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Archive for October, 2005
Lisbon earthquake – 250 years
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake took place on November 1, 1755, at 9:20 in the morning. It was one of the most destructive and deadly earthquakes in history, killing between 60,000 and 100,000 people. The quake was followed by a tsunami [...]
Posted on October 30, 2005
Waking up
Alarm clocks are bad. How to wake up and feel better – Very nice article about how to wake up in a good mood. After reading it I realized that I wake up feeling much better if I enjoy a [...]
Posted on October 24, 2005
Iron Maiden?
Someone is listening to Iron Maiden at my office right now, very loudly. I know it’s lunch hour and everything, but… Iron Maiden? Why? Can’t he see someone else is here? No one deserves such punishment! C’mon! Iron Maiden?
Posted on October 21, 2005
Todays juice
Ãœberguide: guide to perfect CD ripping
Antony and the Johnsons play on Lettermans show (video) – I’ll be seeing Antony in the end of the month by the second time this year (via bigstereo)
16 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog [...]
Posted on October 20, 2005
Adrift Podcast – edition 01
I know, podcasts are so “deja vuâ€, but I like to make playlists, so I decided to create a podcast for this blog. I hate the term podcast and the fact that everyone thinks it was born with the ipod, [...]
Posted on October 17, 2005
iPod on the elevator
This morning, on the elevator:
American guy: Did you see the new iPod? (in a terrible portuguese with american accent)
Portuguese guy: The iPod Nano?
American guy: Nooo, the new iPod with video, you can watch and listen at the same time, it’s [...]
Posted on October 13, 2005
Oh happy day
The rain finally arrived, I missed it so much… not! I hate leaving home when it’s raining. Oh yeah… and my car didn’t start this morning. Thumbs up for that too! Did I mention I also hate IIS? Why in [...]
Posted on October 10, 2005
October beach
Yesterday was national holiday here in Portugal (Implantation of the Republic), so I decided to spend my day relaxing, so I made a little trip to the beach. I think I never went to the beach in October before, but [...]
Posted on October 6, 2005
Top 10: Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape
It was the summer of 1997, I was seventeen, I was a sucker for rock n’roll, even tough I was one of those kids that never got into grunge, because I was too young when it was happening (even though [...]
Posted on October 4, 2005
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Eclipse
Today is solar eclipse day (partial eclipse in Lisbon), it’s rather nice to work in an office that faces the sun in the morning, so I don’t have to go downstairs to watch it. I got my eclipse glasses ready [...]
Posted on October 3, 2005
