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Today Sunday 12 August an earthquake of a bit more than 4 degrees in Richter's scale shaked Madrid for about 2 seconds. I could feel it very well. I was on my bed and suddenly all started swinging. I could see my bedroom twisting and swinging, but no other objects moved. Also I heard the building cracking. Later I read from the Spanish Geographic Institute that the epicentre was located near

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Today I learnt that Google is testing a new web service: Picasa web albums. This service will allow Picasa users to upload photos to a online album from where others can see and download the photos much like Flikr is offering for quite some time now. First I did submit a request to obtain an invitation to use Picasa Web Albums which is bound to try the new version of Picasa as well. A bit longer

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Sony is about to release another gadget, the VAIO UX50. It is a palm size PDA with an amazing 4.5" WSVGA 1024x600 touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard. The connectivity is by WiFi a/b/g, bluetooth 2 with EDR, CF and MS card reader, USB and perhaps Firewire. All in about 520 grams. Sweet! Source: Akihabara News - VAIO U VGN-UX50 and 90... 10 more days to wait!

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If you are interested on the history of porn, then this is a must see for you: the very first porn movie. See it at JURANNESSIC If the original website is not available then you may have a second chance from YoTube.

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No doubt the space shuttle Challenger accident, and the more recent Columbia, has put the space program on hold for years. Accidents are part of the game, and this is assumed. Today, via Slashdot.org , I have read new information (to me) related to the Challenger accident (see links below). It amazes me how far the humanity has gone in space exploration knowing

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This is a very promissing technology of ESA. In the article is mentioned the possibility of shortening the travel time to Mars or Pluto. This is an obvious result. What the article fails to explain is how to generate the energy necessary to run the engine. The SMART-1 satellite uses solar arrays. These may be used too in a trip to Mars, but they are useless in a trip to Pluto. A nuclear powered

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Yesterday I was very tired on my way back from work. I was driving in an area of The Hague that is poorly illuminated. I always drive extra carefully in that area, though I know it very well because I use it very often. I approximated a large round about at a speed of 30 km/h. I almost crash against a woman on a bike. Fortunately, I did not hit her or the bike and the woman braked getting off the

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Yes, I finally made it! It's almost one month since I defended my PhD dissertation. It all happened the 2nd of November 2005 at the Oude Academiegebouw of the University of Groningen. The main goal of my arrival to the Netherlands was achieved almost six years later. I know it took a little longer than expected, but it was not a easy task. Anyhow, it is quite an achivement as for any other

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Dutch weather is famous in Europe as being terribly bad and changing. It is true, I confirm it. However, this sort of weather allows you to truly enjoy atmospheric phenomena. For instance, this morning on the way to work I have enjoyed of one the most beautiful rainbows I have ever seen in 30 years. It was a complete rainbow so strong that it had a second rainbow showing all the colors as well.

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It's a dream come true, but it won't be marketed in the "first world". This is an excellent and beautiful piece of technology only meant for developing countries. There is more information and pictures at the official website: The $100 laptop is being developed by One Laptop per Child (OLPC), an independent, non-profit association based on the "constructionist" theories of learning pioneered

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Ya sé que no es muy típico de mi publicar dos veces en un mismo día en este blog, como tampoco lo es que lo haga en castellano. No puedo dejar pasar esta oportunidad para hacer publicidad de una de las obras de divulgación mas importantes del 2005. Copia este libro por David Bravo Bueno explica de forma amena y bien documentada qué es el canon por copia privada de música y el abuso que hace la

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My good friend Nasshh may be right after all. He practises reiki for more than a year and says that it has "some effects" on oneself difficult to explain. Because of he, I have grown some interest on oriental medicine and practises. I've decided to sign in to a Yoga course to learn meditation because it may help me to control the beast inside me... just kidding :P Seriously, today I've found

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Today, I had to wake up early, about 2am, and drove for about 30min. I attended the live broadcast on ESA TV of the launch of the Venus Express satellite. The event took place at the SpaceExpo in Noordwijk (the Netherlands). Before the launch, we got a very intersting presentation of what Venus Express is and what are its objectives. The name "Express" of this probe makes reference to the

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Two days ago, I was driving on my way work. I stopped the car to wait for another to park in a side lane. The photo on the left, from Google Maps, shows the approximate crash place (red square). The car before me had to stop to let another to park in the side parking lane, thus I stopped as well. The guy behind me didn't see me or had no time to react, so he hit me. The strike was at low speed

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60 minutes is the time I have to get drunk enough so I cant type. Because I don´t drink without reason, the motivation this time is that I´m not getting drunk for long time. Besides, I don´t have to work on my thesis so I can relax and ejoy myself with some spare time. Lately I´m not feeling very well. I get up tired after being on bed for 7 hours. Some people find that enough time for rest, but

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I have recently registered two Internet domains: Aimak.com and Fernando.Morales.name. They should be working by now.

