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I'm back!

2011-03-23T08:08:00.003Z

It's been a long long time since the last time I wrote here.Lot's of things happened. Having a second son was the most important. And I'm preparing to move to a new job.I hope this move enables me to have more time to write here.For the moment, here is a list of the software I have on my android phone. In a subsequent post, I'll explain what version I'm running, and in what phone.Here is the list

Surfing the Wave

2009-11-04T16:02:00.001Z

Yes, a very lame title for this post. Specially when this is nothing useful, just some links about Google Wave.I'm still trying to understand what can I do with it, but I need people to join my waves. So, if you want, i have some Google Wave invites. Just drop me a line in the comments, or email me.And now the links to help things get started:Google Wave First LookGoogle Wave 101Google wave

Translation Party

2009-09-03T16:19:00.001+01:00

This is the best Google based app ever made.It really is. Trust me and go try it out.

Internet downtime in Lisbon... and a lot other places

2009-08-13T11:10:00.002+01:00

Is it only me that feels a little strange that a truck accident in an highway cuts internet to a lot of people?And that no one really cares? If you look at the mainstream news agencies, the news is just a few lines long... but yesterday morning we could do no work... probably no one is going to do the math how much this breakup cost... but everyone one wants to know the color of Cristiano

Is Windows Mobile in Danger of Becoming Software Plumbing?

2009-06-26T10:19:00.001+01:00

Here is a very interesting article, with some relevant questions about Windows Mobile future:Pocket PC Thoughts: Is Windows Mobile in Danger of Becoming Software Plumbing?

My first photosynth

2009-05-08T10:08:00.001+01:00

Here is my first photosynth. The pictures were taken in August 2008, but only now I managed to get them online.It turned out very cool, 100% synthy!

Optimizing a web application

2009-05-07T18:27:00.001+01:00

Here is a very nice article about how you can improve the performance of your web application, using Firefox, Firebug and YSlow plugin:Squashing the asp.net MVC response - part 1 - BradVin's .Net Blog

OpenStreetMap

2009-04-13T16:55:00.002+01:00

Do you have a GPS device? If so, keep it connected all the time, tracking your moves. And then upload the tracks to www.openstreetmap.org and contribute to build a great mapping database."OpenStreetMap creates and provides free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions

Life and Death

2009-03-17T08:33:00.003Z

Recently I saw a very interesting presentation about Geneva, Microsoft's implementation of claims based authentication, using WS-Trust and WS-Federation. I like very much this paradigm, if it catches on will simplify a lot the way we manage identity in our applications and networks. I for sure will start implementing applications with this framework.A claims-based approach removes from you the

Ten reasons why Windows Mobile 6.5 misses the mark

2009-02-19T12:13:00.001Z

Editorial: Ten reasons why Windows Mobile 6.5 misses the mark - EngadgetI think they are right on the spot...At least for me, my first and current WM phone will be the last...

Palm Pré

2009-01-12T11:12:00.001Z

Palm is again on the mobile device race. At least they hope so, with the new Palm Pré.Will it be enough to regain some market share?I'll follow it in the next months to come...Oh, happy new year

Visual Sudio Encodings

2008-12-03T17:54:00.001Z

UTF-8 is great. I like anything that takes the hassle out of thinking in regional characters and stuff.But older software doesn't know about UTF-8... particularly Oracle SQLPlus.When I added a sql script to my project, if I call sqlplus with it I receive a nice error:"SP2-0734: comando desconhecido comeτado por "∩╗┐set ser..." - o resto da linha foi ignorado."Even if you don't know portuguese,

OLPC G1G1 coming to Europe Nov. 17

2008-11-12T18:03:00.001Z

OLPC News: Breaking News: G1G1 coming to Europe Nov. 17To buy or not to buy?Can I convince my wife? That is the real question...

IDictionary options - performance test - SortedList vs. SortedDictionary vs. Dictionary vs. Hashtable

2008-11-03T12:21:00.001Z

Long time no writing...Well, just for reference, here is a nice benchmark about these types.

