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Byword a Typewriter on the Mac

Gustavo Felisberto — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:41:39 +0000

I normally don’t do reports/reviews on applications. But the new byword application for the Mac is really really interesting.

At first glance of the features one would think that byword is just another simple text/rtf editor. But it comes with a twist. And what a twist it is……… The twist is that it takes minimalistic to a all new level. There are no menus with advanced formating and edition modes.

You just have a blank white page and you work with the keyboard. You do not need to use your mouse. You just type and type.

There are some visualization modes where it will even “hide” the previous written lines and paragraphs. In this mode the application really works as an old typewriter. It was an amazing experience to have blank page and write and write.

Also. If you try this application play with the “Increase/Decrease Selection at Caret”, I’m not saying the shortcuts as they may change between the language you have in MacOS.

Finally. This App was done by my cool friends at metaclassy.

Portugal. That wealthy Country

Gustavo Felisberto — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:34:24 +0000

A few months ago I reported on one of those cases where products were more expensive in Portugal than in other places.

Now I have to report on another case. The iPhone 4.
I compared the prices for the same operator (Vodafone) in Portugal and UK.
If you choose to go for a 24 Month plan and the iPhone 4 – 16GB the cheapest option in Portugal is the Best 500. And that will cost you 229.90+(67,75*24) and will give a grand total of 1855.9€ over a period of two years.
In the meantime in the UK you can choose the 600 minutes plan. And there you pay: 145.6+(42.82*24) and the grand total is 1173.28€

Not considering that the UK plan is much better in terms of minutes and data.

If we consider the minimum wages in the two countries( 470€/month for Portugal and 1136€/month for the UK wikipedia) can someone explain why are goods that have to imported to the EU space cheaper in the UK?

[Note]: The numbers for the UK were converted at todays conversion rate of 1.00 GBP = 1.22349 EUR

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Gustavo Felisberto — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:14:33 +0000

The other day I was talking to my friend Bruno about spending money in things that for some reason made no sense to the other.

The talk eventually evolved and it became really philosophical revolving around the meaning of life. We both agree that all organized religions revolve around the basic idea that there is an after life, and use that to gather followers. The problem is that both of us have a similar view on the afterlife: Not gonna happen!

We both agree that it sucks to live our life with all the things we have to endure and then: Puff. So the basic question was: Why do we get up in the morning?

There are actually thousands of perfectly good reasons to get up in the morning with no need to have religion involved (me and he are not religious and we get out of the bed every morning ). But just for the fun we shared a few of the reasons. Untill I told him:

Dude, but nothing beats being a father to get you out of bed in the morning.

Obvious jokes apart about getting out of bed in the morning, fatherhood is the single most effective event to make you look at the world in a new perspective.

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Gustavo Felisberto — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Being alone at work on Sunday can be depressing. #

@alcides I was actually working because I saw the football games this week and had to make for the lost time. in reply to alcides #

Dass…. Até eu vi que estava fora de jogo. #

@rsoliv esse está a precisar de dar um salto à Multioptica. in reply to rsoliv #

@psacra Google says he is just an idiot http://twitpic.com/20ixmu in reply to psacra #

@jpedroso stop and go drink a beer… Or two…. Or five in reply to jpedroso #

/me needs to put music on phone for these train travels where a nap would be GOOD IDEA(tm). #

@brunodecarvalho It actually means that code will never be good enough to gain sentience. Humanity is saved!!!! in reply to brunodecarvalho #

@missconnections Merecias ser expulsa!!!! Dá cá o BI para eu meter no paper shredder!!! in reply to missconnections #

Andei a gabar o Alfa Pendular. E ele como paga deve chegar com 15 min de atraso. #

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Gustavo Felisberto — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:59:00 +0000

R.I.P. José Saramago. #

Preciso de uma máquina de tabaco. #

É este tipo de atitudes que esperamos de um Presidente da Republica? http://tinyurl.com/2drs428 #

@MuscleNerd can you give a link with some other explanation on why? in reply to MuscleNerd #

iPhone in "Geek Mode" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9nV8ZDEQTw #

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Gustavo Felisberto — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Foto da praxe. http://twitpic.com/1wgi8e #

Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express. Refactoring? No! Just rename things and rebuild/pray. #

Parou. #

No Vasco da Gama está um leve odor a……. Algo estranho. #

@taspina no site dizem que RTP HD só depois de dia 22. in reply to taspina #

@jpedroso iPhone 4G delivered at home? in reply to jpedroso #

Com as viagens cima baixo Daqui a pouco começo a tratar os revisores da CP pelo nome. #

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Gustavo Felisberto — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:59:00 +0000

@hangas nem hoje nem nunca. Com chocolate são churros. in reply to hangas #
@jpedroso @rcabaco I'm following the Gizmodo twits and that is enough to drool. in reply to jpedroso #
@jpedroso that was the best "Mother I'm Here!" sign ever! in reply to jpedroso #
Sem duvida fantásticos RT @colivetree: Duas curtas muito boas em português: http://vimeo.com/11932087 e http://vimeo.com/6761817 #

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Gustavo Felisberto — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:59:00 +0000

@rcabaco Congrats m8!!!!!!!! in reply to rcabaco #
Mail.app is crashing in iPhone when opening attached PDF. Any one else having this issue? #
@filipemf boa viagem gajo. Have fun! in reply to filipemf #
@alcides just shows transmission.app suckz. My client used UPNP to open a port in the router. in reply to alcides #
@tmarto se tens trocado a que eu troquei à pouco ficavas dois anos sem ideias. in reply to tmarto #
@filipemf se encontrares de 32 a esse preço podes me trazer uma? Mas formata primeiro pois esses gajos são malandros. in reply to filipemf #
@missconnections acabou o respeito…… http://yfrog.com/751uosj #
@jpedroso have nice flight m8. Hope you enjoy and network alot. in reply to jpedroso #

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Gustavo Felisberto — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Qd era puto nunca fui caçar gambuzinos. Tive de esperar até hoje. #constutores_civis #corja #aldrab

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Gustavo Felisberto — Fri, 21 May 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Não que me estivesse a candidatar a ser uma super star. Mas tenho pena que não exista @davidfonseca na SingStore da PS3. #

@O_Pereira parabéns! Grande bolo! Outro igual em 2011? in reply to O_Pereira #

@tleitao Parabéns aos três!!!! #

When you see the power of the ssh -R command you'll….. #

Qual fralda matinal qual quê. Diarreia na fralda, na roupa, na cama. Será algum prenuncio para o dia. #

DarkSide were I come. #

@ivogomes se pedires eles splitam o cabo para a tv. Aí podes ligar a box e a consola por cabo. in reply to ivogomes #

@tmarto deviam ser 200. in reply to tmarto #

It is so nice to try to install a product and when it fails I dont even get an error message. #microsoft #sqlserver #fails #