Carbrains, the Cancer of Our Cities.
Carbrain: a person whose only means of transportation is a private car and who feels offended, threatened, and aggrieved by the use of other, alternative means of transportation, especially non-motorized ones.
A Powerful Pocket Computer
When I was a child, I played with small pieces of cardboard, drawing screens and keyboards on them; they were minicomputers, imaginary machines the size of my hand. I dreamed that in the distant future, long after I had died, people might have powerful computers that fit in their pockets.
The Legend Died
Yesterday the legend of the United States died: the land of freedom, the champions of democracy. Yesterday the people of what had been the most powerful country of the past century handed the presidency to its greatest enemy of the past seventy years, Russia.
How to Protect Your WordPress Site
I am not a security expert, but I have considerable experience developing WordPress sites, and from the beginning I realized that security is one of the most important things to learn. WordPress is a robust and very comprehensive platform whose popularity…
Life Is a Game
The other day, while walking my dogs, something occurred to me: life would be more bearable if we thought of it as a game. The idea came to me because, when I walk my dogs along several wide median strips in front of my apartment, I let them reach the edge of the median…
Mexico's Sad Olympic History
Every four years, we have the opportunity to watch the world come together for a sporting event that represents and reflects the noblest part of the human spirit: overcoming obstacles.
How I lost 5 kilos in 6 weeks... and you can too
The following article is about a personal experience. I am not a nutritionist, a fitness trainer, or an expert on health. I simply want to share a few things that have worked for me in shedding some extra kilos.
The difficult task of selling without deception
How hard it is to sell real, concrete things; how hard it is to avoid selling false promises, magic wands, dreams, and illusions. Sadly, people want to buy the latter. There is a reason miracle products continue to sell in great quantities...
Go for the pleasure first, always.
I divide humanity into two groups: the people who cut the nails on the left hand first, and the people who cut the nails of the right hand first. My theory is that the people who cut the nails of the left hand first, they are more light-hearted.
Escape velocity
“Escape velocity” is a physics term referring to the speed at which a body must travel to break free from or “escape” the gravitational pull of another, larger body. In simpler, more down-to-earth terms, it is the minimum speed...
Day of the Dead or Halloween?
Around this time of year, it is always the same argument. From among the moths and cobwebs of their decrepit graves emerges a group of people who protest against the few Halloween-related celebrations that take place in Mexico and desperately plead for the rescue of our beautiful Mexican traditions.
Ad blockers: we have to do it
The topic of the week on the Internet was undoubtedly ad blockers, those browser extensions that can block advertising banners on websites, pop-ups, commercial videos, and even prevent advertising platforms from using cookies to follow our movements around the web.