It’s raining again.

This is our new neighbour. He came to introduce himself as soon as we arrived.

We landed in Dublin last Monday (the 25th) after spending 3 months in Brazil. Our plants didn’t look good after being abandoned for so long but they’ll recover. The flight back was okay in spite of the lack of sleep. The good news is I’m not as shattered as I thought I would be. Soooo, that’s it for the moment. We have to put the things in place and go back to normal life. It’s good to be back home

Madrid. I’m tired.

I am loving it!

We are going to Ubatuba today. I need to say goodbye to the Brazilian sea before we go back to Ireland next week.

I’ve just installed Kubuntu on my laptop. I’ve wanted to install Linux on my computer for a long time but I was lazy and I was feeling comfortable doing the things Windows used to tell me to do in spite of feeling limited. Two weeks ago my thoughts started to change when I started some training courses here in Brazil. The first one was a database course (MySQL) and the second was one about PHP programming. The course instructor is a Linux/GNU enthusiastic and after a few classes listening to his speeches highlighting the advantages of using Linux I decided to try Kubuntu.
I was concerned because I already had Windows Vista previously installed on my system and I didn’t want to loose any data. Fortunately it didn’t stop me.
Firstly on Windows Vista, using the disk manager I shrank the OS partition in order to create enough continuous space to install Linux. After that I booted the laptop from the CD/DVD drive with Kubuntu installation CD. Everything worked fine but the microphone. My brain fried on Sunday trying to figure out a way to fix the problem and after changing some settings on alsamixer I got the microphone to work properly. I also had some problems with the NVidia card but it was sorted after some changes on the configuration. Now my lovely Dell XPS M1330 has a dual boot (Linux and Windows). I’ve already installed some open source softwares like Gimp, Audacity, Pidgin and Filezilla. I also installed Skype, Firefox and Thunderbird. All I have to say is: I’m happy as a newbie in shite. What a great weekend!

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman

Biba is recovering well. Tomorrow she is going to have the stitches removed.

Love is blindness
I don’t wanna see
Won’t you wrap the night
Around me?
Oh my heart
Love is blindness
In a parked car
In a crowded street
You see your love
Made complete
Thread is ripping
The knot is slipping
Love is blindness

Love is clockworks
And cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel
Squeeze the handle
Blow out the candle
Love is blindness

Love is blindness
I don’t want to see
Won’t you wrap the night
Around me?
Oh my love
Blindness

A little death
Without mourning
No call
And no warning
Baby, a dangerous idea
That almost makes sense

Love is drowning
In a deep well
All the secrets
And no one to tell
Take the money
Honey
Blindness

Love is blindness
I don’t want to see
Won’t you wrap the night
Around me?
Oh my love
Blindness.

(Love Is Blindness - U2)

I found this video clip in YouTube which is simply wonderful. So here it is a tribute to my Argentinian roots (my granny was Argentinian) and to China, where the Olympics are about to happen.
There is nothing like Astor Piazzolla and Yo Yo Ma playing together. Real music.