listen to the world around you, the more related to nature the message is, the more important and meaningful is the wisdom coming with it.
Merry Fucking Xmas
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 18/12/2008 - 10:36am
Playing For Change: Song Around the World | Stand By Me from Concord Music Group on Vimeo, is a lot nicer than what I originally intended to post:
Playing For Change: Song Around the World | Stand By Me from Concord Music Group on Vimeo, is a lot nicer than what I originally intended to post:
Back from the dead
Same Shit, Different Day - Sun, 14/12/2008 - 4:35pm
* Mooch will stay at my place for a month. He brought me back my smile when he landed in MAD
* Shopping for cool tshirts always makes me feel good!
* New antidepressants, working great form day-1
Yes, humans are^W^WI am quite simple after all.
* Mooch will stay at my place for a month. He brought me back my smile when he landed in MAD
* Shopping for cool tshirts always makes me feel good!
* New antidepressants, working great form day-1
Yes, humans are^W^WI am quite simple after all.
All laptop speakers suck
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 11/12/2008 - 11:09pm
Yours faithfully,
Very un-unhappy Amaya.
Sorry about my last post. I never was upset at the people who pinged me. Just a bit overwhelmed. It just felt very scary to me.
I am damn fucking crazy after all, paranoid et all! Chemistry might help. Your hugs sure will!
Yours faithfully,
Very un-unhappy Amaya.
Sorry about my last post. I never was upset at the people who pinged me. Just a bit overwhelmed. It just felt very scary to me.
I am damn fucking crazy after all, paranoid et all! Chemistry might help. Your hugs sure will!
Just a small little favor
Same Shit, Different Day - Mon, 08/12/2008 - 7:03pm
To whoever started this campaign “Amaya is oh so depressed”
and “please hug her and show her the love and interest you
have not shown for years”:
STOP IT. NOW
Friendly,
Amayita
To whoever started this campaign “Amaya is oh so depressed”
and “please hug her and show her the love and interest you
have not shown for years”:
STOP IT. NOW
Friendly,
Amayita
Welcome Back, Hans!
Same Shit, Different Day - Fri, 05/12/2008 - 12:49pm
I just came accross this wwonderful summary of what a weasel Hans Reiser really is. At the end of the blog post is a video of Hans making a statement during his sentencing. What a $%&="·$!
I just came accross this wwonderful summary of what a weasel Hans Reiser really is. At the end of the blog post is a video of Hans making a statement during his sentencing. What a $%&="·$!
See? Yes, you could!
Same Shit, Different Day - Wed, 05/11/2008 - 7:01pm
I opened my eyes this morning at 7:00, and immediately felt he was also awake. He got up and briefly wandered around. I felt this incredible expectation, even while barely awake. Something important had happened. As he returned to bed, I asked “Who won?”. “Monsieur Obama”, he replied as he slipped back into bed. I broadly smiled and he cuddled up against me, hugging me from behind. I peeked through the open bedroom door and could see the cats smiling in the living-room. Still one more hour before I had to get up for work and life was already good. That early in the morning! Definitely good.
Last night they could, and Yes! they did. And I am truly thankful.
I opened my eyes this morning at 7:00, and immediately felt he was also awake. He got up and briefly wandered around. I felt this incredible expectation, even while barely awake. Something important had happened. As he returned to bed, I asked “Who won?”. “Monsieur Obama”, he replied as he slipped back into bed. I broadly smiled and he cuddled up against me, hugging me from behind. I peeked through the open bedroom door and could see the cats smiling in the living-room. Still one more hour before I had to get up for work and life was already good. That early in the morning! Definitely good.
Last night they could, and Yes! they did. And I am truly thankful.
In love
Same Shit, Different Day - Fri, 31/10/2008 - 10:25am
OpenOffice.org 3 plus pfdimport rock my panties today.
OpenOffice.org 3 plus pfdimport rock my panties today.
/nick Cassandra
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 02/10/2008 - 5:00pm
The Cassandra metaphor is applied by some psychologists to individuals who experience physical and emotional suffering as a result of distressing personal perceptions, and who are disbelieved when they attempt to share the cause of their suffering with others.
What the Cassandra woman sees is something dark and painful that may not be apparent on the surface of things or that objective facts do not corroborate. She may envision a negative or unexpected outcome; or something which would be difficult to deal with; or a truth which others, especially authority figures, would not accept. In her frightened, ego-less state, the Cassandra woman may blurt out what she sees, perhaps with the unconscious hope that others might be able to make some sense of it. But to them her words sound meaningless, disconnected and blown out of all proportion.
The Cassandra metaphor is applied by some psychologists to individuals who experience physical and emotional suffering as a result of distressing personal perceptions, and who are disbelieved when they attempt to share the cause of their suffering with others.
What the Cassandra woman sees is something dark and painful that may not be apparent on the surface of things or that objective facts do not corroborate. She may envision a negative or unexpected outcome; or something which would be difficult to deal with; or a truth which others, especially authority figures, would not accept. In her frightened, ego-less state, the Cassandra woman may blurt out what she sees, perhaps with the unconscious hope that others might be able to make some sense of it. But to them her words sound meaningless, disconnected and blown out of all proportion.
Best Birthday present ever!
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 25/09/2008 - 9:34am
This is the best Birthday present I ever got.
Holger, Thx!
Joey, Cheers!
This is the best Birthday present I ever got.
Holger, Thx!
Joey, Cheers!
And while on the topic of violence...
Same Shit, Different Day - Sun, 14/09/2008 - 3:45pm
Gunnar, I fully agree with your post.
Ghandi said that poverty is the most extreme form of violence.
I took this picture in Buenos Aires:
Hunger is a crime
Gunnar, I fully agree with your post.
Ghandi said that poverty is the most extreme form of violence.
