Good morning, bon dia, buenos dias…

In English we say “Good morning” (so, we wish a good and nice morning).

In Catalan we say “Bon dia”. Literally: “Good day”. It seems that Catalan language is a bit more generous than English language: wishing a whole good day! (not just the morning).

But in Spanish… we say “Buenos dias”. So, literally: “Good […]

I don’t want to be a domesticated dromedary

In my recent trip to Morocco I went to some dunes by… dromedary (so, a camel with only one hump).

The guide said that usually the dromedaries cannot be driven (guided) like a horse. Actually the typical desert image is a person walking and then camels following the person (there is always one walker).

I […]

Chocolate-ware licenses

There is a “free software” license called “Beer license” (or beerware). It doesn’t seem to be recognized as a free software license by theOpen Source Initiative.

In one of the Mendeley hackdays I did a Calibre plugin. I wanted to release it, so it had to have a license. I thought to release with some […]

Experiència Marroc / TourMarruecos.com

Fa mesos pensava on anar aquest febrer/març. M’agrada marxar de Londres alguna setmana durant el febrer perquè es fa fosc d’hora, el temps no acompanya massa, etc. (el desembre, en canvi, com que un espera les vacances de Nadal, passa ràpid 🙂 ).

Vaig demanar consell a uns amics d’una llista de correu catalana… i […]

Share your dreams

Sometimes I say to friends: if I appear in your dreams, please let me know. I understand that it’s my friend’s dreams and there are some privacy issues. But at the same time it’s my image appearing there, so maybe I have the right to know what my image is doing in other people’s dreams.

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