It’s been known to happen before. Also, despite my best efforts, I’m pretty sure it will happen again. It’s three o’clock in the afternoon, I’m riding the subway, and I’m running late. I need to make a connection to another line in order to get to the train station, where the train that’s supposed to [...]
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If —by Rudyard Kipling
Sunday, 27 November 2011
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too. If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being [...]
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Here’s to the crazy ones
Thursday, 6 October 2011
This morning I woke up to an email from Patrick Rhone. It was a succinct email, with a strange subject: “He showed up”. Inside there was a link to Apple’s Website. That’s how I knew. It was 8:00am here in Spain, and the Internet had been bursting with activity over the news for a few [...]
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“S” stands for “Siri”
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Well, you all know it by now: Apple unveiled the new iPhone 4S yesterday, along with mild updates to their iPod line. They also set a specific date for the official rollout of iCloud and iOS 5: October 12. Also interesting about yesterday’s keynote was that somehow, I managed to get each and every single [...]
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“Let’s talk iPhone”
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
It’s that time of the year again. There’s an Apple keynote today, which means that every writer covering Apple has been busy over the last few weeks, making predictions and analyses about what we’re likely going to see. I don’t normally engage in that game, but this year I will be following the keynote with special [...]
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Amazon unveils the new Kindle Fire
Thursday, 29 September 2011
It’s official. It’s out there. Amazon’s tablet was unveiled yesterday and yes, you guessed it: it was surrounded by great hype from the media. Several tech publications were live-blogging Jeff Bezos’ keynote with an anticipation usually reserved for Apple events. But this time there was no Steve Jobs on stage, and for once it didn’t [...]
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Beginnings
Saturday, 27 August 2011
By the time you read this, my words will have become a digital stream of ones and zeroes that have somehow found their way to your screen across the Internet. But you must know, they weren’t always like this. In their original form they were not made of pixels and electrons, no. They were carefully [...]
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Packing Light and Going Fast
Saturday, 30 July 2011
For the past few months, I have been following Pack Light. Go Fast. with great enthusiasm. It’s a blog about the art of packing light and traveling with just the essentials, so you can worry less about what you’re carrying and focus on enjoying your trip instead. The advantages are many: you can move faster [...]
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US labels finally embrace music streaming
Thursday, 14 July 2011
This morning I woke up to read one of the most exciting news of the past few months. As being reported by Paul Miller over at This is my next…, it looks like Spotify is finally launching in the US: We can hardly believe it ourselves, but we just spoke to someone from Spotify with [...]
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July 5th
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
1:05 am, July 5th. Which makes me 28 years old. And here I am, feeling better than ever. It’s still very true, mind you, the best is yet to come.
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The missing link
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
It’s been two interesting weeks. I needed a break from all the linking and commenting on the tech circle’s everyday news in order to reconsider what it is that I’m doing here, really. I felt that most of the energy that I was putting into this site went into trivial things, instead of being focused [...]
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The barista and his lady
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Every morning when I wake up, I’m a complete mess. I never officially reach person status until I’ve had a nice warm shower, changed into clean clothes and had my first caffeine dose of the day. I suppose you could say that I’m a coffee enthusiast: I have an Espresso coffee maker at home, and I [...]
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Déjà vu
Monday, 2 May 2011
I collect memories. This is the story of one of my favorite ones. It’s the best kind of story: the one that doesn’t have an ending yet. It’s about character, and it involves two cities, two airports, and two friends. The first city is Tampere, Finland. The time is 2006 and it is the last [...]
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Licence to Cure
Thursday, 14 April 2011
These are interesting times to be an engineer. For the past 3 years I have been working as a researcher in the Bioengineering and Telemedicine Group at Technical University of Madrid (GBT-UPM), where I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in a number of exciting projects. I feel very fortunate to be a part of [...]
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The Weekend Edition Linked-List
Monday, 28 March 2011
Admittedly, I’ve been giggling over the iPad 2 like a little girl since I got it on Friday, which hasn’t left me much time to write a decent post, or compile the hottest stories of the past two days. That is not to say that there weren’t any stories, on the contrary: some of them [...]