Dazed and Confused

2008-09-08T11:43:00.002+01:00

Sometimes things just make you wonder if anything is worth it...Sleep well Alex, I'll miss you...

Photo Tourism / Photosynth

2008-08-26T22:31:00.001+01:00

Photo Tourism is a project from some brilliant guys at University of Washington and from Microsoft Research. Microsoft showcased some videos a while ago and finally some days ago released Photosynth.In a word: incredible.Finally the guys at CSI can say they use an incredible piece of software that really exists.If you are a Windows guy, go to photosynth.com. If you use Linux, go here. If you are

dateTime deserialization in .Net

2008-08-22T10:50:00.002+01:00

The problem:We created a webservice in .Net to implement a contract with a supplier. Among other things, we receive dateTimes. These dateTimes represent a point in time in another country (for instance, an accident occurred at 15:00 in Spain).What happens:when we receive the message, the deserialization engine converts the dateTime to a DateTime, assuming local time. So, we get 14:00. All

My experience with WM6

2008-06-17T12:44:00.001+01:00

After a month using a windows mobile device, here are my first impressions:Pros:Good screen, very bright, can read it even in sunlightNew applications I didn't have in palmHTC interface, you can dial your favorite contacts very fastAll in one: GSM, GPS, WIFI, 3Gsmall and lightweightCons:Slow, very slow interface compared to my T5When I disconnect the device, the app that was running goes to the

WinSaaS

2008-06-17T11:55:00.001+01:00

My good friend Miguel Ribeiro has decided to became an entrepreneur. After a year of hard work, his baby has seen the light.Meet WinSaaS. And HotelASP. And SaasLight.WinSaaS is a software-as-a-service host.HotelASP is an Hotel management and reservation application running on WinSaaS.SaasLight is a CRM application running on WinSaaSFeel free to register and mess around. Try it out. It looks very

The big step

2008-05-08T19:43:00.001+01:00

This week I gave a big step. It a was a big change in my life, a new starting point:I bought my first PocketPC! (and got married, but that is not important right now...)After years of being faithful to Palm, I changed... because Palm didn't.I choose the HTC Touch Cruise. It has everything: GPS, 3G, Wifi, etc.As an added bonus, I bought one edition bundled with NDrive.Guess I'll make a review of

Google App Engine

2008-04-08T16:15:00.000+01:00

The guys at Redmond must be very upset... Yahoo keeps saying no, Google keeps sending jabs to the lower torso...the plan to conquer the world is getting bigger...Official Google Blog: Developers, start your engines

Rip Palm T5

2008-03-24T11:08:00.001Z

My palm T5 is no more.It has ceased to be, bereft of life, it rests in peace, it has kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, it has expired and gone to meet its maker, it has shuffled off its mortal coil.It is an ex-palm.I have an history of almost 9 years using palm devices. From IIIx to Zire 71 and from there to Tungsten T5.The IIIx endured a lot, I used it for 4 years,

Google Maps vs Live Search Maps vs Yahoo Maps

2008-03-03T18:03:00.000Z

Microsoft finally became an option on mapping solutions in your browser, for people living in Portugal. And it came to business with a bang, giving you Bird's eye view for all of Lisbon and surroundings! It is very cool!!! For that it deserves a peek. Go search your house, and see it in different angles!but if you want to calculate routes, search for things, Google is still the king. But they

Clarifying things about CI Factory

2008-02-07T10:09:00.001Z

For the first time I annoyed someone in my blog. And for starters, such an high profile person as Jay Flowers.He was a little annoyed about my last post.Just to clarify things, because I don't want to annoy anyone, here is a little more explanation into the problems I found:before the installation:We don't use Subversion. We are a Microsoft shop, so we are still using Visual Source Safe. I hate

CI Factory

2008-02-06T17:01:00.001Z

I tried to get CI Factory to work on my project, but I found some problems...To help setup me project, I followed this very nice show on dnrTV by Scott Hanselman and Jay Flowers.Problems encountered:Using VSS and not having my project on the root of the source controlNot using WinRAR For the first problem, I had to hack into Properties.xml and SourceControl.Target.xml under Packages/