I took this picture in Buenos Aires:
Hunger is a crime
I hearby call for Revolution
Same Shit, Different Day - Sun, 14/09/2008 - 2:48pm
I hearby now call for Revolution, that is how angry and radikal I have really become
Angry about things like the Russian bombings that Madduck blogged about, that so closely ressemble September 11 or Pearl Harbour.
Radikal about the greed that kills both the planet, and the people in it.
“We felt that doing nothing in a period of repressive violence is itself a form of violence. That’s really the part that I think is the hardest for people to understand. If you sit in your house, live your white life and go to your white job, and allow the country that you live in to murder people and to commit genocide, and you sit there and you don’t do anything about it, that’s violence.”
- Naomi Jaffe, member of the Weather Underground Organization
I think it is about time for another Weather Underground but, this time, well done [IMDB] [Wikipedia] [torrent].
That is where the question lies. How is a Revolution done right?
I hearby now call for Revolution, that is how angry and radikal I have really become
Angry about things like the Russian bombings that Madduck blogged about, that so closely ressemble September 11 or Pearl Harbour.
Radikal about the greed that kills both the planet, and the people in it.
“We felt that doing nothing in a period of repressive violence is itself a form of violence. That’s really the part that I think is the hardest for people to understand. If you sit in your house, live your white life and go to your white job, and allow the country that you live in to murder people and to commit genocide, and you sit there and you don’t do anything about it, that’s violence.”
- Naomi Jaffe, member of the Weather Underground Organization
I think it is about time for another Weather Underground but, this time, well done [IMDB] [Wikipedia] [torrent].
That is where the question lies. How is a Revolution done right?
And my smile just got bigger!
Same Shit, Different Day - Sun, 27/07/2008 - 11:29am
For a week now, I couldn’t get rid of this smile on my face. And my smile just got bigger!
My IBM X40, which has since 2004 come with me to most places I have been to, played a movie or two for me every night in bed, has played music for me all night long so that i could sleep (or just not feel so upset when I could not), lost its display some time last week.
I could see a very faint pink in the IBM logo on boot and that was it. I unplugged it, removed batteries, and left it to rest for a bit less than a week. Holger told me he could find a replacement laptop for Debconf8, so I was not too frustrated. But last night I decided to try the VGA out with a desktop TFT and guess what! The display was back all by itself. I think it is way too hot in Madrid for this little friend.
I guess not all hardware sucks, after all. You just need to be understanding ;)
For a week now, I couldn’t get rid of this smile on my face. And my smile just got bigger!
My IBM X40, which has since 2004 come with me to most places I have been to, played a movie or two for me every night in bed, has played music for me all night long so that i could sleep (or just not feel so upset when I could not), lost its display some time last week.
I could see a very faint pink in the IBM logo on boot and that was it. I unplugged it, removed batteries, and left it to rest for a bit less than a week. Holger told me he could find a replacement laptop for Debconf8, so I was not too frustrated. But last night I decided to try the VGA out with a desktop TFT and guess what! The display was back all by itself. I think it is way too hot in Madrid for this little friend.
I guess not all hardware sucks, after all. You just need to be understanding ;)
My silly smile (again)
Same Shit, Different Day - Sat, 26/07/2008 - 5:40pm
For a week now, I couldn’t get rid of this smile on my face (again).
It has been a hard year so far (back to therapy, again, back to medication, again, nasty insomnia, again, depression, again, getting phat as hell, again, my usual stuff, again). This has affected my job, which is the hardest of it all. Not being able to perform well has been troubling me to no avail, destroying my self-esteem.
But I have been feeling slightly better recently, I guess thanks to sunny days and chemistry reactions in (what used to be) my brain. And believe me: slightly better is a huge improvement. But what really put me on a great mood was reading the Wikipedia page on Mar del Plata, the Hotels web sites, the Debconf8 site... and realizing what a HUGE effort the localteam has made. I know they are exhausted, I know they are stressed, I know this week is probably the worst in their life. But the smile they’ve put on my face! They have done a huge+great work.
Also, it looks like it will be a smaller event this year, I managed to count the assistants and I came up with 180, approx, and not all of them simultaneously. I must confess EDI was a bit too big for me to handle, so was MEX. I believe I will be able to spend more quality time with fellow debconfers, which I value a lot in this sort of events.This is precisely why I only attend the Debian room during FOSDEM, I cannot seem to enjoy getting out there in the (huge) crowd of attendees.
Anyway, I am smiling while typing this, and believe me: I look silly :)
I can’t wait to meet the wonderful Debconf crowd again, specially my Argentinian friends.
See you in MDQ!
For a week now, I couldn’t get rid of this smile on my face (again).
It has been a hard year so far (back to therapy, again, back to medication, again, nasty insomnia, again, depression, again, getting phat as hell, again, my usual stuff, again). This has affected my job, which is the hardest of it all. Not being able to perform well has been troubling me to no avail, destroying my self-esteem.
But I have been feeling slightly better recently, I guess thanks to sunny days and chemistry reactions in (what used to be) my brain. And believe me: slightly better is a huge improvement. But what really put me on a great mood was reading the Wikipedia page on Mar del Plata, the Hotels web sites, the Debconf8 site... and realizing what a HUGE effort the localteam has made. I know they are exhausted, I know they are stressed, I know this week is probably the worst in their life. But the smile they’ve put on my face! They have done a huge+great work.
Also, it looks like it will be a smaller event this year, I managed to count the assistants and I came up with 180, approx, and not all of them simultaneously. I must confess EDI was a bit too big for me to handle, so was MEX. I believe I will be able to spend more quality time with fellow debconfers, which I value a lot in this sort of events.This is precisely why I only attend the Debian room during FOSDEM, I cannot seem to enjoy getting out there in the (huge) crowd of attendees.
Anyway, I am smiling while typing this, and believe me: I look silly :)
I can’t wait to meet the wonderful Debconf crowd again, specially my Argentinian friends.
See you in MDQ!
