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February 2009
14 posts
xMacs
Ayer pedí un ordenador Apple por teléfono. Pedí un “imac” (refiríendome a un iMac). El tio, claro, entendió un eMac, que en inglés se prouncia “imac”.
Me dijo que ya no vendían “imacs”, que ahora vendían “aimacs” (refiriéndose a los iMacs).
Así que nada, la lección del día fue que tengo que gastar más cuidado con las vocales (curiosamente,...
January 2009
7 posts
Alcatraz
Opened mainly as a publicity stunt to show the country that the government was tought on crime, Alcatraz proved to be a financial disaster. Housing an inmate on the island carried the same price tag as a night at New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel. It became the prison of choice for serious offenders for a simple reason -‘the Rock’ was believed to be escape-proof, until the Anglin...
Direct TV vs Comcast | Satellite TV →
December 2008
2 posts
Top 10 most annoying Americanisms :: Toby Harnden →
November 2008
11 posts
Hotel Ace
Photo by Viv | Seattle Bon Vivant
Hotel Ace looks like a nice place to stay when I’ll visit Portland.
The chain has hotels also in Seattle, NewYork and soon in Palm Springs.More photos in flickr.
Update: OMG!!! They even have a photo booth in the lobby! I MUST go there!
Above the bridge
A City Guide of San Francisco Through Lomo Eyes
Weather Averages in San Francisco
San Francisco Magazine
It’s a GREAT guide of the city
Things I'm looking forward to do in USA
Watching my favourite series on TV (instead of download them from Internet)
Being able to watch Hulu
Try TiVo
Try Netflix
Find a shared apartament to live in Craigslist
Buy an iPhone (I could buy one here in Switzerland or in Spain, but I didn’t because of the “minimum-a-year-of-services” rule) and install a lot of apps!
Attend geek meetings
Feel Obama as my temporary...
Hotel Cova
I just made a reservation for the hotel where I’ll stay my first week in San Francisco. It’s seems more modern that all the inns and victorian hotels which SF seems full of. And it’s not much more expensive.
Of course, it has free wi-fi and breakfast included!
Photo by guasabi