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May, 2008

31 May
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Big Buck Bunny released

Big Buck Bunny was released on May 30th. It’s great to see that not only operating systems can be open source. I really love the open source model. This movie is the result of a Blender Foundation initiative know as Project Peach. The movie is licensed under the Creative Common [...]

21 May
Posted in My World

Dear Lazy Web…

Where can I gen some cool podcasts for my new Ipod ?

19 May
Posted in My World

Gadget of the day – Ipod Nano Silver

And the hits just keep on coming. This time, a gift from a “special someone”. An Ipod Nano Silver. It’s actually quite pretty, and I love it. It’s one of the best gifts ever. Somebody is nurturing my inner geek, and it feels so good. As for the gadget itself, [...]

18 May
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New Gadget – Sony Playstation 3

This was a full weekend. I bought a new gadget, a Sony Playstation 3, which is actually not just another gadget but rather a full fledge media/computing/gaming rig. At least I hope so. I already have PS3 buddies, ps3 downloads, and what not. And all of this in between breaks [...]

12 May
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Raising Privacy Awareness with IdentiFight

Most of us just subscribe away at services that either give us feature or fun. What we end up with is a huge amount of profiles, with different user names and passwords (maybe not), where we provide the same information, such as email, birthday, photo, etc. This poses many privacy [...]

11 May
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Yet another year…

So it seems that another year has gone by. Time to blow a couple of candles and worry about things to come. This year I took the time to make some personal resolutions, because birthdays are kinda like New Year version 2.0, full of promise. Don’t tell anyone but they [...]

10 May
Posted in My World

Design Update – digitalself-redesign v2.0

Following up on a new and improved work method based around local servers and git, I sat down to put theory to practice and began working on an improved theme for this blog. The new workflow really allows me to pay attention to detail, enabling a trial and error methodology [...]

4 May
Posted in Code, Linux, Ubuntu

Web Development – Improved Ubuntu Workflow

Following my previous post on Web Development Workflow, I decided to be done with my procrastination and setup a local workflow, which keeps me location independent and autonomous. The work flow is simple: Develop and test locally, deploy remotely. I’m currently applying this towards the development of an improved theme [...]

1 May
Posted in My World

New furry friend

So It seems I have a new friend, which was a present from a special someone. I like new friends. I like penguins. I love Linux. And by the looks of this one, it seems that he’s into extreme programming. And now a challenge: How many penguins can you see [...]

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Hi, I'm Alfredo Matos. I'm a research engineer from Portugal, with a passion for inventing new things and working on future technologies. I'm also a programmer and entrepreneur. For more information check out my main website alfredomatos.com.