Reiser was guilty after all
Same Shit, Different Day - Sat, 19/07/2008 - 2:10pm
I know it is old news, but I did not have time to blog lately. This actually broke my heart.
Hans Reiser Leads Police to Nina's Body: last month that Reiser was attempting to negotiate a deal for a 15-to-life sentence instead of 25-to-life if he produced his wife’s body.
She was identified through dental records, clothing and jewelry, authorities said. Reiser knew exactly where the body was, his lawyer said.
I have no time to investigate this any further, but I suspect that the abuse from Reiser towards Debian was very close to the time of their divorce.
RIP, Nina.
I know it is old news, but I did not have time to blog lately. This actually broke my heart.
Hans Reiser Leads Police to Nina's Body: last month that Reiser was attempting to negotiate a deal for a 15-to-life sentence instead of 25-to-life if he produced his wife’s body.
She was identified through dental records, clothing and jewelry, authorities said. Reiser knew exactly where the body was, his lawyer said.
I have no time to investigate this any further, but I suspect that the abuse from Reiser towards Debian was very close to the time of their divorce.
RIP, Nina.
Quote of the day: your brain is like dpkg
Same Shit, Different Day - Sat, 19/07/2008 - 1:59pm
From basaburu: “La cosa es que tienes, por decirlo de alguna forma, dependencias incumplidas y paquetes rotos y dpkg no te puede ayudar” which roughly translates to “Having a mental illness is like having unmet dependencies and broken packages and dpkg cannot help you, so to say”.
And he is so right.
From basaburu: “La cosa es que tienes, por decirlo de alguna forma, dependencias incumplidas y paquetes rotos y dpkg no te puede ayudar” which roughly translates to “Having a mental illness is like having unmet dependencies and broken packages and dpkg cannot help you, so to say”.
And he is so right.
Strange Findings
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 12/06/2008 - 7:05pm
Strange Findings
Originally uploaded by Amayita. I was walking down my street, minding my own bussiness when I found these shoes, abandoned on the sidewalk, waiting for her owner to come back.
Strange Findings
Originally uploaded by Amayita. I was walking down my street, minding my own bussiness when I found these shoes, abandoned on the sidewalk, waiting for her owner to come back.
Booked!
Same Shit, Different Day - Wed, 11/06/2008 - 9:41pm
Mr Levsen and Mrs Rodrigo will land in EZE on Wed, July 30th, flight IB6845 (Iberia) at 19:40.
We are now just about to celebrate the rise in oil prices and our my procastinating in booking (2428.72 EUR in total) with a cold Mahou beer. But I am thankful I didn’t need to ask for sponsorship this year.
See you down there!
Mr Levsen and Mrs Rodrigo will land in EZE on Wed, July 30th, flight IB6845 (Iberia) at 19:40.
We are now just about to celebrate the rise in oil prices and our my procastinating in booking (2428.72 EUR in total) with a cold Mahou beer. But I am thankful I didn’t need to ask for sponsorship this year.
See you down there!
42
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 05/06/2008 - 8:14pm
What was the question again? 42 is just the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
What was the question again? 42 is just the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Email zen
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 05/06/2008 - 8:12pm
You know you have reached email zen when your domain is down for a week, maybe because your dns is down, you don’t give a flying fuck, and are in no hurry to fix it. Bonus points if you don’t get automatically unsubscribed from any mailing lists.
You know you have reached email zen when your domain is down for a week, maybe because your dns is down, you don’t give a flying fuck, and are in no hurry to fix it. Bonus points if you don’t get automatically unsubscribed from any mailing lists.
Of life and vermin
Same Shit, Different Day - Fri, 09/05/2008 - 4:24pm
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. -- Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. -- Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
You know you've had enough to drink when...
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 24/04/2008 - 8:57pm
You know you’ve had enough to drink when... you have been using mutt and vim with capslock on for half an hour and have even managed, quite confused though.
Heh.
You know you’ve had enough to drink when... you have been using mutt and vim with capslock on for half an hour and have even managed, quite confused though.
Heh.
You people break my heart
Same Shit, Different Day - Fri, 18/04/2008 - 8:22pm
Some come, others kind of go.
I warmly welcome the new 19 developers (great female ratio there!) and humbly ask the rest of us to support the new blood carriers. If they made it through this, they are surely worthy of our cause and will probably accomplish a lot more if us, the old farts, make it easier for the ones to come in the future.
Where do I join the Debian elderly club?
Some come, others kind of go.
I warmly welcome the new 19 developers (great female ratio there!) and humbly ask the rest of us to support the new blood carriers. If they made it through this, they are surely worthy of our cause and will probably accomplish a lot more if us, the old farts, make it easier for the ones to come in the future.
Where do I join the Debian elderly club?
The absurd farce
Same Shit, Different Day - Tue, 15/04/2008 - 10:35am
It happens that when I get burnt out by Debian (I might blog about that later, but then I just might not) I am forced to face the real world just to learn that Debian was not so bad to begin with. Oh, the irony! I need to smoke more so that I spend less time involved in this crap nobody can change. It is hard enough to change Debian, I don't even want to think about the rest.
If you want to understand the world crisis you are living in...
It happens that when I get burnt out by Debian (I might blog about that later, but then I just might not) I am forced to face the real world just to learn that Debian was not so bad to begin with. Oh, the irony! I need to smoke more so that I spend less time involved in this crap nobody can change. It is hard enough to change Debian, I don't even want to think about the rest.
If you want to understand the world crisis you are living in...
- Watch Money as Debt, an animated documentary by Paul Grignon, that will make you want to cry (torrent here)
- Then read Why the US is collapsing by Rick Falkvinge, the leader of the Swedish Pirate Party.
