Geek T-Shirt Collection #21 – Google

I got this during my “Google fanboy period”. Now I’m a little more critical. I’m now going through an “Android fanboy period”. There’s a funny story of this shirt. The first day I moved to Miami I was running an errand in downtown and some lady yelled at me from the other side of the […]

Facebook brings me 12 times more visits than Twitter

Last night I saw this on my blog and other pages where I have Google Analytics installed to be let down by the amount of visitors that come from links seeded in Twitter feeds. The graphics above represent the amount of visits sent to my blog during the last 12 months from Facebook.com and Twitter.com. […]

VIZIO Forge TV Superbowl ad. Starting the race for Internet TVs and slow death of cable channels

If a TV like this has support for Netflix, Hulu, YouTube or other existing online Video delivery services where I can get my favorite movies on demand (in the case of netflix for a flat fee and I can stream all I want from their catalog) why the hell would I need to watch TV on cable channels and with so many ads? you almost feel stupid for paying the cable company after they make you watch so many ads, in the internet world usually if you pay for something you never expect an ad, with such a high CPM on TV ads, why the hell do we pay for cable????

I said it before and it’s happening, Twitter closing new Venture round at $1bn valuation

I said it in March 4th 2009, Twitter is a company with billion dollar capable business models behind it which is probably monetizing plenty already while making everybody believe they’re not even focusing on it. Today Techcrunch posts how Twitter is closing a New Venture Round at $1 billion valuation.

HTML 5 is out and about

I believe that the <canvas>, <audio>and <video> tags will make the web a pretty exciting place. A lot of Flash components will be rewritten or converted into Javascript+HTML5 Object components making available more reusable elements for a graphical and interactive web, all being open sourced (javascript) and with no extra plugins needed. Some places where […]

Inside a Google Data Center

Why I believe Twitter is a billion dollar company

Last night I read a post by Neal Wise called Twipocalypse Now: Warnings of a Twitter Bubble and this morning I feel the strong need to express a lot of the things I’ve experienced and learned from Twitter, and why I think this service, (which to me is the closest thing to being able to […]

Powr.Proccoli-Kopimi – The Pirate Bay Manifesto

100 roads to #g-d: 001. Obtain the Internet. 002. Start using IRC. 003. Group and birth a site. 004. Experiment with research chemicals. 005. Design a three-step program. 006. Take a powerful stance for something positive and essential. 007. Regulate nothing. 008. Say that you have to move in two weeks, but stay for seven […]

Delete All Direct Messages of your Twitter Account at once (or at least try!)

Since Twitter doesn’t provide with a “Delete All Direct Messages” functionality, Here’s a Python script that attempts to delete all the direct messages stored on your Twitter account. Limitations The only problem with it is that given the limitations of the Twitter REST API, I was forced to send a request per message to be […]

Most viral videos of 2008

I just can’t help to share this with you all, a recap of the most viral videos of 2008. The Beyonce “Put a ring on it” homages cracked me up. As 2008 wraps up, it”s a great time to look back at this montage of the year”s funniest viral videos. It”s a great collection, though […]