sduford on May 30 2007 | Filed under: Panama, Photography, Travel
I am really kicking myself for not bringing my big 50-500mm zoom lens with me. The last two times I came to Panama I barely used it at all and since we were trying to travel lighter this time around, I decided to leave it home.
Well, turns out the house we are renting is nested [...]
sduford on May 28 2007 | Filed under: Building in Panama, Panama
On Monday we drove down to Panama City to meet with our architect and go over the blueprints. We reviewed the layouts and elevation as well as the electrical drawings. We asked for several minor changes as everything is getting really close to what we want.
On Friday we will meet with him again and go [...]
sduford on May 27 2007 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
(Note: the Internet access wasn’t working until yesterday so I am making a series of post-dated entries.)
Our trip down to Panama was very smooth and uneventful compared with the last one!
We Air Canada to San Jose (CR) and then a short flight on COPA to Panama City. We arrived 20 minutes early and were out [...]
sduford on May 23 2007 | Filed under: Technology
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the amazing Tesla Roadster electric sports car. Here’s a good news report on the car and the company.
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sduford on May 19 2007 | Filed under: Building in Panama, Panama
One week from now we will be back in Panama for our third trip in 8 months. This time we hope to finalize the blueprints and select the building materials and colours. Hopefully we will have two or three sets of estimates by the end of June.
We will be down there for two weeks again, [...]
sduford on May 19 2007 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
Yesterday was a good day. Microsoft announced they were buying aQuantive, a company I worked for before it went public in 2000.
This Company had quite a roller coaster ride. When we went public at the height of the dotcom boom, we were looking for $8-10 a share, and the stock shot up to $89 on [...]
sduford on May 15 2007 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
Jerry Falwell, the hateful and divisive preacher and televangelist is dead. Here’s an excellent summary of the man and his career: The Stone is Cast.
sduford on May 14 2007 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
The deeply disturbing documentary Jesus Camp is now up on Google Video. This is a must watch movie. Disturbing, unbelievable, infuriating, and scary, but important. And you thought all extremists were in the Middle-East?
sduford on May 12 2007 | Filed under: Science
I just found this article by Steven Pinker, the famous psychologist and author, that he wrote for Time Magazine back in January. He very succinctly explains the latest scientific developments on the functioning of the brain and its relationship to consciousness. Well worth reading!
sduford on May 11 2007 | Filed under: Panama
A lot of my friends, family, and co-workers are asking me why we bought land in Panama of all places. Here’s a video that resumes it quite well. Keep in mind that this is a marketing video made by International Living, a real estate peddling company disguised as an information resource. But still, while the video [...]
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