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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497465/ I watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) [VCB] on 2009–02–23. Just superb, despite some technical failures on the early minutes: (1) the characters presentation dialogue, when the narrator refers to “Vicky only knowing what she doesn’t want”, when he should be referring to Cristina; and (2) some slightly out-of-focus frames, where the camera gets stuck [...]

Em 2008–02–20, a ZON (www.zon.pt), sem qualquer aviso, explicação ou entrada de canal alternativo/substituto, removeu o melhor canal de informação (Bloomberg) da grelha analógica. No mesmo dia também foram chutados o soberbo Aljazeera e o “Infinito”. E sobe a men$alidade… (!) Muitos não compreendem quão excelente é o Bloomberg. Só ao cabo de uns dias de [...]

With the recent slump in memory and cpu prices, I decided to spend some money on new gear for my personal computer.My options were: the Intel Q9650 (4 cores, 12MB shared cache, 3 GHz, CORE2 QUAD technology) and 8 GB of DDR2 PC2–8000 RAM, in the form of 4x 2GB sticks, from GSKILL. In less [...]

I took note of some news, that I watched on Bloomberg, relative to the 20090201 week: (1) IMF (International Monetary Fund) recommendations for the Asian Economies. These recommendations include “fiscal stimulus plans”, which translates to lower taxes and easier credit, so that individuals and businesses can have more money available.Available for what? For spending/investing: on [...]