The renowned Volkswagen case that came to light a couple of weeks ago is a great example for better understanding the benefits of free software. I think that in the world we live in, it’s very important to understand the power that software can have, and with non-free software, this power can be invisible to our eyes and act against us, or in favor of its manufacturer without us knowing. ...

Due to travel reasons I’m selling the 1998 Subaru Legacy Outback It’s an incredible car for all these reasons and more: It has all-wheel drive, all the time. Which not only makes it suitable for any road, it also makes it a much safer car, turns incredibly well, in any terrain and weather condition. Super safe, it has disc brakes on all 4 wheels, ABS and dual airbags. You step on the brake and it stops, no matter what… it stops. The doors have no pillars! A subtle comfort, after having a car with pillarless doors you won’t want to go back. Pillarless doors - Comfort and elegance ...

A colleague’s violet outfit at the office led me to watch on YouTube the video for Alcides’ song of the same name… which in turn led me to listen to other songs by this popular Argentine musician, who bears a strange physical resemblance to Giorgio Moroder (probably the mustache…), and although their music belongs to completely different universes, the melodies—the combination of notes and chords—manage to create a kind of nostalgic sadness that’s very hard to define. ...

One day I saw a photo that I loved… and I came up with the idea of giving it some kind of perpetual motion, but at the same time allowing it to be touched, modified—and that’s how Happy Moon was born. Happy Moon is a bit of art that came out of almost nothing. Happy Moon is a piece of software that seeks user calm, deceleration, relaxation, and contemplation. It was made from an exquisite photo by Ana Darcacha and features music by A Ghost Train. ...

I suppose you already know that Google knows everything about us. Our age, our interests, everything we search for, everything we save in our favorites; with every click, every search, every upload, we leave a digital fingerprint (in both senses of the word). Google knows it all, and now, with its Android operating system—present on more than 80%(*) of phones worldwide—it has another eye: geolocation. Our smartphones that run Android (Samsung, Google Nexus, LG, HTC, Huawei, etc…) by default record the history of all our locations. To test it, all you need to do is visit this URL: ...

Archon was a great videogame from the 1980s that perfectly balanced the strategy of chess with the skill and simplicity of arcade games. On a 9 x 9 board, light and dark forces faced off in one of the best games Electronic Arts has ever published—in a different era, when EA cared a bit more about making good products than just increasing revenue. Additionally, there was a piece in Archon that caught my attention: the Shapeshifter, a piece that belonged to the Dark side and behaved differently from the rest. The Shapeshifter would take on the form and behavior of its enemy. In Archon, when two pieces confronted each other, a battle arena would open where both fought using different abilities such as speed and projectile type. But the genius of the Shapeshifter was that it transformed into its opponent. So if it fought against a powerful piece, it became a powerful piece. If it fought a basic piece, it became basic. A kind of Zelig -like character. It could be used to attack powerful Light unicorns, but at the same time, the Light player could attack it with a pawn and defeat it in hand-to-hand combat. ...

When talking about free software and an open internet, it’s always good to keep these ten commandments from Mozilla in mind. 📎 Source: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/ Principle 1 The internet is an integral part of modern life—a key component in education, communication, collaboration, business, entertainment and society as a whole. Principle 2 The internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible. Principle 3 The internet must enrich the lives of individual human beings. ...

We must never normalize crime or blame the victim. In Argentina, it’s very common to blame someone who got their car stolen because of where they parked it—“well, of course, look where you left it…”—or to blame a woman for “provoking” in cases of gender violence. There are countless such examples. We must not normalize crime. Enough with “what do you expect, looking like a foreigner and carrying a GoPro—of course they were going to rob him…” That’s a terrible thing to say. It’s wrong—it makes you an accomplice to these malicious acts. It’s not foolish to have been robbed, even if your phone is sticking out of your pocket with a sign that says “steal me”—the blame will always, always, always be on the thief, never the victim. Even if a woman is wearing sexy clothes and running like Bo Derek in the movie 10, if she is attacked, abused, or raped, the blame will lie 100% with the attacker, never with her. ...

When I was a child, I visited Casapueblo a few times. I didn’t quite understand that somewhat magical place — all white, full of strange sculptures made with gears and metal scraps. Around the same time, during one summer, a mysterious fog appeared when my parents mentioned that the son would be opening a restaurant. I didn’t fully grasp why. I sensed it had something to do with the book about the plane crash in the snow, but it was all part of stories that grown-ups didn’t tell children. Pretending to be distracted while wandering through Casapueblo, I managed to secretly read the back cover at some point. ...