Luis Chacón's Blog

NoteMesh, Collaborate to graduate

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:32:00 +0000

All the persons who have been college students know about gathering information from multiple sources, organize it, review it, share it, etc. It's not an easy or nice task sometimes. NoteMesh is a completely free service based on the idea of taking good notes will help to have a successful college career.

NoteMesh work as a collaborative service where all the students participate to create better lecture notes of a particular class. A Wiki will be created for each class, so all the students will be able to edit, add or correct information.

It has several nice features as a profile page, search, tracking of changes and as I mentioned before... It's free! I think It's worthwhile to give a try.

DailyBooth, your life in pictures

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:09:00 +0000

In the growing world of social networking and Web 2.0 is not weird to find any kind of online service to satisfy the wide variety of Web Surfers. Following that tendendy, I'd like to introduce DailyBooth today.

This service is about documenting your life by uploading photographs and then sharing them with the community. You can follow persons or be followed by them, just like Twitter. A little narcissistic? Maybe but it's also a good opportunity to register how you looked in a specific time, start a artistic project, keep updated your family and/or friends, meet people, etc.

As the most of the Web 2.0 service is neat and simple to use. Come on! Register and start uploading your daily life!

Read Print: Free Books Online

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:04:00 +0000

I recently found out a website with many FREE books. If you are a literature lover then you will probably enjoy this web site. It's call "Read Print" and they define themselves as a:

Free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.

Absolutely FREE online books
Thousands of novels, poems, stories
Easy to read books online

WARNING — The surgeon general reports that having these many free books at your disposal can be highly addictive.

They claim to have "Over 8,000 online books by 3,500 authors at your fingertips!". It's worthwhile to surf this site when getting a chance. Who knows, maybe get that book you have been looking for since a loooong time ago :)

How about this classic: http://www.readprint.com/work-1296/The-Raven-Edgar-Allan-Poe

Pagebin: a service to share text

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:59:00 +0000

When you think of a "minimalist" web service, you can think of Pagebin. Thanks to this website you can share text or notes with your contacts. This is not surprising considering all the Web 2.0 stuff and social networking nowadays. However, this interesting service lets you share a note which can expire in one day, week, month or year. You can even decide if your note will be password protected. The service also lets you enter RTF (Rich Text Format) text which can be a nice feature :)

Try it by entering this password 123 and you will able to read my secret message ;)

SoftwareQuotes.com - Quotations from the World of Programming

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:46:00 +0000

SoftwareQuotes.com is a great place to look for quotes related (but not limited) to computer programming. You will be able to find many famous quotes as well as bored. However, there are painfully accurate quotes :D

As a matter of fact, here are some "funny" quotes:

"The Internet? We are not interested in it." - Bill Gates

"Real men don't use backups, they post their stuff on a public ftp server and let the rest of the world make copies." - Linus Torvalds

"Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday's code." - Christopher Thompson

"It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it." - Steve C. McConnell

More Geek Romance: You are the CSS to my HTML

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:34:00 +0000

I saw this picture recently. As a Web Developer and man in love, I can admit this is a piece of modern romanticism that express what the significant other means to me :)

Source: http://thenextweb.com/2009/09/26/geek-romance-css-html/

Some reasons to explain spare time of IT people

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Reasons why people who work with computers seem to have a lot of spare time (comic)
Source: http://www.simonwhatley.co.uk/cartoon-computer-workers-free-time

Love and Twitter: Modern Romance

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:30:00 +0000

Source: http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2009/09/mini.html

Skype's Secret Emoticons

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 +0000

I've been a Skype user since 2004. It's part of my daily life and a must-have tool at work. I've seen its evolution, bugs, improvements and new features over all these years. However, I found out there are several hidden emoticons a few months ago. Some of these icons can be considered as "politically incorrect" or "simply funny" but they can be very useful to express special feelings ;)

A complete list of hidden emoticons can be found on http://www.sherv.net/hidden-skype-emoticons.html

Websites like People or People like Websites?

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:57:00 +0000

OMG!... A long time has passed by since my last post.

A friend of mine gave me this link today http://www.outlawdesignblog.com/2009/what-if-websites-were-people/. It's a fun post about comparing people and Websites. The author took some of his favorite websites and looked for people who looks similar to them (according to his point of view, of course). I think the result was nice... I'd never imagined to do something like this :)

You can see a particular association between Salvador Dali and Tutorial9.net in the picture.

A 404 Error of real life

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:05:00 +0000

What about this 404 error of real life? funny isn't it?

Source: http://szymon.tumblr.com/post/110635404/real-life-404-error

Consumer Search: Product Reviews and Reports

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:39:00 +0000

Consumer Search is a service with hundreds of product reviews and reports. This is a wonderful tool when you hesitate to buy something. Personally, I like to know what people think about a product before buying it. This site is excellent to start your online shopping.

Flip Title: Write upside down

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:35:00 +0000

I've found some wonderful Internet services while surfing or searching for anything else. I really enjoy sharing this information every time I can. However, I've also found some unusual Web services like Flip Title, which is a site where you can get any text written upside down. The question is... Why would anybody want to get that? Well, according to Flip Title you could use it to:

IM, MSN, Yahoo screen names
Put it in your profiles like MySpace, Bebo, Hi5 ,Facebook, Youtube
create strong passwords
encrypt your download links to prevent leechers
freak your friends

So, I thought... This is not a service to help people being better humans... but somebody might have some fun with it... whatever, let's go to post it.