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Hopelessly, I was trying to fall asleep. I heard aproaching steps. Was it her?. We were the only two persons in the house. I felt a close presence. Is she checking if I'm sleeping?. I did smell her scent. No doubt it was her, but a rush of fear invaded me. What does she want? I doubt for a couple of seconds. Heck! Lets face the situation. I turn my head and open my eyes. There it is. I'm alone in

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It is important to be protected.

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At this very moment, I'm at Viena's airport. I'm waiting to board the plane to Amsterdam (flight OS375). Now, I could not resist the chance of posting in my blog by using the WiFi network and free internet access. Yes. Viena airport has a public wlan with free internet access They may change this sometime soon, though. This is damn cool!! It's my first time using a public internet access, from my

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Today, I'm nicely surprised to find an entry in En.Wikipedia about me. Well, it isn't really about me, but of what "Aimak" is. Now, for the record, I shall narrate how/when did I find my Internet nickname. Back in 1997, I met the Internet and started to chat in IRC rooms. Many people started this way. The most important tasks at that time was to choose the right nickname. I disliked, I still do,

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I've just read a comment on Slashdot.org that made me recall about a NASA project of a autonomous free-flying camera. I know about this device since long time, perhaps since it was tested during Columbia's STS-87 mission. Its goal is basically to help the crew during extra-vehicular activities (EVA), and to perform inspections of the shuttle or ISS from the outside. A pretty useful gadget, I

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It is white, tiny, cold. Yes, you know it. Snow. Snow all around. Only white landscape in all directions. It is beatuful. As beautiful as irritating. I'm a southern spaniard, thus I haven't seen much snow before I landed in the Netherlands. Neither the Netherlands gets that much snow in winter. Not in the past four winters. Since wednesday, we are all enjoying snow and ice. Specially people

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Yes. After 2 years, the qualification flight of the new Ariene 5 ECA is a success by Arianespace, ESA, and Europe. The most advanced european launcher managed to put into orbit the XTAR-EUR satellite and the MAQSAT-B2 satellite. The flight 164 got lift-off few minutes passed 22h CET after 70 minutes of delay over the planned schedule caused by a technical problem with the payload. This time the

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Oh, yes!. Its another typical Saturday here in The Netherlands. Windy, rainy, and about 10˚C (één graad of tien, so they say in dutch). It is one of those days that you feel extremely encouraged to stay in bed. Great!. I don't have much plans for today: some clean up, shopping at the nearby mall, working on my thesis, and going to work. Yes, I know. Going to work in the weekend is not good for

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Languages Spanish and English (fluent) and Dutch (fair). Career Interests Very interested in research and development of biomedical technology. In general, a job which requires the use and development of my knowledge and skills. Career Present - 2004/07 Life sciences instrumentation engineer at the European Space Agency, Noordwijk ZH (NL). Full-time contractor position provided by Serco FM BV,

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It finally arrived! Today I stepped into the mail room and suddenly I noticed an odd smell; pretty stinky, thought. Then I looked around and, GREAT!!, it was there standing. A small box that my mom packed with some tasteful food, including a piece of cheese. I recognised right away what it is that stink coming from. Yes!!, the cheese. So delitious. I'm looking forward to go home and give it a

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Today is Sunday. A nice blue sky can be seen thru the window, for a change. It is more than a month and a half that I'm living in The Hague. I believe the adaptation process goes okay. I do like this city, somehow, and I know there are many things still to be discovered. Yet, it is hard starting in a new place. It isn't the first time, though, but I still dislike it. This time there is one big

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My name is Aimak (an internet nickname, of course). Im a spaniard living in Holland (more on that another day). If you want to know more about me and what I have done in the Net, try browsing the results given by Google. This is my first post here, but not my first post in an online blog. I have posted before in a Spanish blog hosted by BarraPunto.com. Yes, I know it is in spanish and if you

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