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Spain is back to the middle ages

Posted by Jorge Bernal July 20, 2007

The last edition of the famous Spanish magazine “El Jueves” has been removed from the streets. All because of this cover (NSFW)

Copy says: If you get pregnant, this will be the nearest thing to work I’ve ever done (these are caricatures of the prince and princess of Spain). The cartoon refers to the amount now offered by the Government for every birth in Spain.

This is one of the times I feel ashamed to be Spanish. No surprises here, we are a monarchy in the 21th century. In fact this might be the only magazine who has the guts to laugh at the Royal Family.

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Wanted: Google Groups

Posted by Jorge Bernal July 18, 2007

Bizarre. At this moment, google is missing its groups
Groups missing

The home page is returning random 500 errors and individual groups are accessible but empty

Discussions aren’t available right now. We’re sorry. Try again shortly.

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EULAs from hell: typography

Posted by Jorge Bernal July 11, 2007

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Do you think proprietary licenses suck? Try reading a typeface’s EULA. From typotheque:

4. You are permitted to make a single back-up copy. The Typotheque Font Software or documentation may not be sublicensed, sold, leased, rented, lent, or given away to another person or entity.

So it seems if you buy a typeface the author wants to have a saying in your backup policy. I’m also wondering why a typeface should be licensed by CPU

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Amazing 13 year old CEO

Posted by Jorge Bernal July 01, 2007

I’ve wrote about young enterpreneurs before (see: the youngest grocer in America), but this kid is amazing. He speaks with more confidence than most of the people I know, and the idea is quite cool.

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