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Viola and Rabeca
The brazilian Viola Caipira has nothing to do with the orchestral Viola, used mostly in classical performances. It was brought to Brazil by the first portuguese people, and modified and evolved, making it almost a genuine, Brazilian-only instrument now. It is used mostly on country-side small cities or farm regions of Brazil. And songs played…
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Freetype with Bytecode Interpreter
I am the maintainer and writer of most of the official Linux Font-HOWTO [official home], and one of its main points is to explain what is the TrueType Bytecode Interpreter. I spent some time this morning updating the freetype package on my system [get RPMs], compiling it with support to BCI, and I took the…
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My Podcasts
A podcast is a blog that, in addition to text, also publishes media files. So you need a special “reader” to listen them, so people use softwares like iTunes, Amarok, iPodder to subscribe and automatically get the media. I’m officially releasing my podcasts here, posting songs in high quality MP3 format. These are the channels,…
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Parafuso
Parafuso is an instrumental masterpiece by brazilian Ronen Altman, played by the Orquestra Popular de Câmara. OPC sort of brought a globalization conscience to brazilian instrumental music, mixing together a great number of instruments and musical styles. They are in evidence in the innovative tradition of brazilian jazz from São Paulo. If this song was…
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A Picture with Linus Torvalds
Just like Sulamita, I also have a picture with Linus Torvalds. It was taken in the Linux World event, San Francisco, on august 6th 2003.
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Bizarre sign
Right behind this story, I have this photo to show that I took in Tel Aviv, Israel. The sign is written in hebrew, and on top we have: WARNING ! AUTOMATIC BARRIER And on bottom: ORED (name of the firm) CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED DIVISION OF PARKING 30 HAMLACHA ST, I.Z. (industrial zone, the neighbourhood) HOLON…
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Internet Music Download
Analysis about Internet music download. Is it legal? How to use BitTorrent.
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Choosing a Linux Distribution
An analysis of Linux distributions. How to chose a Linux distribution, which one is the best, relevant aspects while choosing, the importance of support and certification, Linux distributions for business needs. Unique organic comparison between major Linux distributions.
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In the Office of an IBM Executive…
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Google Maps Plugin for WordPress
This software will let you easily render Google Maps anywhere on your blog as a web service. It also includes code for easy integration with WordPress blogs, but what the code does best can actually be used with any other blog system or plain web page.