http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym Blog about productivity, internet, gadgets, science and everything a geek wants to know Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:55:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are almost there people.. hang on... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/almost-there/ Pat Connelly, an ex-Midway employee is talking over the news about taking the big N (that is, Nintendo for those who doesn't know -welcome to earth by the way!) to the united states Courts about the Wiimote, he claims to have patents registered on his name about a development pretty ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/ex-midway-guy-suing-nintendo-for-wiimote-controls/ This may happen sometimes when we do repetitive tasks (any tasks). I found myself designing in my head, with my eyes closed when I'm late in bed at night, I can still move shapes around and create forms, apply gradients and export to PNG. I had to look about it, ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/the-tetris-effect/ Passage is a game that only lasts for five minutes and it's a wonderful five minutes experience. That's all I would need to say. The game was made for the Montreal International Game Summit by Jason Rohrer with the constraints of being of a maximum of 256 x 256 pixels ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/passage-you-need-to-play-it/ It has been said, that 90% of business never grow up like they could because their owners lose, sometime in the battle, the goals they once thought for their business. It's hard out there, with a lot of business being created each day, that means competence each day. 37signals were ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/how-often-do-you-check-your-goals/ I had to go over rounded borders once again for a client's site I'm working on; and doing a quick search at google I decided to update my skills founding this: CSS Juice wrote an article with 25 techniques with css to create rounded borders, almost all the CSS techniques ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/25-rounded-corners-techniques-with-css/ I haven't been using networking sites a lot lately (linkedin, facebook, etc) those are kind of boring to me, I hate going around "bothering" people with the "Javier asks if he can join your network" kind of message those web apps spread over everyone's emails. Some people take it well ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/twitter-as-business-tool/ Javier Cabrera | http://twitter.com/doncabrera it sucks, the general idea. They want to replace the very core of books. Books lovers love the smell, the portability, the price, how they look on their shelves, etc. Tim Vaughan Yup, all true But that was probably true for vinyl records as well Javier Cabrera | http://twitter.com/doncabrera the core of ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/tim-and-i-about-kindle/ We all know the future in books is the digital and portable format (maybe) and Amazon, being one of the world biggest distributors knows it too (maybe) and they came up with the most extraordinary invention of all times (maybe), a digital reader. It's called Kindle and it just launched today, ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/kindle-launchjeff-bezos-wants-1990-back/ Our small group is growing up very fast at Emaginacion (you will see soon...) so we are looking for a Designer who is willing to learn the current web "trends" to improve his/her skills. This is Junior position and you won't need to touch any HTML/CSS code, just graphic and ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/designer-position-open/ This is extremely dangerous, but effective. You can turn a normal pencil into a light with your car battery and two cables. I have to say, I'm amazed of this! and a normal pencil can give up to 20 minutes of light! This is extremely dangerous and unnecesary, flashlights are ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/turn-a-pencil-into-a-light/ I don't remember when I stopped making my searches at Google and began doing them at Youtube; but the fact is that I use Google just for looking into blogs, or specific things like a piece of javascript code I want to work with; and that's it. If I want ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/it-is-youtube-the-new-google/ I don't want to make anyone nervous, but what the heck is going on with Google Maps? Some people found UFOs everywhere, they move from place to place, no shadows, looks like glowing, and they look metallic. If this is a joke from Google, is a bad one (I don't ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/ufo-at-google-maps/ Now this is interesting: at Pixoo.us there is a new web app going on (yes web 2.0, we know you are here!). The idea behind this is actually very clever; it takes you just a couple of seconds to upload your profile photo and photoshops it to make you look ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/pixoo/ This one is really freaky; it shows how to make fire with a potato, toothpaste, salt, cotton, and toothpicks; it can be useful if you are lost in the woods with those elements. Of course you can always carry a match, but hey, this will impress all your survival companions ... http://www.emaginacion.com.ar/cym/how-to-make-fire-with-a-potato/