Jose's Random Thoughts

I think I have to be thankful for the education I got from my parents regarding the sun. I have read a document that explains a lot about the UV exposure and how to protect yourself. See Some things that I can tell: - Sun beds are always dangerous. Although for sometime UVA was thought not to be dangerous, nowadays its more than a question. For instance, you can find UVA, UVB filters in your sunscreens these days. It is false the concept of safe sunbeds, which it doesn't even prepare you for the radiation when the summers comes. - When skiing (or beeing in in the snow), please wear good sunglasses (which doesn't mean to be dark) UV filters are transparent! About 80% of UV radiation is reflected by the snow (in the beach is about 25% by sand and 10% by water). And sunscreens should be put half an hour before exposure to the sun and should be retaken approximately every two hours! This applies to every situation - There are days that you don't see the sun, but sometimes these...

I think than more than a year ago, I was in a friends room, playing some game from the new Nintendo (amazing by the way) when he talked to me about a book called random iWoz. Obviously he is a fan of Mac, like me, but he uses Apple products. Well, I have to say, after reading more than half of the book that I totally recommend it to my Telecommunications Engineers classmates and friends. I think besides facts and other technical stuff he explains in the book -mainly about informatics and well, also about phone telephone system in the US and how to fool it :) - the most important fact of this is probably how he enjoys working in new projects and new challenges. Learning many different things throughout all his life. Everything ends up building Apple, but I do not consider this the most important fact, mainly because that kind of outcome does not happen everyday. This book made me think about projects I had in mind in the past and I could never accomplished most of them, mainly because o...