2010-02-28

Tweets of the month

# Just read a very good paper about statistically rigorous performance evaluation http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1297105.1297033 quinta-feira, 25 de Fevereiro de 2010 18:59:07

# pedrocustodio The Contemporary Portugal Database -> http://www.pordata.pt #data #statistics #portugal terça-feira, 23 de Fevereiro de 2010 10:17:23 Retweeted by you and 3 others

Humbled by the great disaster in Madeira island segunda-feira, 22 de Fevereiro de 2010 09:57:17

What a viewtyful day domingo, 21 de Fevereiro de 2010 09:32:28

Greek Tragedy http://sparrowflights.blogspot.com/2010/02/greek-tragedy.html quarta-feira, 17 de Fevereiro de 2010 13:52:15

# andrerib I love working just before or on holidays. The calm is just so incredibly productive. segunda-feira, 15 de Fevereiro de 2010 12:12:29 via HootSuite Retweeted by you and 1 other

Problemas graves no mundo do trabalho dos nossos dias http://voosdopardal.blogspot.com/2010/02/problemas-graves-no-trabalho-entrevista.html quarta-feira, 10 de Fevereiro de 2010 13:58:29

Just registered for SHiFT 2010 http://2010.shift.pt/ sexta-feira, 5 de Fevereiro de 2010 13:59:08

"Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past, You must fight just to keep them alive!" -- Survivor, Eye of the Tiger quarta-feira, 3 de Fevereiro de 2010 10:34:14

Something to inspire... http://sparrowflights.blogspot.com/2010/02/sagres.html terça-feira, 2 de Fevereiro de 2010 09:30:48

2010-02-22

Madeira

So much destruction after the heavy rains and floods in Madeira island...


More photos

May God help the people of Madeira in this dark hour, and may all of us do what we can to help.

2010-02-17

Greek Tragedy

What is the solution? One possibility is to recognize that the current euro zone might not make sense. This is not a decision that anyone will take this week, but it may well be the fast-approaching reality.

Full article: Wall Street Journal by Simon Johnson and Peter Boone

Recommended by Ed Schuster.

2010-02-16

LG GC900 Viewty phone




More information: http://www.lg.com/uk/mobile-phones/all-lg-phones/LG-touch-screen-phones-GC900.jsp

iTable

With the iPad coming soon, I got to thinking what would be the best computer input device for engineering work. The answer I found was: all of them!

What I would really like to have is an iTable - a full-size drawing board - where you could input using pen, keyboard, mouse, touch, all together.


It is a huge technical challenge, but it would be really, really nice!

Image credits: http://www.tecniart.org

2010-02-14

Because you loved me



Because You Loved Me
Songwriters: Diana Warren

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right

For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful, baby

You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through
Through it all

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me, ooh, baby

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach

You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love, I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me

Maybe, I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because
I was loved by you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You were always there for me, the tender wind that carried me
The light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

I'm everything I am
Because you loved me


http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/celine-dion-lyrics/because-you-loved-me-lyrics.html


--
Dedicated to 2 very important persons in my life.

2010-02-10

The Little Prince

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
What is essential is invisible to the eye."

2010-02-07

The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog


[Naveen and Tiana are cooking dinner]
Prince Naveen: [mincing vegetables] I'm not really used to doing this. I mean, most of the time I had servants do everything for me: dress my clothes, brush my teeth, even help me get out of bed!
Princess Tiana: [stirring broth] Aw, you poor baby.
Prince Naveen: Yes, they did everything for me, until the day my parents cut me off, and that's when I realized... I don't know how to do anything.

2010-02-06

Invictus

Invictus


Invictus by William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.


http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/invictus/

Avatar

Avatar


Dr. Grace Augustine: [to Jake, just before he connects to his Avatar] Just relax and let your mind go blank. That shouldn't be too hard for you.

2010-02-05

Up In The Air

Up In The Air


Ryan Bingham: Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.

2010-02-03

Keep your dreams alive

Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past, You must fight just to keep them alive!

Survivor, Eye of the Tiger

2010-02-02

Sagres

Where the earth ends and the sea begins





Martinhal, Point, and Ingrina beach; Sagres, Portugal.