Frases de Joaquín Sabina

Aunque sea poco frecuente voy a escribir una entrada en castellano, me he encontrado un vídeo en Youtube que como enamorado de frases con sabiduría y de Sabina y quería compartir por aquí algunas de ellas: Y morirme contigo si te matas y matarme contigo si te mueres, porque el amor aunque no muere mata, … Continue reading Frases de Joaquín Sabina →

Taskd server on Raspbian

Quick entry to document the installation process to a Taskd server on Raspbian, in my previous entry I wrote about the same process but on pfSense (FreeBSD 11), but I decided to move my tasks server to my Raspberry Pi 3, so this is how I did it: TASKD SERVER INSTALLATION # apt install taskd … Continue reading Taskd server on Raspbian →

Opening lines from an old poem

These beautiful opening lines come from The Hymn of Empedocles from Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888): IS it so small a thing To have enjoy'd the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done; To have advanced true friends, and beat down baffing foes; ...

Sugar Man

This entry is just to share the lyrics from what I think that it is an amazing song, Sugar Man of which artist was Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, from the album "Cold Fact": Sugar man, won't you hurry, 'cause I'm tired of these scenes. For a blue coin, won't you bring back all those colors to … Continue reading Sugar Man →

Some of my favorite movie quotes

In a completely random order: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." -- Apocalypse Now, 1979 "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys." -- Dead Poets Society, 1989 "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." -- The Usual Suspects, 1995 "Roads? Where we're going we don't need … Continue reading Some of my favorite movie quotes →

The Interrogation of the Good

I don't remember exactly when I read a comment about this poem but that time I thought that it is worth to share it so here it is. “The Interrogation of the Good” by Bertolt Brecht, which Slavov Zizek quotes in Violence to mock the neoliberalism of American progressives and professionals. The comment I read … Continue reading The Interrogation of the Good →

Cranky Old Man

This blog entry is just to share a poem, a beautiful one, here the history behind that poem: "When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his … Continue reading Cranky Old Man →