More FCP Stadium goodies
I just couldn’t resist:
Highspeed agreement
It seems Portugal and Spain have finally reached an agreement about the configuration of the new highspeed railways connecting the two countries. Unfortuneatly but not surprisingly the configuration sucks:
The map has been drawn by me and is probably not entirely correct but you can get the picture:
- So where exactly is Portugal’s Capital anyway? Madrid? Are we finally a Spanish province as many seem to think?
- Why didn’t they connect Porto to Vigo? Now that would be a great thing. Porto and Vigo are two strongly connected cities, both culturally and economically.
Bah, I hope at least it works and it’s finished promptly.
XFce Desktop 4
Finally XFce 4 was released. I might take the time to try to replace the oldie but great WindowMaker once again.
XFce 4 claims to be light, nice-looking but not bloated and easily configurable. I guess I’ll have to see it with my own eyes …
Now, I just have to wait for some good soul to create an ebuild for gentoo 
Workweek Climate Fluctuations
Wow, scientists found out what everybody knows for ages. The fact that temperatures fluctuate on a weekly cycle (there are no weekly cycles in nature) show that human activity is affecting the climate.
No kidding. Didn’t you never notice it only rains on weekends.
Scientific American: Workweek Causes Climate Fluctuations The five-day workweek may be affecting the climate, researchers say. Findings published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicate that daily high and low temperatures fluctuate on a weekly cycle in many locales in direct response to human activity, causing scientists to dub it the weekend effect.
Almost ready
The new F.C. Porto Stadium is almost ready. You can already see the grass (sowed last week) and most of the chairs. I can’t wait to see it in its full 50106 seats glory. The 16th of November is almost here …
VeriSign Sued Over SiteFinder
It ought to happen sooner or later.
Slashdot | VeriSign Sued Over SiteFinder Service It was only a matter of time, the pundits said, and they were right. Popular Enterprises, LLC., an Orlando, Florida based cybersquatting so-called ’search services’ company, has filed a lawsuit in Orlando federal court against VeriSign, Inc. over VeriSign’s controversial SiteFinder ’service.’ While PopularEnterprises has had a dodgy history of buying up thousands of expired domain names and redirecting them to its Netster.com commercial “search services” site, the lawsuit is most likely a good thing, as it provides one more avenue to pursue in getting VeriSign to terminate SiteFinder. According to the lawsuit, the company contends alleges antitrust violations, unfair competition and violations of the Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. It asks the court to order VeriSign to put a halt to the service. VeriSign spokesperson Brian O’Shaughnessy said the company has not yet seen the lawsuit and that it doesn’t comment on pending litigation.
Eu adoptei
I normally don’t post about weblogs I find, specially if they are in Portuguese. But this one really deserves a post. A weblog about child adoption, by someone that walked the path, and wants to help others to follow her footsteps. This is what weblogs are all about.
Eu adoptei Passo agora a escrever um pouco sobre as minhas vivências. Se a ideia de ter um filho, dia após dia, ano após ano, continuar a ser sentida e desejada como algo de bom, apesar das duvidas e dos porquês, inerentes ao facto do não nascimento de um filho biológico, e continuarem a achar que vale a pena, então é porque vale mesmo a pena.
Flash intros gone worse
Flash intros are bad!!! m’kay? But some people can elevate the making of bad flash intros to an art, pushing people to the edge of their limits, making everything at their reach so people don’t visit their website:
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report Best Flash intro ever: Histology-World ( WARNING: Epileptics, do not follow this link as it could induce seizure) is the Citizen Kane of Flash intros about histology. Histology was never so exciting! Please enjoy Histology-World, and dont leave before the exciting finale. Hat tip: David Simmer
Please follow Zeldman’s warning and don’t click the link if you are an epilectic. You’ve been warned …
Drupal
This open-source CMS looks nice:
drupal.org | community plumbing Drupal is an open-source platform and content management system for building dynamic web sites offering a broad range of features and services including user administration, publishing workflow, discussion capabilities, news aggregation, metadata functionalities using controlled vocabularies and XML publishing for content sharing purposes. Equipped with a powerful blend of features and configurability, Drupal can support a diverse range of web projects ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven sites.