- I can also suggest Maxed Out on Credit, an independent documentary that chronicles abusive practices in the credit card industry (torrent here)
- The end of Suburbia on peak oil and its implications on the suburban lifestyle, which I have recommended before (torrent here)
- For a nice piece of "fiction" turn to Fast Food Nation. There's shit in your meat, but that's ok as long as you cook it! (torrent here)
- If you can read Spanish, there's a great article about the housing bubble, the credit crunch and how they affect you (on top of not being able to access decent housing at prices that have anything to do with your earnings), even if you don't live in the USA or Madrid ;) The article was written by Leopoldo Abadía, although I first saw it on Nacho Giral's blog: Explicación a la crisis financiera que nos azota
Release Goal goal-recommends: Final help needed
Same Shit, Different Day - Mon, 31/03/2008 - 10:43am
Slow sunday afternoon? Choose a release goal and work on it!
Yesterday I focused on the goal-recommends issue: No unmet recommends relations inside main. I worked from 18:00 pm to 2:00am, aprox, and 31 bugs were closed.
15 Non Maintainer Uploads, closing 20 bugs:
* delo (Closes: #378221, #414389, #416161, #452953)
* gpib (Closes: #430998)
* php-net-smtp (Closes: #369273)
* rpc2 (Closes: #377829) (NMU Overriden by maintainer)
* rvm (Closes: #377410) (NMU Overriden by maintainer)
* smooth-themes (Closes: #379195)
* xmltex (Closes: #429564)
* acpitool (Closes: #436637)
* asciidoc (Closes: #452470)
* chasen (Closes: #363196, #452474)
* cl-screen-sbcl (Closes: #436641, #460444)
* cpufreqd (Closes: #436647)
* denemo (Closes: #439929)
* lacheck (Closes: #448911)
* sablevm (Closes: #346071)
Filed for removal, will close 3 bugs:
* digikamimageplugins-doc (Closes: #448904)
* free-java-sdk (Closes: #429306, #401492)
Orphaning uploads, closing 2 bugs:
* xcin2.3 (Closes: #276885)
* gnochm (Closes: #429304)
Packages only present in oldstable, closing 4 bugs:
* eagle-usb-utils (Closes: #448905)
* zd1211 (Closes: #378725)
* python-pysnmp4 (Closes: #377075)
* lessdisks-terminal (Closes: #361939)
Bugs marked fixed but never properly closed, closing 2 bugs:
* araneida (Closes: #436638)
* gtk2-engines-murrine (Closes: #430999)
That leaves a total of 4 bugs remaining to finish the release goal:
* 418319 php4-apd: Don't build a php4-specific package because of php4's removal (serious)
* 436650 syslinux: Please build (at least a subset of) syslinux for all arches
* 448890 bioperl: recommends packages not in main (pending, serious)
* 448921 openarena-data recommends unmet openarena (>= 0.7.1) | openarena-server (>= 0.7.1) (fixed in svn)
These don't seem trivial to fix, anyone dares to step in?
Slow sunday afternoon? Choose a release goal and work on it!
Yesterday I focused on the goal-recommends issue: No unmet recommends relations inside main. I worked from 18:00 pm to 2:00am, aprox, and 31 bugs were closed.
15 Non Maintainer Uploads, closing 20 bugs:
* delo (Closes: #378221, #414389, #416161, #452953)
* gpib (Closes: #430998)
* php-net-smtp (Closes: #369273)
* rpc2 (Closes: #377829) (NMU Overriden by maintainer)
* rvm (Closes: #377410) (NMU Overriden by maintainer)
* smooth-themes (Closes: #379195)
* xmltex (Closes: #429564)
* acpitool (Closes: #436637)
* asciidoc (Closes: #452470)
* chasen (Closes: #363196, #452474)
* cl-screen-sbcl (Closes: #436641, #460444)
* cpufreqd (Closes: #436647)
* denemo (Closes: #439929)
* lacheck (Closes: #448911)
* sablevm (Closes: #346071)
Filed for removal, will close 3 bugs:
* digikamimageplugins-doc (Closes: #448904)
* free-java-sdk (Closes: #429306, #401492)
Orphaning uploads, closing 2 bugs:
* xcin2.3 (Closes: #276885)
* gnochm (Closes: #429304)
Packages only present in oldstable, closing 4 bugs:
* eagle-usb-utils (Closes: #448905)
* zd1211 (Closes: #378725)
* python-pysnmp4 (Closes: #377075)
* lessdisks-terminal (Closes: #361939)
Bugs marked fixed but never properly closed, closing 2 bugs:
* araneida (Closes: #436638)
* gtk2-engines-murrine (Closes: #430999)
That leaves a total of 4 bugs remaining to finish the release goal:
* 418319 php4-apd: Don't build a php4-specific package because of php4's removal (serious)
* 436650 syslinux: Please build (at least a subset of) syslinux for all arches
* 448890 bioperl: recommends packages not in main (pending, serious)
* 448921 openarena-data recommends unmet openarena (>= 0.7.1) | openarena-server (>= 0.7.1) (fixed in svn)
These don't seem trivial to fix, anyone dares to step in?
Debian-Women-es @Fosdem 2008
Same Shit, Different Day - Wed, 05/03/2008 - 7:38pm
Debian-Women-es @Fosdem 2008
Originally uploaded by Amayita. Fosdem 2008, a little gathering for the Debian-Women Spanish chapter. There were probably more Debian related women from Spain than men this year. The world upside down!
On other news, my mum was diagnosed skin cancer today. Life sucks. Hard.
Debian-Women-es @Fosdem 2008
Originally uploaded by Amayita. Fosdem 2008, a little gathering for the Debian-Women Spanish chapter. There were probably more Debian related women from Spain than men this year. The world upside down!
On other news, my mum was diagnosed skin cancer today. Life sucks. Hard.
Where is Wally?
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 21/02/2008 - 4:04pm
Can you find Holger in this pic?
And BTW, I am going to Fosdem.
Can you find Holger in this pic?
And BTW, I am going to Fosdem.
Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen
Same Shit, Different Day - Tue, 12/02/2008 - 1:04pm
Thank you for introducing me to Hildegard Knef and Amy Winehouse. You know who you are. Specially for the Extrabreit version of Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen (It shall rain red roses for me). It takes em to the verge of tears.
Thank you for introducing me to Hildegard Knef and Amy Winehouse. You know who you are. Specially for the Extrabreit version of Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen (It shall rain red roses for me). It takes em to the verge of tears.
Héctor's Birth Day
Same Shit, Different Day - Sat, 26/01/2008 - 11:10pm
Today is Héctor’s birthday. We celebrated with his family and a couple of close friends. He cooked a wonderful meal for us (he is a great cook) and we had a very nice afternoon, despite having a flu (again!) and a very runny nose. I am at this very moment preparing a sponsored upload for Carlos, one of the close friends who attended. He will become an excellent Debian contributor some day.
I got Héctor a couple of cookbooks for his birthday, but much to my surprise I received a brand new server from him (late Xmas present, but I am to blame for the delay). I can now get rid of this damn noisy and slow thing that sits under my desk, aka ænima. This has been a faithful server for many years and I think it deserves to be donated to the local hacklab, as I believe it can still be of use.
I hope I can put all this CPU power to good use in my Debian QA work (which I am slowly coming back to).
Héctor has been my best friend for almost 10 years. We also are co-workers at soitu.es now. He was the one who made me believe that I could contribute to Debian and that I should apply to become a Developer (although Santiago Vila was actually the first one to spot me). He was the one I run to when I felt like dying shit after my “divorce”. He is still the one I run to most of the time when I need support or advice, and he has this wonderful way of making me feel safe in this scary world. Even though we naturally don’t agree on a lot of stuff, he does his best to respect my eccentricities, and I always carefully listen to what he has to say. I am very lucky to be his friend. May this friendship last many, many more years. Héctor, keep rocking!
Today is Héctor’s birthday. We celebrated with his family and a couple of close friends. He cooked a wonderful meal for us (he is a great cook) and we had a very nice afternoon, despite having a flu (again!) and a very runny nose. I am at this very moment preparing a sponsored upload for Carlos, one of the close friends who attended. He will become an excellent Debian contributor some day.
I got Héctor a couple of cookbooks for his birthday, but much to my surprise I received a brand new server from him (late Xmas present, but I am to blame for the delay). I can now get rid of this damn noisy and slow thing that sits under my desk, aka ænima. This has been a faithful server for many years and I think it deserves to be donated to the local hacklab, as I believe it can still be of use.
I hope I can put all this CPU power to good use in my Debian QA work (which I am slowly coming back to).
Héctor has been my best friend for almost 10 years. We also are co-workers at soitu.es now. He was the one who made me believe that I could contribute to Debian and that I should apply to become a Developer (although Santiago Vila was actually the first one to spot me). He was the one I run to when I felt like dying shit after my “divorce”. He is still the one I run to most of the time when I need support or advice, and he has this wonderful way of making me feel safe in this scary world. Even though we naturally don’t agree on a lot of stuff, he does his best to respect my eccentricities, and I always carefully listen to what he has to say. I am very lucky to be his friend. May this friendship last many, many more years. Héctor, keep rocking!
Back to life, back to blogging
Same Shit, Different Day - Tue, 08/01/2008 - 12:33am
Since September 19th I have been mostly offline and unreachable. This was due to having started a new job in a wonderful new project: soitu.es, an online newspaper with a strong focus on Citizen Journalism: citizens “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information,” I must mention the master mind behind this all: Gumersindo Lafuente, one very well known journalist in Spain. On the other hand, working with Raúl Rivero, not the Cuban poet but the technical soul of the project, is something I would pay for, and I get actually paid to learn from him! Too bad he doesn’t digg Debian :)
The site was finally launched during Xmas, and we are all less busy, so despite having what I call “the weekend flu” (that only affects me during the weekends, but I never feel so bad that I need to miss work during the week), I am back to normal, If you thought I was quite MIA, keep in mind I was not one of busiest ones at work! Launching such a project takes a toll on everyone, though. I set up a Flick set for my new workplace: Amayita’s Soitu.es Flickr photo Set, in case you are curious. There is also an official Soitu.es Flickr Photo Pool.
Today is a holiday in Spain, due to Día de Reyes, when kids usually get their Xmas presents here. As I am fully recovered from this weekend’s flu (today is Monday after all), I had some spare time and my cats got a nice present too: A DIY scratching post. There is a WTF column in the effing middle of my kitchen, so after some cardboard, a wall stapler, sisal rope and a bit of round and round the column... This pic shows the result:
Two happy cats and a sisal scratching post.
I couldn’t resist filming a video, available on YouTube: This scratching post is now mine! - No! Mine! - I’ll get you!
Since September 19th I have been mostly offline and unreachable. This was due to having started a new job in a wonderful new project: soitu.es, an online newspaper with a strong focus on Citizen Journalism: citizens “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information,” I must mention the master mind behind this all: Gumersindo Lafuente, one very well known journalist in Spain. On the other hand, working with Raúl Rivero, not the Cuban poet but the technical soul of the project, is something I would pay for, and I get actually paid to learn from him! Too bad he doesn’t digg Debian :)
The site was finally launched during Xmas, and we are all less busy, so despite having what I call “the weekend flu” (that only affects me during the weekends, but I never feel so bad that I need to miss work during the week), I am back to normal, If you thought I was quite MIA, keep in mind I was not one of busiest ones at work! Launching such a project takes a toll on everyone, though. I set up a Flick set for my new workplace: Amayita’s Soitu.es Flickr photo Set, in case you are curious. There is also an official Soitu.es Flickr Photo Pool.
