Thứ Hai, 31 tháng 7, 2006
Alastair Humphreys alrededor del mundo en bici, Foxy Brown y Sizzla
Pocas hazañas me parecen tan admirables en la actualidad como la realizada por el ingles Alastair Humphreys que en 2001 decidió coger su bici 7.000 libras (unos 10.000 euros) que se había ahorrado y empezar a pedalear huyendo de la rutina y la monotonía de la vida actual en occidente.
Y pedaleando, pedaleando se dio la vuelta al mundo en bicicleta durante 4 años y unos mesecitos, recorriendo entre tanto, 46.000 millas (74.000 km), 60 países, 5 continentes y cientos de experiencias inolvidables y envidiables…
Durante toda esta odisea ha recaudado dinero para Hope and Homes for Children una asociación que se dedica a proporcionar una familia y un futuro para niños victimas de guerras y desastres.
En Agosto de 2001 abandono Yorkshire, viajando hacia el sur hasta África por el Este desde donde, en barco, viajó por mar a Sudamérica recorriéndose la costa oeste americana hasta llegar a Alaska. Desde allí viaja a Rusia y, dirección Oeste, pasa por China y Asia Central hasta llegar a Europa y terminar en UK, en casa, donde ahora vive con su novia…
Admirable al 100 por 100...
Ahora un poquito de acción con Foxy Brown y Sizzla
Thứ Bảy, 29 tháng 7, 2006
Thứ Bảy, 22 tháng 7, 2006
Mis vecinos los Yamadas y Nausicaa
Hoy he creado un torrent con una película del estudio japonés de animación Ghibli: My Neighbors The Yamadas.
Para quien no lo sepa, BitTorrent es un programa que te permita descargar archivos de Internet. Además del BiTorrent yo tengo instalado el cliente de descargas BitComet para gestionar los “torrents”.
Esta película no ha sido dirigida por Hayao Miyazaki como casi todas las demás, ésta ha sido dirigida por Isao Takahata, el que ahora es director del Museo Ghibli en Mitaka, Tokio.
Y ahora el tema de apertura de la peli "Nausicaa" de Ghibli.
Cuando me entere de como publicar un link a un torrent pongo el link para que os lo podáis bajar.
Si alguien sabe como hacerlo que me lo explique ;P
Chủ Nhật, 16 tháng 7, 2006
Post-call
Exhausted, slightly disoriented and feeling woozy. We just cooked up a big breakfast and I think now that we're digesting we're slowly falling asleep.
It was cool, two of my friends were on call with me last night so we got to go through it together. It ruined our weekend, in fairness. Saturday call means 9am to 9am on Sunday. You have no vacation between the two work weeks and no day to sleep in and recharge your batteries. Its cool having a friend or two on call with you because when they're done their work or you're done yours, you wander over and help clear each other's boards by doing the menial (and annoying) little tasks of re-charting drugs and taking bloods. It lets the guy working the ward focus on the bigger issues such as working up a patient with chest pain or low blood pressure, or admitting and ordering pre-op tests for a patient coming in for an operation.
Being on call is a totally different experience to normal work. You cover a few wards on your own and depending on your luck it could be a good night or a bad one. I had a good night last night, managed to sleep 4 continuous hours (unheard of!). When I woke up at 6 I thought my pager was busted. I hurried up to take a few bloods meant for 6am and I found out that all the patients had slept quite comfortably through the night. Even that one guy who was de-sating (desaturating, in terms of blood oxygen saturation levels) had had a reasonably quiet night. Lucky me.. still makes me worry that the next one is going to be a bad one. Things tend to work out like that.
What's going on in Lebanon anyway? I've been so wrapped up trying to strike that balance between work and play that I've been cut-off from the world. Hope that shit resolves itself soon, its too complicated and depressing for me to even follow on the news.. that's why I'll just put my head down and keep on working I suppose.
It was cool, two of my friends were on call with me last night so we got to go through it together. It ruined our weekend, in fairness. Saturday call means 9am to 9am on Sunday. You have no vacation between the two work weeks and no day to sleep in and recharge your batteries. Its cool having a friend or two on call with you because when they're done their work or you're done yours, you wander over and help clear each other's boards by doing the menial (and annoying) little tasks of re-charting drugs and taking bloods. It lets the guy working the ward focus on the bigger issues such as working up a patient with chest pain or low blood pressure, or admitting and ordering pre-op tests for a patient coming in for an operation.
Being on call is a totally different experience to normal work. You cover a few wards on your own and depending on your luck it could be a good night or a bad one. I had a good night last night, managed to sleep 4 continuous hours (unheard of!). When I woke up at 6 I thought my pager was busted. I hurried up to take a few bloods meant for 6am and I found out that all the patients had slept quite comfortably through the night. Even that one guy who was de-sating (desaturating, in terms of blood oxygen saturation levels) had had a reasonably quiet night. Lucky me.. still makes me worry that the next one is going to be a bad one. Things tend to work out like that.
What's going on in Lebanon anyway? I've been so wrapped up trying to strike that balance between work and play that I've been cut-off from the world. Hope that shit resolves itself soon, its too complicated and depressing for me to even follow on the news.. that's why I'll just put my head down and keep on working I suppose.
Thứ Bảy, 15 tháng 7, 2006
Ante los problemas, buena cara música y alegría, Kelis, “Trick me”
Cuando todo nos parecen barreras hay que aplicar la perseverancia, alegría y buena cara.
Y nada mejor que un poquito de música.´
Kelis, “Trick me”.
Buen finde.
Thứ Tư, 12 tháng 7, 2006
Ballenas azules y La Verdolaga
A continuación un video de uno de los seres mas impresionantes que habitan y han habitado este planeta.
El comentarista, para los que no controlen Ingles, dice:
El animal más grande que ha existido jamás, más grande que el mayor dinosaurio.
Hasta 30 metros de largo y 200 toneladas.
La lengua sola pesa lo que un elefante.
El corazón es del tamaño de un coche.
Algunos de sus vasos capilares son tan anchos que se podría nadar en ellos.
La cola tiene la longitud de las alas de un avión pequeño.
Se alimenta de uno de los animales más pequeños, plancton de unos centímetros de largo. Es capaz de comer hasta 40 millones de estos pequeños moluscos al día.
Se sabe muy poco sobre ellas.
Increible, ¿no?
Ahora la canción "La verdolaga" de P18.
El comentarista, para los que no controlen Ingles, dice:
El animal más grande que ha existido jamás, más grande que el mayor dinosaurio.
Hasta 30 metros de largo y 200 toneladas.
La lengua sola pesa lo que un elefante.
El corazón es del tamaño de un coche.
Algunos de sus vasos capilares son tan anchos que se podría nadar en ellos.
La cola tiene la longitud de las alas de un avión pequeño.
Se alimenta de uno de los animales más pequeños, plancton de unos centímetros de largo. Es capaz de comer hasta 40 millones de estos pequeños moluscos al día.
Se sabe muy poco sobre ellas.
Increible, ¿no?
Ahora la canción "La verdolaga" de P18.
Chủ Nhật, 9 tháng 7, 2006
Mon Dieu!
Oh Zizou.. what were you thinking? I'm quite sad to see one of the best players I have ever had the privilege of watching end his wonderful career in such a shameful fashion.
Congratulations to Italy. The wait's been long, but it just makes it oh so sweeter. Too bad you'll all wake up with a hangover and question marks over your jobs, but hey.. might as well enjoy it now.
Zizou, Zizou.. pourquoi mon ami?