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New iPhone/iPod/iPad app >> Jack in the Box.

2011-05-19T18:22:00.001-05:00

Check out our new app Jack in the Box on the AppStore now!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jack-in-the-box/id435661046?mt=8

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Weekend Project: DIY Cat Tower for Dejavu

2011-04-25T10:49:00.001-05:00

Last week, my wife and I went out looking for a big cat tower to enable our kitty to escape from our dog, but most of the ones we found were pretty low and had that brown carpet look to them.

So in order to have something we liked and save money, we decided we would build our own custom kittty tower. I thought the wood work would only take me a couple of hours but it ended up taking me way longer... I think I was being very meticulous with measurements and all due to the fact this tower would be sitting in our living room.

On Friday evening, We quickly drafted a design and bought what I thought I would need in order to get this thing done. (Biggest struggle so far... Working with the us metric system)

I spent that evening mostly cutting up the parts, and gave up at about midnight because of course I had not bought everything I needed!

Saturday, we went to get what we needed to continue working on it and spent most of the day cutting, fitting, measuring, etc. Saturday night, we were able to cover some of the posts with fabric and called it a day.

Lastly, on Sunday I spent most of the morning covering up the parts with fabric and fitting/attaching all the pieces together and the evening on giving it some final touches.

And the end result...

Dejavu (our kitty) checking out her new digs

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Leverage - Chileans. Don't Mess With Chileans. (With subs!)

2011-01-05T18:34:00.001-06:00

I was watching a few episodes I missed from season one when I stumbled upon this. It really cracked me up (maybe it is only funny to me because I am Chilean?), so I thought I would put it up here for your enjoyment :)

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Who need a firewall when u gotz a kittah?!

2010-12-18T20:14:00.001-06:00

Sent from my iPad

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Gansito en Frederick, MD, US lol!

2010-12-01T08:26:00.001-06:00

Sent from my iPad

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Check out this quick hack I made with tropo :)

2010-10-28T20:30:00.001-05:00

I have been hearing a lot of buzz lately about tropo, so I thought I would check it out.

The result of my curiosity is a simple app that helps you prank your friends.

Now, keep in mind this is the result of only a couple of hours of programming hacking, since I was only evaluating tropo design and api.

The app is still in their dev as I am just getting started and saw no need of moving it to production yet :)

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Basically you call this number and follow the directions.

It takes two phone numbers and calls them simultaneously like they were calling each other (Spoofing the caller id).

It sends them to a conference where you are waiting as well (muted, so they cannot hear you).

- The result? Two people awkwardly figuring out what the heck is going one while you laugh your arse off :P

You can help me 'test' it by calling any of these numbers:

Phone: (202) 600-8091

Skype Voice: +990009369991443646

SIP Voice: sip:9991443646@sip.tropo.com

INum Voice: +883510001809269

I have no idea how legal this is but I at least only have used it with closed relatives -hint hint-

Have fun and share your experiences :)

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Nintendo DS running a SNES emulator. How cool is that?

2010-10-25T16:28:00.001-05:00

Sent from my iPad

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The mail arrived :)

2010-10-25T14:34:00.001-05:00

I got two DSTWO plus some memory cards and will be pimping the twins' Nintendo DSes. Adding realtime save, backups, cheat engine, emulators, music n vid player and more :)

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Photobooth for fundraiser at MSD

2010-10-12T16:42:00.001-05:00

Photobooth is still work in progress,but I thought this was worth posting in case someone ever needs to make a quick controller.

Basically, I took an old xbox controller (actually it was an xbox dance pad) cut the plug off and hackishly soldered a USB plug to it.

(Pretty much color to color ignoring an extra yellow cable used by xbox to feed the rumblers)

I Put the stripped board inside a project enclosure from Radioshack (~ 7 US Dollars)

Soldered connectors to where the pad "buttons" would have been and connected them to some arcade buttons I had left over from another project.

Linux already includes the driver for xbox joysticks, so all there was left was to test the device.

Using 'hexdump /dev/input/js0' I was able to verify it was working fine :D

Damn I suck at soldering!

Green = Start , Blue = Select between B&W, Sepia, Color

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Awww so cute! Wait, what the...

2010-09-10T18:36:00.001-05:00

Sent from my iPad

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Took this pic on my backyard :D

2010-08-28T11:41:00.001-05:00

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Can I throw away my media center keyboard now? - XBox Kinect to read ASL!

2010-08-06T20:48:00.001-05:00

http://gizmodo.com/5606327/kinect-will-read-sign-language-paving-way-for-new-...

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Git on OSX ? Look no further.

2010-07-23T18:25:00.001-05:00

http://macendeavor.com/gity/

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Crows using pedestrian crossings to crack nuts open - Amazing!

2010-07-22T11:41:00.001-05:00

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Crows using pedestrian crossings to crack nuts open - Amazing!

2010-07-22T11:31:00.001-05:00

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Old Spice Parody - Genius!

2010-07-19T19:42:00.001-05:00

I am sure you have already seen Old Spice ads on TV, right?

Well, a group of students put together this parody in 9 hours and it's just absolutely genius.

I bet this parody will be the first of many more to come :)

http://www.youtube.com/hbllproduction#p/u/0/2ArIj236UHs

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Firefighters at Rockville metro station.

2007-10-14T15:38:00.001-05:00

Firefighters at Rockville metro station., originally uploaded by devmod.

No clue what happened but there were many firefighters ready to spray some water.