Today is a holiday in Spain, due to Día de Reyes, when kids usually get their Xmas presents here. As I am fully recovered from this weekend’s flu (today is Monday after all), I had some spare time and my cats got a nice present too: A DIY scratching post. There is a WTF column in the effing middle of my kitchen, so after some cardboard, a wall stapler, sisal rope and a bit of round and round the column... This pic shows the result:
Two happy cats and a sisal scratching post.
I couldn’t resist filming a video, available on YouTube: This scratching post is now mine! - No! Mine! - I’ll get you!
Still remains - Stone Temple Pilots
Same Shit, Different Day - Mon, 31/12/2007 - 7:06pm
Our bed we live, our bed we sleep
Making love and I become you
Flesh is warm with naked feet
Stabbing thorns and you become me
Oh, Id beg for you, you know I’ll beg for you
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath, I’ll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me
Ask if you can bring a friend
Pick a flower, hold you breath
And drift away...
She holds my hand we share a laugh
Sipping orange blossom breezes
Love is still and sweat remains
A cherished gift, unselfish feelings...
Oh, Id beg for you, you know I’ll beg for you
Happy Gnu Year, Holgi! You know I’d love to be there with you :*
Our bed we live, our bed we sleep
Making love and I become you
Flesh is warm with naked feet
Stabbing thorns and you become me
Oh, Id beg for you, you know I’ll beg for you
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath, I’ll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me
Ask if you can bring a friend
Pick a flower, hold you breath
And drift away...
She holds my hand we share a laugh
Sipping orange blossom breezes
Love is still and sweat remains
A cherished gift, unselfish feelings...
Oh, Id beg for you, you know I’ll beg for you
Happy Gnu Year, Holgi! You know I’d love to be there with you :*
Hermanos...
Same Shit, Different Day - Mon, 05/11/2007 - 1:01pm
El general en jefe del ejercito libertador del sur Emiliano Zapata Manifiesto Zapatista en Nagua
Hermanos nosotros nacimos de la noche
en ella vivimos
y moriremos en ella
pero la luz será mañana para los más,
para todos aquellos que hoy lloran la noche,
para quienes se niega el día.
Para todos la luz,
para todos todo.
Para nosotros el dolor y la angustia,
para nosotros la alegria de la rebelión
para nosotros el futuro negado,
Para nosotros la dignidad insurrecta
Para nosotros nada
Nuestra lucha es por hacernos escuchar y el mal gobierno
grita soberbia y tapa con cañones sus oídos,
nuestra lucha es por un trabajo justo y digno y el mal gobierno compra y vende cuerpos y vergüenza,
nuestra lucha es por la vida y el mal gobierno oferta muerte como futuro,
nuestra lucha es por la justicia y el mal gobierno se llena de criminales y asesinos,
nuestra lucha es por la paz y el mal gobierno anuncia guerra y destrucción.
Techo, tierra, trabajo, pan, salud, educación, independencia, democracia, libertad,
estas fueran nuestras demandas en la larga noche de los 500 años,
estas son hoy nuestras exigencias.
El general en jefe del ejercito libertador del sur Emiliano Zapata Manifiesto Zapatista en Nagua
Hermanos nosotros nacimos de la noche
en ella vivimos
y moriremos en ella
pero la luz será mañana para los más,
para todos aquellos que hoy lloran la noche,
para quienes se niega el día.
Para todos la luz,
para todos todo.
Para nosotros el dolor y la angustia,
para nosotros la alegria de la rebelión
para nosotros el futuro negado,
Para nosotros la dignidad insurrecta
Para nosotros nada
Nuestra lucha es por hacernos escuchar y el mal gobierno
grita soberbia y tapa con cañones sus oídos,
nuestra lucha es por un trabajo justo y digno y el mal gobierno compra y vende cuerpos y vergüenza,
nuestra lucha es por la vida y el mal gobierno oferta muerte como futuro,
nuestra lucha es por la justicia y el mal gobierno se llena de criminales y asesinos,
nuestra lucha es por la paz y el mal gobierno anuncia guerra y destrucción.
Techo, tierra, trabajo, pan, salud, educación, independencia, democracia, libertad,
estas fueran nuestras demandas en la larga noche de los 500 años,
estas son hoy nuestras exigencias.
Breakfast
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 28/06/2007 - 10:53am
There is a topless Argentinian dude in my kitchen making pancakes with dulce de leche for breakfast. Yes, that’s nueces!
There is a topless Argentinian dude in my kitchen making pancakes with dulce de leche for breakfast. Yes, that’s nueces!
I found out!
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 14/06/2007 - 6:50pm
Now I know what’s a proper way to wear a kilt, tactilewards!
Now I know what’s a proper way to wear a kilt, tactilewards!
Dear Lazyweb
Same Shit, Different Day - Sun, 10/06/2007 - 5:59pm
In case you were wondering, the question is: can you see whether Phil is wearing any underwear under that lovey kilt from where you are seated?
In case you were wondering, the question is: can you see whether Phil is wearing any underwear under that lovey kilt from where you are seated?
Consumers Are Killing the Welfare State
Same Shit, Different Day - Fri, 08/06/2007 - 9:44am
Consumers Are Killing the Welfare State. Some excerpts, if you don’t want to read the whole thing:
The average shopper at Karstadt, Metro and Lidl is a downright globalization fanatic. He compares price and service and always goes for what’s cheapest. In doing so, he destroys massive numbers of jobs in Europe -- including, eventually, his own.
Nowadays, almost everything money can buy can be produced without the extra ingredient that we call the welfare state.
Indeed, 75 percent of the world’s population has no unemployment benefit. And while this may put workers at a disadvantage, it certainly provides a boost to their product sales. It is the workers alone -- and not the products they produce -- who must bear the risk of illness, poverty and aging. In the West, exactly the opposite is true.
Many who considered the social market economy to be the final stage of history are now being forced to admit they made a colossal error. Capitalism has, thanks to a global labor and finance market, increased its range, while the social safety net has lost ground. The market has gained power, speed and apparently also inevitability. But the social triumph of yesteryear has faded. Indeed, capitalism is going back to its roots.
