Category Archives: Personal

The day my laptop exploded / O dia em que meu laptop explodiu

  Some "urban legends" seems to be so unrealistic that you never think it may happen to you. That was my thought so far. Was. These days, a new battery bought for my old Toshiba laptop thought it was in … Continue reading

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From onions to parking lots: the magic of accountablity / De cebolas a lotes de estacionamento: a mágica da prestação de contas

  Disclaimer: apart from some MSF references, this post contains personal non-technical thoughts only, please save your time jumping to the next post/blog if you’re looking for technical content today. I deeply wish that people and organizations were always accountable. … Continue reading

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The Pale Blue Dot

  Please think about this…      Have a nice weekend!   []s — AFurtado The statements or testimonies I offer in this post represent my own personal views.I am speaking for myself and not on behalf of my employer, Microsoft … Continue reading

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Spam @ US

  Relocating to a new country requires you to adapt to the new culture, day-by-day life, rules and lots of other things.   One of such "other things" that is really driving me mad here in the US is the spam … Continue reading

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Portuguese version of FurtaSpace

  This blog has now a Portuguese (pt-BR) version: FurtaSpaceBR! My friend Diogo Burgos and other Microsoft Student Partners from Brazil are translating the posts from here to there. If Portuguese is your preferred language and you don’t care reading the posts … Continue reading

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Where’s Waldo?

  Just sharing how fun it is to discover yourself almost by accident in a "less than one second appearance" in a web video… Check the video ("The Ingenuity Point"): http://www.theingenuitypoint.com/main/default.aspx []s— AFurtado

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