Wow - This guy had literally too much time on his/her hands

2007-08-04T20:39:00.000-05:00

Some of my favorites movies - See any you like?

2007-07-22T15:27:00.001-05:00

Got flixter?!

2007-07-22T11:56:00.001-05:00

My Flixster

New desk:)

2007-07-14T19:00:00.001-05:00

New desk:), originally uploaded by devmod.

Funniest video ever lol

2007-07-11T21:18:00.001-05:00

Lol selling BMW @ the mall. Wtf!

2007-07-05T19:00:00.001-05:00

Lol selling BMW @ the mall. Wtf!, originally uploaded by devmod.

Omg i just tested the iphone and it is sweet.

2007-07-01T12:01:00.001-05:00

Omg i just tested the iphone and it is sweet., originally uploaded by devmod.

Now i feel my cellphone is prehistoric!

Happy birthday, walrus! Aww, you shouldn't have.

2007-07-01T09:22:00.001-05:00

Happy birthday, walrus! Aww, you shouldn't have., originally uploaded by sepultura.

This is a steal from digg but this picture is so cool that I had to do it... lol

Got new monitors :) i feel more productive already lol

2007-06-30T11:00:00.001-05:00

Got new monitors :) i feel more productive already lol, originally uploaded by devmod.

My desk after a week lol

2007-06-26T08:30:00.001-05:00

My desk after a week lol, originally uploaded by devmod.

Sweet:)

2007-06-23T12:53:00.001-05:00

Sweet:), originally uploaded by devmod.

Wtf

2007-06-23T12:39:00.001-05:00

Wtf, originally uploaded by devmod.

Toys i get to use at work :)

2007-06-13T11:17:00.001-05:00

Toys i get to use at work :), originally uploaded by devmod.

The monkeys

2007-06-09T13:58:00.001-05:00

My new office lol

2007-06-06T10:04:00.001-05:00

My new office lol, originally uploaded by devmod.

New gallery at rit

2007-05-17T08:47:00.001-05:00

New gallery at rit, originally uploaded by devmod.

I got a scholarship.

2007-05-15T13:21:00.001-05:00

I got a scholarship., originally uploaded by devmod.

Birthday lunch with Jarly

2007-05-10T11:28:00.001-05:00

Birthday lunch with Jarly, originally uploaded by devmod.

New service - get it while it is free!

2007-04-30T20:43:00.000-05:00

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Usa este link pasa ayudarme a obtener mas espacio funciona con Windows y OSX :)

https://mozy.com/?ref=7KLNL3

Rit's gameroom 2

2007-04-26T12:49:00.001-05:00

Rit's gameroom 2, originally uploaded by devmod.

Rit's gameroom 1

2007-04-26T12:48:00.001-05:00

Rit's gameroom 1, originally uploaded by devmod.

My favorite place in the whole institute

Rit lunch time

2007-04-26T12:45:00.001-05:00

Rit lunch time, originally uploaded by devmod.

The snap crackle snake game team

2007-04-16T10:52:00.001-05:00

The snap crackle snake game team, originally uploaded by devmod.

You have new Picture Mail!

2007-04-13T19:22:00.001-05:00

You have new Picture Mail!, originally uploaded by devmod.

Microsoft day has come to an end!

2007-04-13T18:20:00.001-05:00

Today was a veeeery long day...

First, I had an interview with a Microsoft recruiter which went pretty well (I think) or at least better than I expected. It was a very intense interview they really get you thinking in there...
I even had to write some code and solve some logic problems...

But overall I think I did good... At least I saw a couple of check marks on the recruiter's notes hahaha

Then, I had to meet my Software Engineer team for a while to work on our project...
And then, go to the Vista Launch Party where I even won a free copy of Office 2007 lol :P

Anyway, now I am finally home and I hope to *get* some rest... Although, I still have like a million homeworks due on monday...

That's all for now.

Microsoft day has come to an end!, originally uploaded by devmod.

You have new Picture Mail!

2007-04-13T16:52:00.001-05:00

You have new Picture Mail!, originally uploaded by devmod.

More vista giveaways

Microsoft vista launch party

2007-04-13T15:11:00.001-05:00

This picture was taken in the MS Vista Launch Party at RIT.

Microsoft vista launch party, originally uploaded by devmod.

New pet

2007-04-11T16:24:00.001-05:00

New pet, originally uploaded by devmod.

We got a catfish!

Library

2007-04-10T12:46:00.001-05:00

Library, originally uploaded by devmod.

Studying tables at the RIT library...

Software engineer

2007-04-09T21:08:00.001-05:00

Software engineer, originally uploaded by devmod.

Oh man we are so behind schedule with our project...

Software engineer class:)

2007-04-09T09:46:00.001-05:00

Software engineer class:), originally uploaded by devmod.

Fw:Testing flickr tools

2007-04-08T21:17:00.001-05:00

Fw:Testing flickr tools, originally uploaded by devmod.

Lalala... - Sweet flickr works like a charm...

Flickr

2007-04-08T20:48:00.001-05:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Testing the cellphone:)

2007-04-08T20:03:00.001-05:00

Clearly, blogger sux at retrieving my pictures from the sprint server

Winter is Hereeeeee!!!

2007-02-14T12:49:00.000-06:00

First of all...

I would like to wish a Happy Valentine's day to my wife Jarlene and kids and also to my family over there in Chile!! xoxoxo

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This was the first time we were actually enjoying the winter we were having a not so bad winter even with some shiny days in between... but that is over!

