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My friend Prof. Leocádio, UNI-BH University teacher and a well known Open Source enthusiast in my province (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and country gave me the hint of this amazing piece of software. He published some articles on his blog (sorry, portuguese only) giving some tips on how to properly install and use it.
On iTALC website, [...]

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Viva São João!

domingo, junho 29th, 2008

IN ENGLISH
Long time no blog!
For those who doesn’t know, I already got back from Canada, and settled in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
I arrived on 11th May, and 1 week later I was already working on a company that I can’t say right now… but I assure I’ll tell it later!
Canada is definetly a place that i [...]

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Ubuntu 8.04 release party in Montreal

terça-feira, abril 15th, 2008

Fabián Rodríguez invited and We (my girlfriend and I) will attend!
Unfortunately, I can spend my French in 15 seconds (je mapele Duda. Je ne parle pas français! je coupe le fromage avec mon main droite), so I will not be able to talk in French with our Québécois fellows… Sorry about that
But guess what? [...]

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Canada - from coast to coast

sábado, abril 5th, 2008

In a couple days We’ll (my girlfriend and I) start a lifetime trip. We’ll cross Canada from coast to coast with the Canrail pass from Canada Via Rail which will gives us 12 days of train trip within 30 days. When I say “coast to coast“, I really mean it. From Vancouver to Halifax!
As some [...]

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CBC.ca Radio in ogg vorbis

quinta-feira, fevereiro 14th, 2008

Yeah! One more reason for loving Canada!
As some of you may know, I’m studying the English Language in Vancouver, Canada (Business English and Proficiency). Today, while working on a project for a client in Brazil, I was looking for a way to hear the CBC (I usually hear it on the way for the college [...]

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Factoid 2

quarta-feira, fevereiro 6th, 2008

Based on Luis de Bethencourt’s post, here goes another factoid…
 12345679 * 8 = 98765432
cool!

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Some updates: Go Canucks!

sábado, janeiro 26th, 2008

Yes, I know. It has been a long time since I last posted. A little more then two weeks. So here goes some updates about what’s going on. Explanation about the title goes below…
12/01 Moved from Hamilton, ON to Vancouver, BC, Canada - Wow! Lovely city! Fortunately I only had a few rainy days, and [...]

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I just love Canada!

sexta-feira, dezembro 21st, 2007

First off all: it was incredibly easy to get the visa. 1 week. That’s all it took from the moment I started the process on Canada’s Embassy, in São Paulo, Brazil, and the moment I had it on my passport. I suspected that the invitation letter I had from my Canadian relatives helped but i [...]

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Toronto Team Photos from December 15th

quarta-feira, dezembro 19th, 2007

For sure we a have a very active and nice community here in Canada. They all were very receptive, friendly and fun! We had good times! Who wasn’t there, missed all this
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Now I’m looking forward to meet with the Vanlug guys, in January or later (Maybe a Hardy Heron Release Party?). Hope to see [...]

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Got battery?

terça-feira, dezembro 18th, 2007

Yesterday I just picked up my new batteries bought directly from Toshiba Canada. It was so cheap that I ordered two of them.
It was a great deal! The total amount, including taxes and shipping (free!) was 57,00 Canadian dollars. With the battery that came with my laptop (a Satellite A100 0fh model), after 1 year, [...]

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