mvalente.eu/mv.* Heavy Mental Stuff

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
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Subject: Weekly Link Harvest
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 07 19:50:21 GMT

10 links bookmarked out of a single week. Not bad…

Learning Japanese
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=learn%20japanese
(my new pasttime)

Server Side JavaScript and the Universal Scripting Language
http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/server-side-javascript-and-the-universal-scripting-language
(now that Russell Beattie said it, people might take me seriously)

VisualJVM
http://visualvm.dev.java.net/
(usefull for monitoring Java stuff)

Cream a modern configuration of the Vim text editor
http://cream.sourceforge.net/
(real men use vi…)

10 Steps to Beautiful Shell Scripts
http://bashcurescancer.com/10-steps-to-beautiful-shell-scripts.html
(I will now shortly attain “guru” level)
http://groups.google.com/group/net.jokes/browse_thread/thread/60a9444026076c90/c49a0c0849fe8bb6?lnk=raot

To Build Better Software, You Need Fewer People (But Why?)
http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/to-build-better-software-you-need-fewer-people/
(you knew it if you read The Mythical Man Month; now you know why)

Three stories about The Tao
http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/10/three-stories-about-tao.html
(good reading for all the Windows/Linux/Mac fanboys out there)

AppLogic – grid OS for web applications
http://www.3tera.com/applogic.html
(drag and drop servers… yummy!….)

You agree not to read the HTML source of this page
http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2007/10/you-hereby-agre.html
(brilliant… its up there with the “maybe we could forbid these browsers”)

Political positions of Ron Paul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul
(“adheres to the economic philosophy of the Austrian School of economics;
opposes the draft, the federal War on Drugs, socialized health care,
the welfare state, foreign aid, judicial activism, federal death penalties,
and federal regulation of marriage, of education, and of the Internet”)

Where do I vote?

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: More MyDocs Archaeology
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 07 00:22:21 GMT

On keeping up on my digital stuff clean up (or at least
trying to), here’s some more stuff that I found on some
backup CDs and that I either forgot to post before or
had promised to post:

– more of the pics that Luis Sequeira wanted to be kept hidden

http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/arqueologia/cabos.jpg
http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/arqueologia/maquinas.jpg

(more early Esoterica stuff; of notice: the datacenter cooling system)

– further proof that I invented YouTube *and* blogs/web 2.0

http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/arqueologia/proj1.JPG
http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/arqueologia/proj2.JPG
http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/arqueologia/proj3.JPG
http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/arqueologia/proj4.JPG
http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/arqueologia/proj5.JPG
http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/arqueologia/proj6.JPG

(part of a Powerpoint presentation to a local telecomm operator)

– Taboo, one of my brother’s defunct musical projects, playing “No Teu Poema”,
best cover *evar*

http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/arqueologia/Taboo%20-%20No%20Teu%20Poema.mp3
http://www.nuggyland.com/taboo/taboo1.jpg
http://osdiasuteis.blogspot.com/2005/04/provavelmente.html

+ “No Teu Poema” is a cover of a fado song; the last link is for
the lyrics/poem
+ on the photo, from the left:
Luis Fernando, guitar; Rui Fingers, guitar; Ricardo, vocals; Nuggy, my
brother, bass; Joao, drums
+ warning: heavy metal version; play it loud; may hurt your conservative
left susceptibilities
+ sound quality is deliberately low (32kbps), due to rights issues

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Underrated Bands and Songs from the 70s
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 07 18:50:21 GMT

Not that its my favorite decade for music (and actually a lot
of crap came out of it, namely disco and punk), but the 70s do
have lots of good bands and songs.

There are nonetheless some bands who created great stuff and
are not known by most people. They recognize the songs usually
because they’ve heard a cover version. Here are 3 of them…

T-Rex – Bang a Gong (Get It On)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oGcfwKN5jY
(cover version by Powerstation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUc629OcQPo )

Slade – Mama weer all crazee now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gPulu85q04
(cover version by Quiet Riot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZjbmA1Id0 )

The Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k
(cover version by Krokus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEnE5DHrJkE )
(cover version by Tia Carrere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8XEKBkfE5c )

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
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Subject: Chancadas na Gramatica I
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 07 18:50:21 GMT

“agora o forum vai ser desenvolvido uma area para ensinar a
fazer homebrew, a PSP-NEWS quer ter bons desenvolvidores e
esta a espera de registos, quem quiser pode-se iscrever”

http://psp-news.blogs.sapo.pt/56482.html

Deixa ca ver:

1,2) “o forum vai ser desenvolvido uma area” (“no forum/desenvolvida uma area”)
3) “desenvolvidores” (“desenvolvedores/programadores”)
4) “a” (“a”)
5) “pode-se” (“pode inscrever-se”)
6) “iscrever” (“inscrever”)

6 chancadas de uma vez so…

Nao sei… talvez se pudesse arranjar um proxy que fizesse
spellcheck e bloqueava o acesso a todas as paginas com erros…
Ou entao podia sair uma lei para proibir o acesso a esses
browsers…

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:AL6HGbK-5lYJ:primeirasedicoes.expresso.clix.pt/ed1377/n171.asp

(hilariante 3o paragrafo; guardei o jornal original)

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: LOL Ah Ah Ah Ah
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 07 14:15:21 GMT

LOL!

Ah Ah Ah Ah!…. Ah Ah Ah Ah…

http://www.esoterica.pt/content/blogcategory/6/65/
http://www.esoterica.pt/content/view/40/39/
http://www.esoterica.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=32

Ai q n posso! LOL! Ah Ah Ah Ah!…

Quem la esta ha 10 anos mantendo tudo na mesma, “volta” agora
com uma pretensa capacidade de inovacao (agora esta na moda).
Qual e ela? Voltar a usar o nome.

“The world needs wannabes
The world loves wannabes
So let’s get some more wannabes
Hey, hey, do that brand new thing!”

The Offspring – Pretty Fly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeQsysF1jZ0
http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/offspring/Pretty+Fly/

— MV