RIM stock soars and here’s why you should sell them quickly

November 29th, 2012

I just came across this news that Goldman Sachs upgraded the shares of Research In Motion (the company behind Blackberry) with the justification that “they have a 30% chance that the phone will be a success”. Ok first of all Goldman Sachs has a reputation for creating the biggest financial bubbles in history. Second, has everybody forgot the Facebook IPO already? Goldman Sachs entered the Facebook deal, created a vibe effectively propping up the market price, then shortly after the […]

Install Linux Debian on the Samsung “Alex” Chromebook (x86, not ARM)

November 14th, 2012

Attention! This guide is obsolete and download links no longer work. I recommend to follow this guide instead (for installing Ubuntu). The page is still here for historical reference. Note: this guide only works for the Chromebooks that have a x86 processor (the Intel Atom). If your Chromebook has an ARM processor you might want to check this other guide: https://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2012/10/arm-chrubuntu-1204-alpha-1-now.html After becoming a semi-finalist for the Google Apps Developer Challenge 2012 with my HTML5 Photo Viewer application I received from Google […]

How To Print with Sublime Text 2

November 7th, 2012

A few days ago I found that there is no way to print on Sublime Text 2. I was a little disappointed with this discovery, printing is such a basic feature that even Notepad offers. Why doesn’t Sublime Text 2 include it? Ok, besides saving trees, I hate to print stuff on paper myself, but sometimes you will be asked to print your code, either by a professor or someone else wanting to review your code. In the meanwhile I […]