The real winter have started here in NY, we have around 10 inches (~25 cm) of snow and it is freezing! There is a snow storm in the area and it is staying for at least a couple of days more. They have announced at least another 10 inches for tonight... So, I guess we will have to get ready for plowing the snow which is very unpleasant and tiresome! Anyway, hopefully we will get to go snow tubing this weekend and have some fun there all together.

School this quarter has taken a great amount of my time, I am very tired right now but I have just a week left of classes so that should be over soon.

This quarter I have been FORCED to speak in public so many times!! many presentations and the like... I thought I would post a small slideshow that I created for one of my classes... The pictures were taken by us in the south of Chile.

Testing templates...

2006-12-30T15:43:00.001-06:00

I can't find any template that I really like... any suggestions? ....

Bye bye fall quarter...

2006-11-21T12:43:00.000-06:00

Yep, one more quarter is gone and with it almost all of my brain energy haha. I studied very very hard during the last couple of months and it seems as if I have gotten my reward... I got my final grades(Finally! I checked like twice a day for almost a week (the grades are posted on RIT's infocenter web))...

Course No	Course Title	Grade	Type	Att	Ern	Instructor
0511-211-90	PRIN OF MICROECONOMICS	A		4	4	TISDALE
1011-208-02	COLLEGE CHEMISTRY	A		4	4	COLLISON
1017-313-07	UNIV. PHYSICS III	A		4	4	KERN
4003-263-01	COMP SCI FOR TRANSFERS	A		5	5	ZANIBBI
4003-263-43	LABORATORY		NG	0	0	VINCENT

I got 4.0 !!! I am so happy and satisfied! I feel that this has been the quarter where I have learned the most... and thanks to God I am officially over with any math/calc/physics courses! now, I only have to enjoy the geeky courses I have left and of course get a CO-OP ASAP!

On another note, I have been working on a new project here... Build my own PVR/DVR (kind of a tivo) so I have used ubuntu and mythtv and it is working like a charm, I can watch TV from any computer in the house, schedule recordings , check the weather (yeah, here it is very important to know how cold it will be!), and watch those recordings on the Xbox (softmoded xbox with xbox media center) etc. Eventually, when I get some money I will buy some small factor computers and use them as frontends and connect them to the tv and to the backend which is hosted in the basement between the 1000 of computers we have down there hahaha, I will probably post some pictures of this later this week once I get everything working perfect. Next project : Mame arcade, a life size arcade machine in which I plan to put all of the greatest and oldest games. I am looking forward to this project, I used to enjoy so much playing on those machines when I was like ~12, I remember my partner in crime (tekulin) and I spending every last penny on those arcade games! haha

So, now I will be "resting" for two weeks and then I will get back to the routine of the poor student... haha

PS: The da vinci code is soooooooo good a must see! rent it out ! it is on blockbuster!

Claudio.

Movies

2006-10-25T13:58:00.000-05:00

OMG! Yesterday we watched Nacho Libre and It was so funny!!!!!! I laugh through the whole movie! hhahaha You can see the strong influence of "Napoleon Dynamite" in this movie but It end up being funny anyways!
I think that watching 'Nacho Libre' spoken in english makes it even more funny because one can recognize our characteristic spanglish accent that makes me laugh wherever I hear it... and that also makes me think 'Oh My God, I talk like that too!' hahhaha

I can't left out a movie that we watched a couple of weeks ago, 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang' , it was veeeeeeeeeeeery good. It is kind of Thriller/Comedy movie that has you thinking until the very end, I really recomend it!

Also, 'The Matador' is very good, I enjoyed it very much...

'For REALSSS!' / 'NaaaachooOOOoooOOOoooOOooo' ahhahaha

that's it for now,

Clau.

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2006-10-24T11:43:00.000-05:00

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I am back from the dead!

2006-10-18T14:28:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I know I have not been around lately... Well, School has been been harder than before (I guess it is supposed to be...) So, I spend most of my afternoon (and many late nights) working on homework and studying for my tests... And even sometimes... preparing for the next class!! (yes, here you usually have to prepare the next class material in advance, something unthinkable for the common USACH student!)

I have been doing pretty good in school. This quarter I took: Physics III (lots of calculus... I SUFFER!), Microeconomics, University Chemistry, and Computer Science for Transfer Students... YES!!! Finally I got a Computer related Class! and I am enjoying it... I have finally learned JAVA! (I did get past the page 40 of the book!)...

I am still deciding if I go through with my master degree right after my bachelor.. After a little math, I have about one year left of courses plus a year of COOP (You have to go to work somewhere.. get paid and get experience) which is required to get my degree...

I usually find stuff here from Chile like fruits or wine but today Jarlene found a newspaper article which I include here...

Like is usual, we never make press for having won the Hockey World Cup, or the Tennis World Cup, etc... I always find articles about conflicts in Chile... Since I left , I can see nothing has changed... We still have the unresponsive government or perhaps the overdemanding citizens...

That's all for now, I will try take the time to post more often...

Take care,
Clau

OZZFEST2006

2006-07-29T10:57:00.000-05:00

We went to Ozzfest and it was just great...
We arrived at about 4 pm just on time to hear some of Ozzy's music and to enjoy the main event at the main stage duh!
I liked them all but I specially enjoyed the last band :D System of a Down.