ƃolq s,ɥɔɐl

LeapFish: Just Type It

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:33:00 +0000

A few days ago, I found a new search engine called LeapFish. Although is still a Beta version, I think It's a very interesting service. Searches are perfomed while you type, so you get an unusual sensation of speed ( and sometimes of stress too ). You can get results from the most important search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Live in categories like blogs, images, videos, etc.

Web Development Project Estimator

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:14:00 +0000

Everybody wants to get things done as soon as possible. I don't think it's fair some times but it's definately true the most of them. What about a pretty simple tool to estimate web projects quickly?. People from Astuteo have it!. They say their Web Development Project Estimator:

...is a simple tool that allows web designers and site developers to quickly and thoroughly estimate the time and materials required for a proposed web project.

To use, simply enter the title of the project and your default hourly rate. Then adjust your anticipated hours accordingly to generate your total project estimate. When finished, you can view your finalized estimate in a print-ready format in case you’d like to save a PDF or print a copy for your records.

A very original Error 404 page

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:43:00 +0000

Who hasn't seen an Error 404 page before? It's not a nice page when you look forward to find what you have been looking for a pretty long time. But what about an Error 404 page animated?

Take a look at http://www.lookitsme.co.uk/404-me
and you will see what I'm talking about. :)

Font Conference: A video from CollegeHumor.com

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I don't think I'm a geeky person but I really loved the videos I've seen from CollegeHumor.com

This video is called "Font Conference", I hope you enjoy as much as I did.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Widgetbox.com: World's largest widget directory and gallery

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:55:00 +0000

Widgetbox.com is a site with hundreds of widgets to put in your website or blog. There are a wide variety of widgets. I could find some very interesting like this one:

Super Flash Mario Brosgreat free widgetsWidgetbox

Ding it´s up

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:25:00 +0000

This is a service so simple as useful. It's called Ding It's Up and is a free service that alerts you via text (SMS), twitter or email when a website goes down or when it comes back up.

10-minute Email account

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:36:00 +0000

Hello 2009! best wishes for everyone!

Let's talk about this service called 10minutemail.com. They provide a free email account which will expire after 10 minutes. There is an interesting reason for using such service, as they explain in their website:

Maybe you want to sign up for a site which requires that you provide an e-mail address to send a validation e-mail to. And maybe you don't want to give up your real e-mail address and end up on a bunch of spam lists. This is nice and disposable. And it's free. Enjoy!

I haven't tried yet but I think it sounds interesting!

If you Try it... let me know what you think.

Get your 10 minute email

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year2009!

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:21:00 +0000

I want to thank everyone who visited my humble blog along year 2008. Sometimes, it's not that easy to keep a blog up to date but I really enjoy having blogs because I feel I have a lot of things to say and to share.

Not only there is an end every year but also a beginning. I want to think this year I'll have a pause in the middle. I want to dream, to imagine, to rest, to live...

On this special time of the year... I want to wish the best things for everyone, happiness, freedom, compassion and let's go to continue building a better world in 2009.

See you next year!

About G-Speak (Gestural Interface Technology)

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:15:00 +0000

I enjoy technology. I like when technology becomes useful for carrying out ordinary tasks. I really like when I can dream of technology for creating or making true what I imagine.

This video is about a technology known as G-Speak which is very similar to we saw on "Minority Report"

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=jyL-ubgCh10

See more: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/g-speak-gestural-interface-technology

Want to find a good public toilet?

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:05:00 +0000

Diaroogle is a search engine specialized in finding good public toilets. Believe or Not! It's true. According to this website, Diaroogle:

It's for the discerning, on-the-go defecator who is brave enough to use a public bathroom, but still demands a hygienic and private bathroom experience. It is also a community authored database of Manhattan toilets

You never know when you will need a clean public toilet!

High-tech restaurant

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:10:00 +0000

This is an article about a restaurant where you can order your food without asking it to a waitress. You put your order by using a table with a touch screen. I think it looks great.

I don't want to discuss if this is good or not because this technology basically would remove waitresses from restaurants, that's to say, no human contact when you go to a restaurant (a place for social interaction). But anyway, I bet this is a table that many tech-lovers would want to have.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/times_online_tv/?vxSiteId=d8fa78dc-d7ad-4d5a-8886-e420d4bc4200&vxChannel=Life%20and%20Style&vxClipId=1152_timesonline1149&vxBitrate=300

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/eating_out/article4588224.ece

Free Web sites!

noreply@blogger.com (LACh) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:52:00 +0000

If you want to have your own Web site without hiring any expert to build it, Sauropol can be what you have been looking for. This is a free service where you can create your Web site or blog quickly and easily. According to the site you can build a site or blog in just few minutes.

Curiously , some of the current users of this service belong to Estonia's Goverment (I have no idea why). Sauropol's service seems to be developed on PHP with the use of friendly URL as well as good practices for getting accesible sites. I think it's pretty good to be free.

This service lets users live a better experience on developing Web sites. Only basic skills to use a browser and surfing Internet are required to take advantage of Sauropol.

So, what are you waiting for? there's no excuse to see your site on the Internet nowadays. :)