ESPAÑOL Today the air smells to fireworks. Several times I see them go up in the air and with a great bang remember us what we already know. Tonight is Christmas. The neighbor’s kids are already celebrating the novena, since in the middle of the noise from the tambourines and the maracas, you can hear [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Tonight is Christmas!
Posted in Random, tagged Christmas, Random on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Low(est) Liability Warranty
Posted in Business, tagged Business, Design, Innovation, Random, Religion on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ESPAÑOL Recently, I went on a quest for the perfect umbrella. I haven’t got a chance to test it yet, but its limited lifetime warranty is far from perfect (maybe if you’re looking from the company’s perspective it is). Here is the story. The Bay Area has a very unpredictable weather. This means that you [...]
5 Performance Music Videos
Posted in Random, tagged Entertainment, Music, Random, Reviews on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ESPAÑOL Every once in a while, a band is daring enough to release a video relying on the power and energy of their performances, and aided by the visual style of the director. Here is a countdown for my top 5. #5 Letter from a Thief by Chevelle This is the most recent one, as [...]
Avatar: Trailer to Credits
Posted in Reviews, tagged Entertainment, Movies, Reviews, Science Fiction on December 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
ESPAÑOL What an incredible movie-going year! I have commented here on the best movies I’ve watched lately. The truth is that after Inglourious Basterds , I thought there wouldn’t be a better movie in a while (see my post on Inglourious Basterds). Avatar may be the one that proved me wrong. I admit I didn’t [...]
Trust at Berkeley
Posted in Random, tagged Berkeley, Public Transportation, Random on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ESPAÑOL One of the most interesting things about Berkeley is its bus drivers. I always wished I had registered some of their boldness, until now. The first time I witnessed it, I was riding a bus and the driver stopped in the middle of Shattuck Avenue, went into Peet’s and came back with some coffee. [...]
Creative New Products and Some Crap
Posted in Design, tagged Business, Design, Haas School of Business, Innovation, Sustainability, User-centric on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ESPAÑOL Last Sunday I attended the expo for the projects from the New Product Development class, where students from different disciplines get together to tackle some user problems, and address them with the development of a new product. I was impressed by the presentation of very creative solutions. To give you a taste, here are [...]
Vacations Started!
Posted in Random on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ESPAÑOL Finally I’m back! Tomorrow it will be a month after my last posting. This, and many of the posts to come, were delayed by school work, and an amazing thanksgiving week with the Colombian crowd from Berkeley and the incoming east coast Bumangués diaspora (if you don’t know, Bumangués is how you call someone [...]