Main stage:

DRAGONFORCE 4:55 PM 5:20 PM 25MINUTES

LACUNA COIL 5:25 PM 6:00 PM 35MINUTES

HATEBREED 6:05 PM 6:50 PM 45MINUTES

AVENGED SEVENFOLD 7:00 PM 7:40 PM 40MINUTES

DISTURBED 7:55 PM 9:05 PM 70MINUTES

SYSTEM OF A DOWN 9:20 PM 10:50 PM 90MINUTES

PICS OF OZZFEST2006 @ BUFFALO, NY

Ozzfest - 2006

Aug 5, 2006 - 26 Photos

Wifi

2006-07-23T21:11:00.000-05:00

After following up on a link I found on www.digg.com, I found this website made by a guy in New Zeland who is like the master of the "Poor Man's WiFi" (A.K.A. Howto steal other guys' wifi without a US200 antenna haha)
After reading a while it seems as if this design works the best for the less money.
I have not tried yet but it looks like it should work pretty well...
Interested? go to http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/ to check out all the different designs

(This remember me of many friends and family who could use this to get in better shape "their" *cough* wifi connections )
I really liked this design made with a Chinese parabolic Cookware (Math geeks out there brush up those parabolic equations !)

http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/usbscoop.jpg

Finally I am out of school... for a while.

2006-06-19T13:10:00.000-05:00

I passed all of my classes and got my deserved summer vacations...
Yay...

Course Title	Grade
WRITING	A
AMERICAN POLITICS	B
UNIV PHYSICS II	A
BOWLING/OFF-CAMPUS	S

I have not posted very often because of school and stuff, anyways I have not done much during school time...

I am thinking about changing my program at RIT to Bachelor/Master in Computer Science.
I am required to have minimum GPA of 3.5 or so and I could get my Master degree faster by taking graduate level courses right now... It would be cool.

I have been teaching myself carpentry, and *trying* to build a big desk with folder and shelves, I have not painted yet but it looks decent...

That is for now,

Clau.

Friends

2006-05-26T17:45:00.000-05:00

We were cleaning the house and we found this picture. It was at my high school graduation ceremony 6 years ago. We were (and I hope we still are) best friends. Now, everyone of us had taken different paths on life and we do not see nor talk to each other as much as we used to, but I am sure that someday our paths will cross again and we will enjoy a nice bbq and chat.
Hugs for them out there whereever they are!

From left to right (Top row):
Claudio V. aka devmod now studying Computer Science at RIT, New York, USA.
Cristian F. aka king of heart, Ctn now living somewhere in the north of Chile. Studying engineer (I believe so).
Carlos V. aka darkmake, konkekumake now living in Santiago, Chile, studying Network and Conectivity and Working.
(Bottom row):
Mario V. aka mcrow, albo100, etc. now living in Antofagasta, Chile. Now, working at an airport as Security and Rescue in the remote posibility that an airplane falls aka HERO.

Keith's Graduation

2006-05-25T18:10:00.000-05:00

Congrats to our brother, Keith!!!!!!!!!!! Hoooooray!
Glückwünsche für Ihre Staffelung!!!
(I do not even know if it is right haha (copy & paste))

Keith graduated at Olathe Northwest High School with Germany honor and he was in the Olathe newspaper!!!!
Keith is coming to Rochester next month (June), and he is gonna take a look at RIT to see if he likes it or not.
We really enjoyed our stay in Kansas, and hopefully we will go again soon.

Here on the picture: (from smaller to tall) Jarlene, Claudio, Keith.

Sleepy heads! ;-)

2006-05-19T11:50:00.000-05:00

When we arrived Kansas, Jaqqie and Clau fell sleep in the car!!!
Hahahaha
~Jarlene

On the road - Chicago

2006-05-19T07:57:00.000-05:00

Yep, we are on our way to Kansas because we are going to Keith's
graduation (Jarlene's young brother). So, we are here eating breakfast
in Chicago while we are waiting for boarding on our plane :P

More pics to come...

CONGRATS TO KEITH!
~Jarlene & Devmod

Yayyy

2006-04-23T11:04:00.000-05:00

====Quick News====

Finally, we got a 20" Imac, and it is just a piece of art!!
I am slowly learning... but I am learning haha, anyway I am sort of lost looking for the right software for basic stuff like AIM, MSN, Torrents, etc..
Any suggestions?

A little bit of everything...

2006-03-09T19:50:00.000-06:00

Finally school ended (just for a while) and I have time to post the stuff I have been doing for the last couple of weeks...

Xbox Mod.

After like 3 or 4 days trying to Softmod my xbox (modding via some hack through a game), it worked!
I rented a game (Mechassault) and then I opened a joystick and soldered an usb connector to it. After that, I copied a save of Mechassault into an usb stick, and then I loaded it through the game. After loading it, I could boot linux! hahhaa After doing that, I installed some softwares into the Xbox.
Some of the stuff I can do now are: Listen to my mp3s, watch my videos, play emulator games such as MAME, SNES, NES, etc., read the news, browse the web , etc, etc... haha
Here are some pics of the result:

OSX in my PC (x86)

I used a dvd install and it worked pretty much out of the box, but the network did not work. I tried like 5 different fixes for it, but none of them worked plus it was kind of unstable, so I gave up with OSX... Until I got the real deal haha (this is OSX in an Apple computer...)