Consumers Are Killing the Welfare State. Some excerpts, if you don’t want to read the whole thing:
The average shopper at Karstadt, Metro and Lidl is a downright globalization fanatic. He compares price and service and always goes for what’s cheapest. In doing so, he destroys massive numbers of jobs in Europe -- including, eventually, his own.
Nowadays, almost everything money can buy can be produced without the extra ingredient that we call the welfare state.
Indeed, 75 percent of the world’s population has no unemployment benefit. And while this may put workers at a disadvantage, it certainly provides a boost to their product sales. It is the workers alone -- and not the products they produce -- who must bear the risk of illness, poverty and aging. In the West, exactly the opposite is true.
Many who considered the social market economy to be the final stage of history are now being forced to admit they made a colossal error. Capitalism has, thanks to a global labor and finance market, increased its range, while the social safety net has lost ground. The market has gained power, speed and apparently also inevitability. But the social triumph of yesteryear has faded. Indeed, capitalism is going back to its roots.
Walking Around
Same Shit, Different Day - Thu, 07/06/2007 - 9:46pm
Sucede que me canso de ser hombre.
Sucede que entro en las sastrerías y en los cines
marchito, impenetrable, como un cisne de fieltro
Navegando en un agua de origen y ceniza.
El olor de las peluquerías me hace llorar a gritos.
Sólo quiero un descanso de piedras o de lana,
sólo quiero no ver establecimientos ni jardines,
ni mercaderías, ni anteojos, ni ascensores.
Sucede que me canso de mis pies y mis uñas
y mi pelo y mi sombra.
Sucede que me canso de ser hombre.
Sin embargo sería delicioso
asustar a un notario con un lirio cortado
o dar muerte a una monja con un golpe de oreja.
Sería bello
ir por las calles con un cuchillo verde
y dando gritos hasta morir de frío
No quiero seguir siendo raíz en las tinieblas,
vacilante, extendido, tiritando de sueño,
hacia abajo, en las tapias mojadas de la tierra,
absorbiendo y pensando, comiendo cada día.
No quiero para mí tantas desgracias.
No quiero continuar de raíz y de tumba,
de subterráneo solo, de bodega con muertos
ateridos, muriéndome de pena.
Por eso el día lunes arde como el petróleo
cuando me ve llegar con mi cara de cárcel,
y aúlla en su transcurso como una rueda herida,
y da pasos de sangre caliente hacia la noche.
Y me empuja a ciertos rincones, a ciertas casas húmedas,
a hospitales donde los huesos salen por la ventana,
a ciertas zapaterías con olor a vinagre,
a calles espantosas como grietas.
Hay pájaros de color de azufre y horribles intestinos
colgando de las puertas de las casas que odio,
hay dentaduras olvidadas en una cafetera,
hay espejos
que debieran haber llorado de vergüenza y espanto,
hay paraguas en todas partes, y venenos, y ombligos.
Yo paseo con calma, con ojos, con zapatos,
con furia, con olvido,
paso, cruzo oficinas y tiendas de ortopedia,
y patios donde hay ropas colgadas de un alambre:
calzoncillos, toallas y camisas que lloran
lentas lágrimas sucias.
Pablo Neruda
Sucede que me canso de ser hombre.
Sucede que entro en las sastrerías y en los cines
marchito, impenetrable, como un cisne de fieltro
Navegando en un agua de origen y ceniza.
El olor de las peluquerías me hace llorar a gritos.
Sólo quiero un descanso de piedras o de lana,
sólo quiero no ver establecimientos ni jardines,
ni mercaderías, ni anteojos, ni ascensores.
Sucede que me canso de mis pies y mis uñas
y mi pelo y mi sombra.
Sucede que me canso de ser hombre.
Sin embargo sería delicioso
asustar a un notario con un lirio cortado
o dar muerte a una monja con un golpe de oreja.
Sería bello
ir por las calles con un cuchillo verde
y dando gritos hasta morir de frío
No quiero seguir siendo raíz en las tinieblas,
vacilante, extendido, tiritando de sueño,
hacia abajo, en las tapias mojadas de la tierra,
absorbiendo y pensando, comiendo cada día.
No quiero para mí tantas desgracias.
No quiero continuar de raíz y de tumba,
de subterráneo solo, de bodega con muertos
ateridos, muriéndome de pena.
Por eso el día lunes arde como el petróleo
cuando me ve llegar con mi cara de cárcel,
y aúlla en su transcurso como una rueda herida,
y da pasos de sangre caliente hacia la noche.
Y me empuja a ciertos rincones, a ciertas casas húmedas,
a hospitales donde los huesos salen por la ventana,
a ciertas zapaterías con olor a vinagre,
a calles espantosas como grietas.
Hay pájaros de color de azufre y horribles intestinos
colgando de las puertas de las casas que odio,
hay dentaduras olvidadas en una cafetera,
hay espejos
que debieran haber llorado de vergüenza y espanto,
hay paraguas en todas partes, y venenos, y ombligos.
Yo paseo con calma, con ojos, con zapatos,
con furia, con olvido,
paso, cruzo oficinas y tiendas de ortopedia,
y patios donde hay ropas colgadas de un alambre:
calzoncillos, toallas y camisas que lloran
lentas lágrimas sucias.
Pablo Neruda
It's that time of the year again
Same Shit, Different Day - Wed, 30/05/2007 - 11:21pm
It’s that time of the year again, and I have this silly smile on my face again: Next Friday I will be landing in Edinburgh, just before Debconf officially starts.
2007 has been a bit difficult so far, but I know Debconf will recharge my batteries and I will, again, get intoxicated with the enthusiasm of my fellow DDs. I always find inspiration, motivation and nice technical challenges during Debconf and anticipation fills my heart with warmth.
