How satisfying it is to have good ideas! And how frustrating it is when no one listens to us. In this article, I’ll share the tricks I’ve learned over the years to turn one of your ideas into a reality. One day, you’re at work, thinking things over, and suddenly, your head lights up. You’ve had a brilliant idea! What if we create a virtual reality app for our product? (For example) Surely, we’d sell tons of it. ...

It’s been 3 years since I started working for FieldAware, a Dublin based company. During this time I’ve been travelling quite often to the Irish capital. So, If you are planning to visit Dublin, this is a small guide with tips and places I liked… Mostly food & drinks, I know :D. Arrival You’ll probably arrive to the airport. T1 if you are travelling with Ryanair, T2 if you are travelling with AerLingus. ...

Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. A month ago, one of my friends tested positive for HIV. The news hit him like a ton of bricks. When he told me, he thought his life was over. As I tried to reassure him, I realized that I would also be terrified if I were in his position. And not for any specific reason—just because I knew so little about the disease and had so many doubts. Doubts lead to fear; fear leads to anger… you get the idea. ...

A friend from London brought me an Watch 12 days ago. I’ve been using it since day one and I have to admit I like it more than I expected. I’m not gonna do a full review of the device, but rather I’d like to comment on some details that surprised me. Model It’s been a while since I last wore a watch and I was afraid it would be too big for me. So I’m using the 38mm sport model (the smallest one) with a blue band. ...

Java is a great language, but if you have ever tested any scripting language like PHP, Ruby, node.js, you know Java is… Over Engineered. You have to write lots of code for anything. Big configuration files, use of application servers, too many classes to perform simple tasks, no support for Collections literals, etc… Because of that, and before I knew the world beyond java, I started Blaapps (Bery Lol AAplication Server). A very lightweight application server minded for speed up development of web apps. ...

Tomorrow is my brother’s birthday, we celebrated it today with my brothers, parent’s and grandma at “ Mery Limón”. Uff, I cannot move. I’m drunk, and full. Good food, some dishes were strange, but that’s the deal with experimental cooking. Good wine! This photo corresponds to a wall near to the restaurant. Once a year there’s a competition in Zaragoza, the “Asalto” (assault). Wall painters from around the world come to Zaragoza and leave their art on the walls of the city. ...

So, finally I bought an iPad (mini). I should stop spending my money. I’m quite surprised, as I’m using the iPad more than I thought. Painting, writing, reading, web browsing. Now I’m just searching for the right apps. Right now I’m testing Paper. Great interface, great results. I just have to practice a lot. After trying digital tablets (wacom bamboo), it’s refreshing to draw on the ipad. It could seem a tiny detail, but seeing your hand at the same time than the drawing is a HUGE improvement. ...

Updated: as Blaxter notes, it’s necessary to open a new terminal after editing the bashrc file for the changes to take effect. Also, I’ve replaced the tail -n+2 with the -ss option. Thanks Baron Schwartz! One of the things I’ve been doing lately is doing some cleanup on my laptop. There are two things I’m constantly using on the shell: Open a project folder Connect to a MySQL Database Bash Functions I first made a bash function to help me with the projects paths: ...

This is an experiment I discovered thanks to my friend eckelon. You have to record one day of your life, create a 90 sec video without editing the sound, and upload it to the facebook group (My Day Yesterday). So, this was my day yesterday :D

After 21 months of sporadic work, I’ve finished the application for my “Thesis”. Today I’m proud to announce the release of Blaapps Application Framework version 0.5.0. I’ve done lots of work transforming rudder Application Server, a previous project, into an Application Framework. The Kernel of Blaapps is based on core Subsystems. Two of them are the most important: Deployer Messaging The Deployer reads components called Modules, and loads them into memory. Modules are like plugins, hot plug-gable extensions to the application. ...