Movies

I watched City of God (Brasilian movie) and It was really good. It talks straight up about poverty and corruption in Brasil, and it gives a different perspective from that we all have with the beaches of Rio de Janeiro and people enjoying some cocktails in a coconut. It is definitely a strong movie, so be prepared!
I give the movie 8 out of 10 TUXES AHAHHAHAHA

Final Grades!

2006-03-06T09:00:00.000-06:00

So, I am getting my final grades and I will be updating this table as soon as I get all of them :)

	Course Title	Grade	Att	Ern	Instructor
0502-100-01	BASIC WRITING	A	4	0	EVERHART
0508-211-04	SCIENCE TECH VALUES	B	4	4	LARIZZA
1016-366-01	DISCRETE MATHEMATICS II	A	4	4	COPPENBARGER
1017-311-06	UNIV PHYSICS I	A	4	4	O'DEA
1111-009-01	BILLIARDS	S	0	0	FANALE

uff long time no post... NYC Part 1

2006-01-14T08:52:00.000-06:00

I have been really busy with school and all, and I have like 10 posts in mind, but I dunno if it is possibe to post them all this weekend hhahaha.

First, a short commentary about my trip to New York City:
Ufff. NYC rulz haha I dunno where to start... ohh yes , I do know...
After about (don't remmy exactly) 4 hour of driving we heard (Cop Sound), so we pulled over. A guy like 6" tall (or maybe he looked taller because we were sitting in our car haha) told us "License and Registration please" and suddendly all the episodes of COPS that I have seen came to my mind (I thought I even heard the musical theme "Bad boys , Bad boys what u gonna do... haha"). So, he basically told us we were going to 84 mi/h (about 135 km/h) in a 60 mi/h area... And then he wrote us a ticket and we were on our way again just that now Jarlene drove like 20 mi/h ahhaha. After that little impasse we got to NYC, it is funny how you can tell when you are in New York City... Just look for traffic areas hhahaha. We got to the hotel (the Intercontinental hotel, we got it extremely cheap through www.savingsbarn.com), and It was just great a nice hotel and service... However, we did not spend much of our time there, we walked our feet off!

First Day:
After arriving, we went to see Rockefeller Center (Ice Skating Ring), and then at night, we went to the Time Square. The iceskating ring was completely full, there was a line of about 500 people waiting to get in and maybe other 500 just watching the inexperienced fall over and over again. Later at Times Square was just wonderful, I could not describe the experience. I felt literally like a Huaso in Santiago Centro (A cowboy in a Capital city). The lights were overwhelming I could say I have never seen so many bigscreens toghether at once haha (now you understand why the cowboy thing), and these lights generated by the publicity ads changed everything's color. It was a sunday night, and there was SO MUCH PEOPLEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! (Chilean tip: It was like Paseo Ahumada at lunch time or a Saturday before christmas).

VIDEO TIME SQUARE

The video is on my P2-333 mhz server, so I hope it works fine haha.

Second Day (Monday):

We went to the Statue of liberty and bought the tickets, and then we realized there was other 1000 people waiting in line to get in, so we gave up and left planning to go the next day morning... Afterward, we walked our way to WTC on the road we saw many interesting places... Once we got there, it was really shocking because I did not realize first of all the size of that building, secondly I never realized how many people died there... It was a really sad place, I could see it in the face of the other visitors.

There was a homeless guy playing a sad melancolich melody with his flute, and this gave the atmosphere a weird feeling. Even though, I am not American, I felt really sad in that place.
Later on, we visited the Brooklyn Bridge, the oldest bridge in NYC. This bridge has a beautiful architecture and we caught the sunset just on time. I took many many pictures! Trying to get "the perfect one" haha, at this time I was totally worn out, but we had a long way to go! Afterward, we visited little Italy and Chinatown (To get in Chinatown you need passport! haha just kidding), which were nice places, and we stopped at a little cafe to eat some lunch.
Then we visited the Apple Store, where I dreamt a little about the trillion of things I wanted from there, which has a nice architecture based on clean lines and where, of course, predominated the glass and white tones.

It was still monday, but the night had fallen and my feet were probably broken, but we had one more location to visit: Central Park. It was a really nice place and it had a cool fair next to it (Chilean tip: It was like Santa Lucia Hill's fair). As I walked there, I recognized many movies' locations (Home Alone -Mi pobre angelito- , Kate and Leopold) which looked incredible small compared to what I remembered.

After our journey, we headed to the hotel, and on the sidewalk we stopped to buy some peanuts. Big was my surprise when I saw this little Chilean flag in the corner of the CARRITO, to make a long story short, the guy asked me "Are you from Chile?" I answered yes, and then he said " Weeeeena po weoooooon como tay po %$#^$". So at that very instant I said to myself, "Yes, he IS chilean!" haha, I think we both felt really excited to see another Chilean and he invited me to pose as a sellman next to him, while his Gringo friend stopped the transit on the sidewalk, so we can took a picture hahaha. Then we said goodbye and he gave me an extra bag of peanuts...
But this was not over... On our way to the hotel, I noticed three widescreen monitors with a familiar logo. As I approached, the blurry logo came to life and it read something like this:

"WATCH OUT Display software has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience... ...Please tell Microsoft about this problem..."

I bursted in a loud laugh, and then explained why it was so funny to Jarlene. I tried to press the "Send error report" button, but I could not find the keyboard haha... (I wonder how many people actually saw that error...).

So, we got back to our room and ate something, and we started planning our next day itinerary. At 11.00 pm, we saw on the news that there would be a strike on the bus and subway system the next day, worried about it and praying that all would be fine the next day we went to sleep.

