Archive for March, 2007
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Green Energy
The ambitious project by the Portuguese government that aims to increase electricity generated from renewable sources to 45 percent by 2010 is not new news. However, what is new is that this is not just political bullshit, a lot of private investment has gone into it as well.
Today, the World’s largest Solar Power Plant opened […]
1 Comment » - Posted in English, Misc by nuno
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Internet and Crime
Crime on the Internet is old news, specially crimes about sexual predators and child pornography. In my opinion, in the near future we all will need to be a little more careful about the things we publish on the Internet for our own security. There’s a niche of crimes that hasn’t been exploited yet […]
No Comments » - Posted in English, Opinião by nuno
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Happy Persian New Year!
For all you Persians out there, I wish you a Happy New Year of 1386!
Norouz Mobarak!
Tags:1386, iran, new year, norouz, noruz, persian
No Comments » - Posted in English, Misc by nuno
Friday, March 16th, 2007
sig9
For those of you who are curious about the origins of this domain name, watch this:
You can read the lyrics here.
Thanks to Gamboa for the links.
Tags:kill, sig9, sigkill, signals, unix
No Comments » - Posted in Misc by nuno
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Onde reclamar?
Quando queremos reclamar ou queremos ver os nossos direitos de consumidor respeitados e precisamos de ajuda, de quem é que nos lembramos? A resposta mais sensata é concerteza a DECO.
Agora pergunto: E quando a reclamação é sobre a DECO?
Pois é, neste momento é o que preciso. Estes senhores cobraram-me a assinatura trimestral duas vezes. Enviei […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Português, Critica by nuno
Monday, March 12th, 2007
Wine Tasting (II)
Last night, some friends and I tried some red wines.
This time, we tried the following red wines:
Quinta Vale do Bragão, Douro, 2002 - An amazing wine from Douro of course. Established on the Pinhão slopes in the 18th Century, Quinta Vale do Bragão belongs to the Borges Costa family. Its varieties of Touriga Nacional, […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Wine, English, Misc, Opinião by nuno
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Lei anti-tabaco em Portugal
Após os meus comentários sobre a proposta de lei anti-tabaco em Portugal no meu post Lei anti-tabaco entra em vigor hoje na França, parece que houve novidades.
A proposta de lei foi aprovada na passada quinta-feira em Conselho de Ministros. Posteriormente será viabilizada pelo PS no Parlamento e aplicada já a partir de 2008.
O ministro da […]
