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March 8, 2010

5000 km road trip to Holland

I have to say i felt completely exhausted. Humans were just not meant to spend 22 straight hours inside a car, much less sleep in one.

In any case, i really needed to get my stuff out of the Netherlands and the alternatives were more expensive so it had to be (…)
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February 9, 2010

Almost time to return

With less than 20 days until my return to the country where the sun does shine (Portugal), i can’t help but thinking more and more about these 3 years in Holland. With that in mind, i decided to write a really long post on my experiences here in the Netherlands (…)
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January 18, 2010

Remote software developers

I recently found myself wondering about what would be the reasons why most IT companies don’t like the idea of having its employees working remotely.

From the top of my head, and playing a devil’s advocate role, I can come up with:

Working remotely gives you an excuse not to work;
You are (…)
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December 10, 2009

Mars produces Methane, and so do I

Turns out that the methane that was found on Mars is not a product of meteor strikes, scientists have found, which means Mars actually produces methane.

My question is: Where are the green aliens that fart all day to produce it?

NOTE: After careful investigation, I found the following: “According to Dr. (…)
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November 5, 2009

Space elevator tryouts

It turns out the space elevator technology is really progressing. This week three teams will be in the Mojave desert to try out their designs. The objective is to make a robotic machine climb up a cable, that is attached to an helicopter 1km above the ground, using laser beams.

The (…)
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