Ufff.. this was a long post, I think I will leave the day 3 for the next post...
byez!

Full picture album at: http://jarlene.no-ip.org/gallery2/

New York City

2005-12-18T08:29:00.000-06:00

The time has come, nyc here we go! Hahaha. We left this morning at 7 am,
so hopefully we will be there by 3 pm.... We were doing okay but.... A
cop stop up for speeding!!! So we got a ticket. I will take millions of
pictures in NYC because christmas' time over there is very nice. We got
so lucky I found a web where u can bid in different hotels, and we got a
really nice 4-stars for a really good price a block away from Park ave.
Ok, that is all for now reporting live from new york, devmod. Hahaha

My First Thanksgiving in USA

2005-11-26T18:52:00.000-06:00

Yep I spent my first Thanksgiving at a friend's house and it was really fun and the food... really... diverse! I liked the turkey and the mashed potatos though! Overall I had a great time with them.
From left to right: Jarlene, Claudio (Me! duh!), Lori, Lynn, David, Lisa ( House owner), Amy and Tristan (All USA!! BUT ME! hahaha)

Akin's Birthday and Farewell Party

2005-11-26T18:48:00.000-06:00

This is a picture from a party we hosted last week and we had so much fun. The funniest part was trying to communicate with each other because of all those different accents and languages. It was a big challenge, but we made it thanks to the universal language "The Party Language" hahahaha

From left to right :

Upper row: Carner (Turkey), Ramesh (India), Bora (Turkey), Jay (Taiwan), Yoshi (Japan), Claudio (Chile haha), Jarlene (USA).

Middle row: Federica (Italy), Sumiko (Japan), Asaka (Japan), Hiromi (Japan), Carnar (Turkey), John (USA).

Lower row: Bilge (Turkey), Kyra (USA), Akin (Birthday Boy and Turkey).

Thank u guys for a great party.

Yay

2005-11-26T18:18:00.000-06:00

I got two letters from RIT saying that they accepted me into IT and Computer Science program. I am really excited about this I hope that they accept the credits I am trying to transfer from the University of Santiago of Chile ( USACH! HAHAHAH ). Anyway, I have a meeting with my advisor this week and then I will find out more about it, I already took a look at the program and it is really interesting especially the option of getting 2 minors of my choice and 1 year of CO-OP which they are gonna pay me for hahaha. I just have to wait and see what will happen I need to decide quick because the classes start on monday; therefore, will start late... as ALWAYS... as a The Good CHILEAN I am! hahaha

My ELC grades ahahaha

2005-11-26T18:15:00.000-06:00

There u have it! ahaha my grades at ELC...

Some pictures from my "Graduation" haha

2005-11-16T13:40:00.000-06:00

Me with the certificate (duh!)

Some of my classmates, Jarlene and me ( you know them already, if you dont check the previous post)

ELC classes are over

2005-11-16T13:20:00.000-06:00

After 2 1/2 months of classes at ELC ( English Language Center), I have received my certificate for Advanced English Level 2... Yay! hahaha
I am very happy about it especially because I got straight A (It means I got A's in all my classes) so they gave me a special certificate as an honor hahaha
After this long time I spent there, I have met many people from different countries and I have enjoyed being with them and learned many many things especially about their cultures. It has been a wonderful experience, thank you all!
This picture was taken when we were celebrating at an irish pub our "graduation."
From left to right of the back row: Asaka (Japan), Jarlene (USA), Claudio(Me hahaha, Chile), Federica (Italy), John(USA), Kyra (USA), and Akin (Turkey).
Front row: Sumiko (Japan).

2005-11-13T16:32:00.000-06:00

Yep, the winter has arrived... Even though, I took this picture last winter, this winter will look pretty much the same this year: snow, snow, snow hahaha. Anyway better start getting use to this, haha.

2005-10-31T18:44:00.000-06:00

Mhuaaahhahaha!!! happy halloween part 2! haha

Happy Halloween!

2005-10-31T18:40:00.000-06:00

Yeah i know i have not written in a while , but it is because of my classes at ELC... many many homeworks haha well it does not matter because today it is halloween! Happy Halloween!!! Part1 !

Finally arrived to Kansas!!

2005-10-01T11:02:00.000-05:00

We arrived around 11.20 pm on friday...
As a conclusion of my airplane trip I can STATE that I hate planes!!!
Especially small ones!
~devmod

Flying to Kansas

2005-10-01T10:59:00.000-05:00

I had so bad luckkkk because my seat was next to the airplane motor...
By the way, that pic was taken from my window, which meant that I was
almost hugging the motor... Hahaha
~devmod

arghhh bye templateee

2005-09-26T15:53:00.000-05:00

as u can see my old template has dissappeared, something happened yesterday when i tried to upload a picture and cancel it, then I go to my blog and it was not working ahhaa so i just choose whatever template I saw... In other words all the work I put into the other template is goooooooone.. sad sad sad.

What I have learned at RIT

2005-09-25T21:07:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Asaka (Japanese) and Sanshat (spelling?) (Thai); I can write my name in different languages now (Of course I will need that paper to copy my name because I don't think I will be able to memorize it).
devmod

RIT Student

2005-09-09T16:36:00.000-05:00

Ahahaha asi es , me he convertido en un RIT Student hahaha asi q ahi toy entre papers i homeworks medio ocupado, no he posteado nada en harto tiempo, pero todo sea por una buena causa... EL CONOCIMIENTO hahha. Pronto intentare postear mas cosas acerca de esta experiencia en la cual me he relacionado con personas de todo el globo... Chinos, japoneses, turkos, coreanos, arabia saudiTENSES ( no tengo idea el gentilicio para ellos), Tailandes, hondurennios, republica dominicana ( gentilicio?), etc ....