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Enter the iPad 2
Friday, 25 March 2011
As of today, I’m the proud owner of a 32 GB, WiFi-only white iPad 2. If you don’t get it on Day One, it doesn’t count ;) I have to admit that this is not the first time I’ve done something like this: I waited more than 6 hours in line to get my iPhone [...]
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Martinis on the Titanic
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
In the interest of full disclosure, let me get something out of the way: Sometimes I can be an ass. In my usual state I’m a laid-back kind of guy. I’m relaxed, I don’t obsess over things, and I don’t give in to the “We’re Doomed!” frenzy when things look bad. However, there are certain [...]
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Coffee, backups and one *really* bad morning
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. One day you wake up, just like every other day, and you stumble on, still sleepy, to the kitchen, to brew yourself a nice cup of coffee that will breathe life into you and officially start your day. You wait patiently while it gets done, and once it’s [...]
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New York City
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Next week I’ll be heading over to New York City (if weather conditions allow it) on vacation with my girlfriend. I’ve been trying to write something meaningful about this trip since the minute we bought the plane tickets, but so far I hadn’t really been able to come up with anything. And then I looked [...]
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Álvaro Serrano, by David Lanham
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Awesome portrait by the great David Lanham. David is a terrific artist who works at The Iconfactory designing icons and other graphic elements. I really like his work, and his imagination is only equalled by his talent to translate ideas into images with amazing results. Back in the summer, with the arrival of Apple’s iPhone [...]
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Ideas are bulletproof
Monday, 1 November 2010
“Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof.” – V for Vendetta This year’s Halloween was fun. I had always wanted to dress up as V, the main character in Alan Moore’s awesome graphic novel “V For Vendetta”. Such a tremendous work [...]
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Exciting news
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Introducing, for the first time, my personal website for those of you who understand Spanish (it is, after all, my first language). The purpose of this web is two-fold: First, it will enable me to learn how to code and build a website, which I’ve always wanted to do. But I’m starting one small step [...]
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A really bad case of Gadget Lust
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Today I made an important decision. It’s a tough decision to make for someone like me, quite prone to the oh-so-sweet affliction known as Gadget Lust. If you know anything about me or you’ve read some of the previous posts, you’ll probably suspect that I’m a black-belt ninja master of the Geek Order and a [...]
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27 years. 9862 days of 100% pure Awesome.
Monday, 5 July 2010
I’ve enjoyed every minute. And the best is yet to come. Cheers!
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Review: Moshi iVisor AG – a matte screen protector for the 13" MacBook Pro
Saturday, 3 July 2010
Anti-glare covers are a cheap and easy way to eliminate the biggest, most annoying issue that I have experienced with my 13” MacBook Pro 2010: The Glare™. There is, of course, another option: having the stock screen replaced by a custom-made matte screen. TechRestore offers such service for the 13” MacBook Pro for $199 + [...]
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"I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now."
Monday, 14 June 2010
So true. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Field Notes, the journal that gives my Moleskine a heck of a run for its money. Thanks to @moleskinny for the heads up! I’ve always been a fan of the notebook. Even in the digital era, some thoughts are just meant to be [...]
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You have a mission
Monday, 7 June 2010
It struck me the other day, as I was calmly reading through John Gruber’s excellent blog, Daring Fireball. There was a link to Steve Jobs’ appearance last week at the “All Things D” conference, where the Apple CEO sat through a 100 minute long Q&A session with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. The range of [...]
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On Evasion and Sanity
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Hey there, It’s funny how life always seems to have a few surprises in store for you. It reminds me of the song “Ironic”, by Alanis Morissette. I’ll come back to this in the future, I just wanted to get it out there. Lately I’ve been getting the feeling that my work has kept me [...]
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The words you’re not saying
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Just a quick reminder: the words you’re not saying are eating you up. Let them out. The world will understand.
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Enter The Kingdom of HOLY SHIT
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
It’s been a while since I last talked about anything tech-related, so here it goes. I just experienced a HOLY SHIT moment. You know, when you discover something and you instantly know that it’s going to be huge, that it’s a game changer. Historically famous HOLY SHITS for me include Napster, the iPhone and, believe [...]
