28/09/2009
Merda de luns
Imaxino-me un bo "taco" enriba da mesa da saliña, engalanada cun tapete de croché que fixera a muller hai anos. Os ollos inseguros, pasados os tempos da luita e os uniformes lisos. ¿De dónde es usted, caballero? De Utrera no, ¿verdad? Verdade. De Utrera non. De La Coruña, respondín. Ah, galego... Mecaghona... o tipo sae-me agora co de galego, e non suficiente que engade: de A Coruña ha dicho, ¿no?. Si, si, de Coruña. Yo he estado varias veces en A Coruña. Vaya, respondín. Si, si, la última vez en la inauguración de un monumento al fundador de la legión, ¿sabe usted quién es el fundador de la legión?
Eu ben sabia do fundador da lexión, e tamén da sua estátua, moitas veces tiña mexado por enriba. Aquel home inaugurara semellante merda hai corenta anos. Que podia facer eu? Escoitei a sua leria, sorrin canto poiden e entrei na caixa para facer as xestións que me fixeran madrugar unha hora máis do normal. A conversa seguiu por cinco ou dez minutos, ata que abriu a porta da caixa e os dous entramos ás presas percurando: eu alguén que me poidera solucionar o tema da tarxeta extraviada no caixeiro a noite do xoves, el os cartos da pensión. Adoitaba sacar os cartos o primeiro dia de cobro. Gardaba-os na casa. Eu non tiña cartos na casa. Era por iso que intentaba recuperar a tarxeta para poder chegar ao mércores: pagar a gasolina da burra, os cafés, o óleo, ficara sen óleo de oliva...
A tarxeta mandaran-na xa para A Coruña. Daquela estaba sen cartos ata o mércores (ou quen sabe, tal vez ata o luns seguinte, o martes..., cando na empresa quixeran ingresar a nómina).
Montei na moto, e aos trinta metros afogou-se pedindo que xirara a billa do depósito para a R. Merda, ainda por enriba non teño gasolina.
Cheguei ao choio máis cedo do normal. Agardaba-me unha boa enchenta de marróns. Merda de luns. Por un intre esquecin-me do lexionário e dos cartos, lindo algún post interesante no meu lector de RSS e actualizando o blogue pero, con nesta merda de luns, que carallo podia escribir?
17/09/2009
14/09/2009
TOD@S A MÁLAGA! LA CASA INVISIBLE SE QUEDA!! Manifestación viernes 18 de septiembre a las 19.30 h
En este tiempo, la Casa Invisible se ha consolidado como un verdadero pulmón de creatividad, basado en un modelo de democracia intensa que experimenta formas de gestión ciudadana de los bienes comunes. De ese modo, elabora formas de producción cultural surgidas desde los propios creadores locales a partir de una concepción libre y cooperativa.
La Casa Invisible ha recibido un enorme respaldo, tanto de la ciudadanía como de importantes personalidades e incluso instituciones.
www.lainvisible.net
- SÚMATE Y DIFUNDE LA CAMPAÑA DE APOYO a la Casa Invisible
03/09/2009
¿Por qué a la gente le fascina tanto la Realidad Aumentada?
But when you think about it, people get excited about Augmented Reality because…because they never thought it’d actually become possible…
Science Fiction has been a major part of our culture for generations and is ingrained in our belief system. Even non Sci-Fi geeks, are familiar with concepts such as teleporting, time travel, or X-ray vision.
We were led to believe these things are “Fiction” and impossible in real life.
Well, up until augmented reality has demonstrated otherwise.

Reducing business travel is not only good for the environment; it’s also great for humans. However teleconferencing systems haven’t been able to reproduce the immediacy and intimacy of multiple people actually occupying the same room.
With AR – realtime holograms are possible and teleporting is a snap.
Just like when MR. Rabbit Visits Barcelona in Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End:
IN DOWNTOWN BARCELONA, three days later:
The rabbit hopped onto the unoccupied wicker chair and thence to the middle of the table, between the teacups and the condiments. It tipped its hat forst at Alfred Vaz and then at Gunberk Braun and Keiko Mitsuri. “Have I got a deal for you!” it said. Altogether, it was an unremarkable example of its type.
Alfred reached out and swiped his hand through the image, just to emphasize his own substance. “We’re the ones with the deal”….
Braun was as ephemeral as the rabbit, but he projected a dour earnestness that was quite consistent with his real personality.
…or as illustrated perfectly in this tongue and cheek video:
And here is a real demo by The Augmented Environments Lab at Georgia Tech:
Time Travel
OK, we can’t REALLY time travel with AR, but we can certainly see how things looked like in the past, or places will look like in the future. We can experience that reality around us from a first person view.
Larry Niven described such a fascinating scene in Dream Park back in 1981:
“Please stay on the green path,” the soft, well-modulated male voice requested. “What green-” Tony started to say. But a glowing green aisle ten feet across appearred in the middle of the street.
“We need strong magic to do what we do today,” the voice continued. “We are going to visit the old Los Angeles that disappeared in May of 1985. As long as you stay on the path, you should be perfectly safe.”
…”This is the Los Angeles of 2051″ the voice continued, “but only a few hundred feet from here begins another world, one seldom seen by human eyes.”
A banner blocked Wileshir Boulevard. Thegreen path humped and carried them over it. Beyond lay ruin. Buildings balanced precariously on rotted and twisted beams, The were old, of archaic styles, and seawater lapped at their foundations.
Ollie nudged Gwen, his face aglow. “Will you look at that?” It was a flooded parking lot, ancient automibiles half covered with water. “That looks like a Mercedes. Did you ever see what they looked like before they merged with Toyota?”
Here is a (tiny) contemporary proof that it’s not only possible in sci-fi books:
…or a more elaborate project to revive Pompei
X-Ray Vision
Every kid (born after 1950) knows what X-Ray vision is, right?
Everyone wants it, but only Superman actually has it.
Want to bet it’s possible for anyone in reality?
Well, thanks to augmented reality, Ben Avery from The Wearable Computer Lab can can give it to you:
For the whole story see our post on X-ray vision.
So what have we learned?
Augmented reality can make our wildest sci-fi dreams come true.
What sci-fi dreams do you want to experience in reality?
…And don’t forget, my friends – never stop dreaming!
Atlas de la innovación. WAINOVA y Bestiario
Este Atlas de la Innovación WAINOVA muestra una vista general y país por país de los principales centros de investigación, incubadoras y parques tecnológicos de todo el mundo, así como sus principales relaciones.
Asistí a la presentación hace un par de meses en Las Redes Sociales en la Práctica, y me pareció muy interesante, como todo lo que desarrolla bestiario.org.
Un detalle: la invisibilidad africana.
02/09/2009
Novo disco de Shantel: Planet Paprika
Shantel - Planet Paprika (2009)

Tracklist :
01. Good Night Amanes 2:08
02. Planet Paprika 4:30
03. Wandering Stars 5:25
04. Bucovina Original 2:50
05. Being Authentic 4:18
06. Citizen Of Planet Paprika 4:05
07. Sura Ke Mastura 2:21
08. Usti, Usti Baba 4:15
09. Eyes Of Mine 4:31
10. Binaz In Dub 5:04
11. Beauties From Athina 3:21
12. Ex Oriente Lux 3:12
13. Good Morning Amanes 1:44
Fecha de Salida: Sept 2009
Género: Balkan Fusión, gipsy, electro, pop
País: Alemania
Shantel es muy reconocido por ser el pionero de las fiestas balkan gipsy y sus discos han sido remixados por grandes djs de la música urbana global.