Parrrrtieronnnnnn

2005-09-02T19:36:00.000-05:00

Parte asi el rally 2005
Olate, Kansas
7:30 pm CST
~Jarlene

new york newwww yorkkkk cha cha charara (8)

2005-09-02T17:10:00.000-05:00

Asi es comienza la jornada automovilistica mas grande de USA...
Maraton hasta NY nada mas ni nada menos que como 16 horas de viaje
EN AUTO ufff.. en fin...
Voy armado de peliculas, laptop , kit pal auto , wifi , ipod , etc hahahah hasta cursos de frances...
Nos vemos pronto, si es que no posteo desde el camino... Saludos.

Katrina

2005-08-30T13:11:00.000-05:00

No , no es una go-go dancer, es el huracan que azota a la costa estadounidense, es increible ver las imagenes en la television, videos amateur de casas completamente cubiertas por agua , o autos apilados totalmente destruidos... Una lastima que este tipo de cosas sucedan, pero son los precios que pagamos por el DESARROLLO, mal que mal estos sucesos naturales existen hace mucho tiempo, de hecho somos nosotros quienes en primera instancia invadimos sus espacios...
Sitio recomendado:
http://deadlykatrina.com/
Es un blog que sigue el desarrollo de este fenomeno , incluyendo algunas fotos como la siguiente...

2005-08-19T18:37:00.000-05:00

~devmod

Ufff templates, css, gif AHHHH!!!! no mas please!

2005-08-19T13:40:00.000-05:00

hahaha en un intento por remodelar mi blog, deje simplemente la cola hahaha
asi que llevo aproximadamente 20 horas invertidas en tratar de devolverle su decencia.
Asi que en estos dias probablemente se vean hechos extrasensoriales , paranormales etc.
Lo cual no significa que esta web ha sido haxoreada, sino que mas bien victima de mi pesimo gusto y cero talento en cuanto a disennio web xD hahahha
Aqui pueden ver el peor momento del blog (o quizas ahora esta en su peor momento quien sabe...)

Saludos.

No fear.

2005-08-16T17:55:00.000-05:00

~Jarlene

Rockstar!

2005-08-12T16:20:00.000-05:00

Interesante slogan de esta bebida energetica hahaha : PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR!.
En este instante la estoy ingiriendo asi que pronto se sabra el efecto, quien sabe termino como todo un TOTO o nose hahaha no cacho rockstars realmente... britney spears ? HAHAHAHA nose, lo que si tengo claro , es que esta bebida no sabe muy bien que digamos , pero le dare una oportunidad exclusivamente por el TOK envase y slogan hahahaha

Party like a Rockstar!!!! HHAHAHHAHA

WTF!!!

2005-08-10T16:31:00.000-05:00

www.jowlers.com !!!! AAHHAHAHAHAHHAH
La idea de esto es mover la cabeza tan rapido como se pueda , mientras tu socio del ocio toma la fotografia con flash... Si no te quedo claro en la pagina es posible encontrar un how-to con un video explicativo... Asi que no tienen excusas para no enviar sus jowlers! hahahaha

Arizona

2005-08-10T16:11:00.000-05:00

En este instante la estoy probando.

Puaj! fijo la bebida mas mala que he probado , igual le di la oportunidad y no paso mucho con el rocket fuel hahahah se fue en puro envase... en fin.
Saludos.
~devmod

Monster!!!!!

2005-08-09T17:59:00.000-05:00

Llego el dia tan esperado y temido... Pasillo 5 Soda, Energetic Drinks, Water.
Veo nombres nuevos , de hecho una de ellas tenia un simbolo hazard (lease radioactivo)
mas que pensar que era poderosa, pense que quizas tenia componentes no aprobados por la institucion encargada de regular este tipo de bebidas, asi que simplemente la obvie.
Trate de buscar algo que no haya probado , y me topo con una lata de app. medio litro...
Pense si no me da energias, al menos me quitara la sed, asi que la compre y la puse en el refrigerador.
Siguiente dia despierto 8 am, luego de almorzar alrededor de las 13 horas me tomo la MONSTER ENERGY obviamente me demore como media hora para poder tomarla por completo. Resultado final... Me senti igual todo el dia CREO, la unica diferencia es que no me pude quedar dormido hasta como las 2 am o algo asi , y ultimamente estoy durmiendo con las gallinas asi que me parecio bien raro. Conclusion... Energia uhmmm nose, Insomnio si quizas un par de horas, Sed aniquilada por completo :)

~devmod

Fajitas!

2005-08-08T21:23:00.000-05:00

Aqui una fotito para los incredulos no convencidos de mis dotes culinarias!
Por supuesto cocinando algo representativo de nuestra cultura chilena... FAJITAS!!!
Ustedes diran WTF?! , la respuesta es simple... Me aburri de explicar a los gringos que no toda sudamerica se alimenta con comida mexicana y que existen mas que tacos, burritos y fajitas en el cono sur...
De hecho mi primera vez comiendo algo tipico mexicano fue aca, en USA... En fin como dicen por ahi Si no puedes con ellos , uneteles!
Excepto por app. 20 Gringos que probaron nuestras tan FAMOSAS(?) empanadas! aunque no tuvieron idea que comieron y la mitad lo unico que sabia de Chile era Pinoushet hahaha (Mas info. [GRINGOS COMIENDO EMPANADAS FOTO1 FOTO2] )).
devmod.