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How To Survive a Creativity Storm
Monday, 4 January 2010
Last night I finished watching the third season of Californication. While it was overall a slightly weaker season than the other two, it continued to provide more insight into the mind of Hank Moody as well as the rest of the characters. And while it is true that the plot is nowhere near as compelling [...]
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2010 Checklist
Monday, 28 December 2009
Here’s some wishful thinking. – Listen to new music- Go to more concerts- Write more about the things that I care about- Say “I love you” when I mean it, even if it sounds gay- Say “I’m sorry” before it’s too late- Be original- Eliminate the clutter in my life- Let go of the past [...]
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Today’s quote
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis (1878 – 1937)
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Today’s quote
Sunday, 6 December 2009
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today. Laurence J. Peter (1919 – 1988)
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You are not done yet
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Today we will be focusing on something important: Perspective. How easy it is to lose it sometimes. It is actually mind-boggling how most of us can feel lost and abandoned over the most trivial of things. I’m not saying that it’s not OK to feel down on occasion, after all we are only human. We [...]
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Today’s quote
Thursday, 26 November 2009
I dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there counting crows: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy Three for Girls and Four for Boys Five for Silver, Six for Gold Seven for a Secret never to be told. Counting Crows – A [...]
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London, Baby!!
Thursday, 26 November 2009
It’s been a few days, and to be honest I was a bit worried that my old lazy self would make an appearance and turn this place into a mere sketch of an idea that could have been so much more. But not to worry, at least for now he’s locked away and under control, [...]
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Today’s quote
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. Woody Allen (1935 – )
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Meet the gang
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Today I would like to introduce you to some of my friends. Let me bring you up to speed: On occasion, I will need to make up a fictional story in order to prove a point. When that happens, it wouldn’t be nice of me to mention real people because well, chances are they wouldn’t [...]
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Today’s quote
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
“What we do in life echoes in eternity.” Maximus Decimus Meridius – Gladiator
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Scattered Thoughts
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Hey, After a weekend trip here we are again. We left off with you hurrying up to watch Lost In Translation so that I could fill your ears with how awesome the movie is, right? Well, not quite. I mean, the movie clearly IS awesome, and produces what in my opinion is one of the [...]
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Today’s quote
Friday, 13 November 2009
You want more mysterious? I’ll just try and think, “Where the hell’s the whiskey?” Bob, Lost in Translation (2003).
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Experimenting a bit
Friday, 13 November 2009
Ok, enough with the analog vs digital rant, I don’t want anybody here to think I’m some kind of analog retro-nerd :-P Besides, it was just a weak attempt at writing something that made reference to the title of the blog. But, like I said in the first post, this is not a technical blog, [...]
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Today’s quote
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. Ben Stein
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Excuse me sir, what’s the time?
Thursday, 12 November 2009
It’s funny how in the top-class watch market, analog watches are undoubtely the norm. We are talking about pretty expensive gadgets here, and digital models are virtually non-existent in the catalogs of the first brands. Analog watches have a more classic appeal, in my opinion, just look at this Bvlgari. After seeing this, why in [...]
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Today’s quote
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The days of the digital watch are numbered. Tom Stoppard (1937- )
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About Form and Function
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Just look at this for a moment: Beautiful, isn’t it? The first gramophone was invented in the 1870s by none other than Thomas Alva Edison (yes, the same man that invented the light bulb and the motion picture camera). Back then, it was only a an attempt to play back previously recorded telegraph messages. But [...]
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The old and the new
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Just Beautiful. And it plays music, too. … but yeah, this is more like it. About Form and Function. … more on that later. (image 1: Flickr) (image 2: Flickr)
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Paying Tribute
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The first thing I would like to do before actually starting to post real stuff here is acknowledge those people who have influenced me and inspired me to start this project. I don’t have the privilege of knowing them personally, but I absolutely feel like they deserve credit for the amazing work they put in [...]
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Today’s quote
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring! Bram Stoker (1847-1912) – Dracula
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First Post – The Manifest
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Hey there, welcome to analog senses. First, let me tell you what this is all about, FAQ-style: Who are you? My name is Álvaro Serrano, I’m 26 years old and I am from Spain. I currently live in Madrid, where I’m working at the Polytechnical University of Madrid (UPM), developing software for Biomedical Engineering applications. [...]
