Gunnar Wolf - Nice grey life - page 23

I know very little about hardware. I think I have a good understanding on many aspects of what happens inside a computer, but my knowledge is clearly firmer on what happens once an operating system is already running. And even then, my understanding of the lower parts of reality is shaky at most — At least according to my self-evaluation, of course, comparing to people I’m honored to call “my peers”. During the last ~18 months, my knowledge of this part of reality, while still far from complete, has increased quite a bit — Maybe mostly showing that I’m basically...

Today I feel more special than I have ever felt. Or… Well, or something like that. Thing is, there is no clear adjective for this — But I successfully finished my Specialization degree! Yes, believe it or not, today I can formally say I am Specialist in Informatic Security and Information Technologies (Especialista en Seguridad Informática y Tecnologías de la Información), as awarded by the Higher School of Electric and Mechanic Engineering (Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica) of the National Polytechnical Institute (Instituto Politécnico Nacional). In Mexico and most Latin American countries, degrees are usually incorporated to your...

The discussion regarding the legality and convenience of Uber, Cabify and similar taxi-by-app services has come to Mexico City — Over the last few days, I’ve seen newspapers talk about taxi drivers demonstrating against said companies, early attempts at regulating their service, and so on. I hold the view that every member of a society should live by its accepted rules (i.e. laws) — and if they hold the laws as incorrect, unfair or wrong, they should strive to get the laws to change. Yes, it’s a hard thing to do, most often filled with resistence, but it’s the only...

I love having guests give my classes :) This time, we had Felipe Esquivel, a good friend who had been once before invited by me to the Faculty, about two years ago. And it was due time to invite him again! Yes, this is the same Felipe I recently blogged about — To give my blog some credibility, you can refer to Felipe’s entry in IMDb and, of course, to the Indiegogo campaign page for Natura. Felipe knows his way around the different aspects of animation. For this class (2015-04-15), he explained how traditional ray-tracing techniques work, and showed clear...

That’s all I need to enjoy the best best party ever. Oh! Shall I mention that we got a beautiful present for the kids from our very dear DebConf official Laminatrix! Photos not yet available, but will provide soon.

(No, I’m not talking about a future Ubuntu release… After all, what kind of weird animal would a weekend be?) This weekend we took the kids outside for the first time (not counting, of course, visits to the pediatrician). We were quite anxious… Of course, they were born somewhat under weight and at 7½ months of gestation. But this Saturday we feelt adventurous, and took the kids out for a day among people! It might not sound like a big deal, but… Well, we took a not such beautiful or scenic route: We took them to the supermarket, and had...