Virtual Street Reality

2005-08-08T11:33:00.000-05:00

Virtual Street Reality. En esos tipicos dias de ocio internetero, me enviaron este link y la primera foto que vi, me dio la impresion de que toda la web seria de objetos gigantes fotografiados en la calle... Sorpresa la mia al continuar viendo la pagina y descubrir que son dibujos hechos en 2-D, osea sobre el llano, plano y basico CEMENTO!. Totalmente incredulo , y pensando que seguramente eran fotos trucadas en alguna forma (Lease photoshop, paint(?), etc haha), leyendo la web me di cuenta que esos dibujos vistos desde CIERTO angulo parecieran tener volumen (3-D), aparentan ser completamente reales! (lease reales como en: con volumen, con cuerpo, TANGIBLES, etc. No como reales como en : personas , o elementos reales duh!), de hecho al final de la pagina puedes encontrar una foto de la misma imagen vista desde el angulo equivocado, y en ese instante es cuando viene el tan esperado WTF! Simplemente espectacular... Visiten el sitio, y formen su opinion basados en nuestro tan apreciado sentido de la vista...

Bebidas energeticas.

2005-08-06T12:19:00.000-05:00

Ultimamente me puse a probar cuanta bebida energetica encuentro en supermercados y otros por el estilo. Luego de algunos Buuuu!! pq realmente algunas eran como bebida con sabor raro y ese era su efecto haha tomar algo raro , pq en vez de sentir mis energias renovadas mas bien me dolia el estomago. De todas las que probe creo q me he perdido como 5 tipos mas pero son las tipicas cocacola o pepsi con algun polvillo medio raro incluidas en ellas , osino unas marcas de dudosa procedencia que no me tincaron para nada , creo que estas en mi caso son las mas efectivas (lease las de la foto), efectivamente se siente en el sistema como a la media hora de ingerida , un poco de uhmm nose como explicarlo , pero si te sientes cansado , SIGUES cansado , con la diferencia de que si tienes que hacer otras cosas las haces igual es como mas que energia te da animo! (a coro: ANIMOOOO), o nose te quita un poco el suennio , pero no el cansancio . Al final cuando el efecto desaparece estas como 10 veces mas cansado de lo que lo estabas inicialmente haha, pero al menos realizaste las tareas q tenias que hacer.

Respecto a cuando debes estar despierto por periodos ridiculamente largos (para el ser humano estandar) (lease NO GEEK que duerme alrededor de 3 horas diarias) , lo que la lleva es starbucks double shot mas una bebida energetica cualquiera uhhh ahi si quedas totalmente despierto. Claro es cierto con el mismo resultado final cuando el efecto desaparece , Cansancio totalllll y una sensacion estomacal de haber tomado cafe y fumado por como 30 horas y no haber comido nada. En fin , siempre existe necesidad de su pequennia ayuda , como por ejemplo en trabajos de la U, o cosas por el estilo. Por un 70 o simplemente un 40 valen la pena los efectos secundarios! haha! (Claro siempre existe la posibilidad de usar la tan consagrada chiva : "Voy a dormir hasta las 2 am y luego termino el trabajo, para poder descansar algo antes de comenzar mi larga jornada de estudio/trabajo/etc", chiva no es muy efectiva, pero al menos nuestra conciencia queda tranquila pensando que existio la intencion de realizar dicha tarea aunque hayamos despertado a las 11 am de la manniana siguiente! ha!)

~devmod

Taz no resiste el acoso periodistico!

2005-08-05T14:30:00.000-05:00

Luego de su exito como modelo para www.stuffonmycat.com (lease post anterior) Taz en un ataque de ira luego de ser perseguido por paparazzis, desato toda su ira contra la prensa. Aqui se le observa atacando fisica y verbalmente a uno de los reporteron graficos. Saludos.

LEGO ON MY CAT! @ Stuffonmycat.com

2005-08-05T14:14:00.000-05:00

Despues de ver esta web ( http://www.stuffonmycat.com/ ) me inspire y con Taz como voluntario luego de un increible esfuerzo tecnologico arquitectonico logramos nuestra tan preciada fotografia. Taz quiere permanecer fuera de la farandula y los tabloides , asi que me pidio sea discreto y no envie esta foto a dicha web, el prefiere seguir su estilo de vida underground haha , Saludos.

Stf.- Abriéndose camino en la plataforma multimediática

2005-08-01T15:25:00.001-05:00

Interesante Blog este ah?. Una capacidad comica ludica narrativa increible (WTF?) , no se... leanlo y formen su propia opinion ha! ...

stf-.blogspot.com

Stf.-
Location:La Serena, Chile

Ya. Me llaman Estefanía y se supone que nací el 91'. Estoy llena de ideas locas en una ciudad donde lo único desquiciado es la miel de papaya. Voy en un colegio que no sabe quién soy porque a clases voy de incógnito. Este es mi blog, donde hago mucho más que un diario de vida. Espero que lo sepa apreciar.

2005-07-28T20:28:00.000-05:00

We got this new printer and it is so nice. It can print a CD and
all... Thanks to sponsor, Garvin from http://www.visualtributes.com