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Hi, I'm Alfredo Matos, a research engineer, programmer and entrepreneur from Portugal. This is my old (and closed) blog. It exists only as an archive. For more information head over to alfredomatos.com or follow me on twitter.

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5 January
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A new day, a social year

With the new decade upon us, it’s time for new year resolutions, and more importantly, a renewed call to action. With no posts in 2009, the crisis year, it was a dark time for my digital content output. But, after losing the fight against webdesign, I took the high road [...]

22 July

The sounds of procrastination

You know your life has taken a wrong turn when you spend more than 15 minutes listening to white noise.

17 July
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Setting up camp

The move is nearing completeness. My blog has been up and running for the last couple of days, and I’ve been taking the time to test a couple of features on my provider. The move was a seamless handover, because I was able to setup all of my services before [...]

9 July
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Moving time

I’m updating my hosting solution, so down time shouldn’t be a surprise while records, services and blog tools get moved. Also, if sending email results in no response, please retry, since the moving may impact mail and availability (mine that is).

18 June
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GTD with Tomboy Notes on Linux

Those familiar with the GTD philosophy,  know that your GTD system should be a simple as possible, enabling you to actually get things done while not procrastinating with GTD tools. A system too complex or too fun is just counter productive. After trying a couple of methods and improving on [...]

21 May
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Dear Lazy Web…

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

19 May
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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 [...]

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
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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 [...]

About Me

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.