LaTeX, KDE 4-5 Transition and TeXstudio
When I’m at the computer, a great deal of my writing activity happens not precisely in a word processor (such as MS Word, or LibreOffice Writer), but on a...
Category: General
Tim Challies on the influence of Christianity
There is a pervasive tendency to ignore our Christian heritage and how Christianity introduced a respect for life and liberty that was completely unknown before...
A nice winter day. New post coming!
Nice winter day here. I’m writing a new post, and I hope it to publish it soon.
Ed Hurst: Moving from Windows
Some fresh advice from Ed Hurst: Moving from Windows Some good tips there. I concur with his recommendation on Debian unless you want to be a little bit closer ...
Fast Company: How to Seize Your Most Productive Hours To Get Things Done
This article at Fast Company caught my attention. I’m usually a night owl, and the feelings of frustration that describes certainly ring a bell here. Reco...
Things are not what they once were…
… And that is especially true of my WordPress theme. I recognize that many people surf the Web from mobile devices, and thus I need to offer them somethin...
The Day I Was Laid Off
Off I went, an unemployed man, on Workers’ Day Eve. And I was thankful for it. April 30th, 2011 seemed to be just another day at the office, compounded wi...
Merry Christmas!
This year is coming to an end. It has been hectic as usual, unusually challenging, but very enriching. Recollections and thoughts are set for another post. Now,...
Perdona: a public interest campaign on forgiveness
As part of my work in the advertising trade, I was tasked with developing a public-interest campaign. In fact, “developing” is too high a word, sinc...
Merry Christmas
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14 ESV) I w...
Four Decades
By the grace of God, I am turning 40 on this day. It’s not another birthday; it is a momentous one. Such an occasion is always an invitation to reflect ov...
Some updates
Hey, I’m still alive! Honest! 
My apologies for the lack of updates. Real Life (TM), especially in the form of law school, got forcefully in the way of r...
OfB.biz: When Jerks Abuse an Organization
You might remember that I called your attention to Tim’s insightful piece, “The Hidden Danger of Peacemakers“. In response to that, I wrote tw...
2009: The Year in Retrospect
Oh my. 2009 was such a year! It was a year full of news good and not so good, and it came and went in style, but all was so hectic! But I digress. The year 20...
One More Year
Today I’m officially one year older. So far, it is a nice day; I had lunch with the family, amidst a nice day at the office. And in a few minutes, I am su...
Some updates
Well, another month has passed. Someone took my month away! In fact, life has been hectic. Thankfully, finals are over, and with it another semester. I feel r...
Law School
Some of you may have seen scattered references to law school in my previous posts and therefore wondered about it. The gist of the story is that I am, in fact, ...
Don Victorio, RIP
You might remember about my father-in-law, Don Victorio, because I wrote about him previously (see Don Victorio the Spaniard). Today I am writing about him to t...
Extremely. Tired.
Here I am, at 2.35 am, working at a term paper I should submit to Law School. Yeah right, domicile theory should be straightforward… famous last words. ...
Happy Easter!
We are about to finish an exhausting Holy Week. For those of you who live up North, Holy Week in Paraguay is almost entirely a holiday week, thus providing a mu...
The Historic Ships at Vapor-Cué
The inscription at the flag says: “This flag was the last one to wave on the Yhaguy River, on the boat Pirabebe. One of the sailors was Hermenegildo Almir...
KDE 4.2: Oh. My. Goodness…
Yep. That darned thing left me breathless. After roughly 14-15 h of compiling (that is excluding dependencies, such as Qt which alone took > 4h, and KOffice ...
KDE 4.2 released!
That’s right. You can read all the gory details at the announcement. This new version promises a host of improvements over previous versions. The fact is,...
Lazy summer
Our summer is slowly passing by with no major news. I am still without a job, but we are praying for a new one. Days are usually hot, but now we are going throu...
Merry Christmas!
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior… for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. And his merc...
Slackware 12.2 on sombragris
I was able to upgrade the Slackware setup on sombragris the trusty laptop, to Slackware 12.2 without any problem. I didn’t install KDE, though; rather, I ...
The Last Day of My Current Job
As I told you before, Rev. S. (my boss) told me that my current job would run through December 31. Well, today my boss told me that he already needed the office...
Linux Canuck’s: How to Help a Newbie
Wandering through the Web, I found this piece by Linux Canuck: How to Help a Newbie. The writing is full of excellent advice; therefore I am glad to recommend i...