I’m really looking forward to seeing the dudes and dudettes again. Hug you in Debconf!
It’s that time of the year again, and I have this silly smile on my face again: Next Friday I will be landing in Edinburgh, just before Debconf officially starts.
2007 has been a bit difficult so far, but I know Debconf will recharge my batteries and I will, again, get intoxicated with the enthusiasm of my fellow DDs. I always find inspiration, motivation and nice technical challenges during Debconf and anticipation fills my heart with warmth.
I’m really looking forward to seeing the dudes and dudettes again. Hug you in Debconf!
Fallin'
Same Shit, Different Day - Tue, 15/05/2007 - 2:45pm
(Insert Fallin’ lyrics from Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul from the Judgement Night Sound Track here)
(Insert Fallin’ lyrics from Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul from the Judgement Night Sound Track here)
The no impact man^Wfamily
Same Shit, Different Day - Wed, 02/05/2007 - 10:22am
If everybody on the whole planet decided to commit suicide, which in a way, they have, would it be the right thing to do to not join in? What’s so great about trying to be right if it keeps you separate? It seems like there is something precious that has to do with holding yourself above or not just joining in and being part of. I don’t know. I’m suddenly realizing that this whole project could be pretty damn hard.
The “No impact man” is a family’s project to try not to cause any environmental impact on the planet for one year. It involves a very radical change in their lifestyle, as they live in Manhattan. The blog describes their struggles as they gradually move from one goal to another, from reducing their trash generation to absolutely none, declaring war to tree-killing junk mail and plastic bags, only eating local produce, thus giving up coffee and sugar (which the wife specially resents), no cars, buses or elevators, being hit by a car while riding his “second-hand new” bike (no new purchases are allowed)... to composting their own waste and giving up all throwaway products, including toilet paper. All this in Manhattan, with a toddler!
While I completely relate to their goal, and being myself quite picky about the way I consume, having changed my most used light bulbs to low energy ones (even though I hate the resulting light colour and quality), turning off all electronics that have a led while not in use, not owning a car, avoiding public transportation in favour of walking as often as possible, and being obsessive about recycling, I keep a 24x7 powered on desktop and laptop, my lights are turned on much often than the average house (my place is very dark), I drink tea that comes all the way from Africa (Rooibos), I want to fly all over to Hamburg every weekend (but I can't afford to), and I have not gotten around to insulating my electrical water heater.
Yet, I live alone, in a small place, and my use of resources is still quite rational, for a geek. (Take a look at the WWF Footprint Calculator: I am living as if we had 2.52 planets to support us. Although I am below some of the world average figures, we obviously only have the one!).
It is both inspiring and off-putting to see this family’s effort, as it looks like an interesting experiment that I am surely going to follow, but one I would myself not be able to attempt. Many people believe their small little efforts will not change anything, but I disagree. Every little effort makes a difference when you look at the global picture, still this problem is not easy at all.
In case you need some motivation to rethink the way you live, watch Who Killed the Electric Car?, An Inconvenient Truth, The End of Suburbia or Darwin's Nightmare.
To quote the “no impact man” in Deeper sickness, better cure: “A psychiatrist friend, Stephan Quentzel, went so far as to suggest in conversation that environmentalism could be like a new religion that binds us together with a sense of common purpose and greater meaning”.
If everybody on the whole planet decided to commit suicide, which in a way, they have, would it be the right thing to do to not join in? What’s so great about trying to be right if it keeps you separate? It seems like there is something precious that has to do with holding yourself above or not just joining in and being part of. I don’t know. I’m suddenly realizing that this whole project could be pretty damn hard.
The “No impact man” is a family’s project to try not to cause any environmental impact on the planet for one year. It involves a very radical change in their lifestyle, as they live in Manhattan. The blog describes their struggles as they gradually move from one goal to another, from reducing their trash generation to absolutely none, declaring war to tree-killing junk mail and plastic bags, only eating local produce, thus giving up coffee and sugar (which the wife specially resents), no cars, buses or elevators, being hit by a car while riding his “second-hand new” bike (no new purchases are allowed)... to composting their own waste and giving up all throwaway products, including toilet paper. All this in Manhattan, with a toddler!
While I completely relate to their goal, and being myself quite picky about the way I consume, having changed my most used light bulbs to low energy ones (even though I hate the resulting light colour and quality), turning off all electronics that have a led while not in use, not owning a car, avoiding public transportation in favour of walking as often as possible, and being obsessive about recycling, I keep a 24x7 powered on desktop and laptop, my lights are turned on much often than the average house (my place is very dark), I drink tea that comes all the way from Africa (Rooibos), I want to fly all over to Hamburg every weekend (but I can't afford to), and I have not gotten around to insulating my electrical water heater.
Yet, I live alone, in a small place, and my use of resources is still quite rational, for a geek. (Take a look at the WWF Footprint Calculator: I am living as if we had 2.52 planets to support us. Although I am below some of the world average figures, we obviously only have the one!).
It is both inspiring and off-putting to see this family’s effort, as it looks like an interesting experiment that I am surely going to follow, but one I would myself not be able to attempt. Many people believe their small little efforts will not change anything, but I disagree. Every little effort makes a difference when you look at the global picture, still this problem is not easy at all.
In case you need some motivation to rethink the way you live, watch Who Killed the Electric Car?, An Inconvenient Truth, The End of Suburbia or Darwin's Nightmare.
To quote the “no impact man” in Deeper sickness, better cure: “A psychiatrist friend, Stephan Quentzel, went so far as to suggest in conversation that environmentalism could be like a new religion that binds us together with a sense of common purpose and greater meaning”.
Hummm, let's break everything up again!
Same Shit, Different Day - Sun, 08/04/2007 - 1:42pm
So Etch is out, can we go back to breaking sid more often? I really really miss it!
So Etch is out, can we go back to breaking sid more often? I really really miss it!