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Hace poco más de 4 meses dejé lo que podría considerarse un “Trabajo de Ensueño”

Para el que no recuerde, mi trabajo consistía en hacer temporadas en Miami de hasta 6 meses programando para una empresa medianamente grande, que cuenta con programadores en México, Salvador, China, India y Estados Unidos. Después de esos 6 meses regresaba a Mérida a esperar que me tocara viajar a Miami de nuevo!

Al dejar mi trabajo lo hice con un par de ofertas… una mas tentadora que la otra.

Creo que hasta la fecha mucha gente cree que estoy trabajando en el Gobierno, especialmente por mis horarios de trabajo que son de 1:00 pm a 9:00 pm. Afortunadamente (¿o desafortunadamente?) no es así, no estoy trabajando en el Gobierno ni estoy trabajando en el Ayuntamiento. En realidad estoy trabajando para una empresa que, para no variar y no perder la costumbre, se dedica a hacer programas de cómputo.

Eso del “Trabajo Soñado” depende de como lo mires

Uno de los programas en los que estoy colaborando con esta empresa esta orientado a controlar un restaurante, disco o centro nocturno. He tenido la oportunidad de estar presente en dos instalaciones.

La primera fue en la Parrilla de Montejo y estuve a cargo de revisar e instalar unos nuevos módulos para poder ver reportes informativos por Internet ya sea en un Browser de PC o un Celular (ambas versiones desarrolladas por mi) Después de pasar más de 3 horas entre instalación, revisión y capacitación de los nuevos módulos, el Gerente de Costos nos dio unas muy preciadas cortesías en bufete

La segunda instalación fue en un Centro Nocturno llamado MAGIC, ahí estuve encargado de supervisar los nuevos módulos que ayudan precisamente a controlar aquellas “ventas” que un sencillo programa restaurantero no controla. ¿Quién creen que programó estos nuevos módulos? Así es, yo los programé y es por eso que mi presencia en el arranque del “negocio” era necesaria en caso de que algo saliera mal o fuera necesario resolver aquellos problemas que siempre ocurren gracias a esa pseudo ley llamada “De Morphy”.

Afortunadamente nada salió mal en el arranque del negocio y solo tuve que aclarar algunas dudas de los meseros a la hora de capturar sus comandas en la computadora.

Video tomado con mi celular, a eso se debe la baja calidad

¿Que creen que tuve que hacer en los ratos que no estuve ocupado?

Una vez más, el “Trabajo Soñado” depende de como lo mires

Pues resulta que el supuesto “Dibujo mas Grande del Mundo” (Biggest Drawing in the World) es una farsa y el “artista” (yo diría artistucho de 5ta) ha tenido que retractarse poniendo una aclaración en su pagina

This is fictional work. DHL did not transport the GPS at any time

Ahora, por culpa de este re-cabrón hijueputa, media blogosfera esta poniendo notas aclaratorias (como esta que están leyendo) disculpándose por haberles tomado el pelo (no era mi intención, se los juro).

Por todo eso… que Chingue a todita su Madre Nordenenkar!
(Ustedes disculpen mi francés, no esta muy pulido que digamos )

El otro día estaba perdido en mis pensamientos y atendiendo mis propios asuntos… cuando levanto la cabeza para aclarar mis ideas veo que junto a mi comienzan a darse con todo un par de perras. No pude evitar sacar mi teléfono celular y grabar la escena

THIS IS A FAKE - I’M SORRY, I DIDN’T KNOW THIS WAS FAKE

Some one decided it was time to use the Globe as a Canvas and the GPS system as a Pen and thus obtaining The Biggest Drawing in the World

Towel Day Fan Site

Towel Day is celebrated every May 25 as a tribute by fans of the late author Douglas Adams. The commemoration was first held in 2001, two weeks after his death on May 11, 2001. On this day, fans carry a towel with them during the day to demonstrate their participation and mourning of the author. The towel is a reference to Adams’s popular science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value - you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you - daft as a bush, but very, very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have “lost”. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

The original article that began Towel Day was posted at “Binary Freedom”, a short lived open source forum.

Towel Day: A Tribute to Douglas Adams
Monday May 14, 2001 06:00am PDT

Douglas Adams will be missed by his fans worldwide. So that all his fans everywhere can pay tribute to this genius, I propose that two weeks after his passing (May 25, 2001) be marked as “Towel Day”. All Douglas Adams fans are encouraged to carry a towel with them for the day, and preferably quote the popular books and television series constantly..

So long Douglas, and thanks for all the fish!

– D Clyde Williamson, 2001-05-14

En el nuevo video de Weezer Pork and Beans aparecen algunas de las celebridades de Internet cantado con la banda, ya sea desde sus locaciones originales o junto con la banda. Sin duda un video “interesante”, intenten verlo hasta el final

¿Alguno de ustedes recuerda a “Where the hell is Matt”?
El domingo tendrás la oportunidad de aparecer en su próximo video:

Hi folks

Pido disculpas de que esta invitación no se escribe en español. Si desea una traducción, por favor dígame.

If you’re getting this email, you’ve either signed-up on my site to be notified or you’ve written to me and mentioned where you live. I’m coming to Meixco to shoot a clip for my new dancing video. This is an invitation to come out and join me.

The last video was about places. This one is about people. LOTS of people. So I’m not too concerned about the background. I just want a place where people can gather and dance badly without getting into too much trouble.

The location is in the Zocalo on Sunday, May 25th. We will meet near the flagpole. Dancing will begin at 3pm.

Here’s a link to the Google Map:
http://tinyurl.com/6c8h3a

The photo attached to this email shows where to meet.

I realize Mexico is a very large country. I wish I could cover more regions, but I only have time to shoot one clip and Mexico City is where I get the most email.

We’re not publicizing the event. This is just going out to people who’ve signed up on my site or sent me email. But please feel free to extend this invitation to everyone you know who might want to participate.

The boring details are below. If you can’t make it, you don’t need to read any further:

Please print out the attached release form and sign it ahead of time, if possible. If you don’t have a printer, I’ll have copies to hand out.

I’ll also need to take a photo of each participant before the dance and attach it to the release form so we can identify everyone in the video. You don’t need to bring a photo. I’ll have a camera.

If you are under 18, you MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian who can sign the release form and be photographed with you. Those are the rules I have to follow in order to use the footage. The good news is that my sponsor is making a donation to charity for each person who signs up and dances with me.

Feel free to invite friends to come with you. Just make sure everyone is okay with signing the release form.

When you get to the spot, look for the guy who looks like the guy in the dancing video. Just come on over and say hello. I shouldn’t be too difficult to find.

It will take some time to process each person, so depending on how many show up, I may have to stop accepting forms at some point and shoot the video. If you come early, it’ll make things a bit easier on me.

The whole thing shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes to shoot. We’ll set up the shot, dance for about 15 seconds, do it one more time for good measure, and then try a couple fun variations.

There won’t be any music. That gets added later. Dance however you want to the music in your head, or bring headphones if you prefer

I can’t guarantee that the clip we shoot will end up in the final video. There will be a lot of footage to choose from and some of it will not be used.

You’re welcome to bring your own camera. After the shoot, I’ll stick around for pictures and stuff. I’m happy to dance with you in your own picture/video, so don’t hesitate to ask.

Please reply to this email if you plan to attend and let us know how many people you think you’ll be bringing. It’ll help to give us an idea of how many to expect.

We’re planning to put the final video up on the internet on June 21st, 2008.

I look forward to dancing badly with you!

-Matt and Melissa

Release Form in Spanish