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Asakusa – Tsukiji – Asakusa

When you are too busy coding and your mind doesn’t work anymore, instead of keep pushing, take a break and do something completely different. That’s what I did on Saturday. I left home in the afternoon and walked down the Sumida River until it ends.

 
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Arigato from Japan Earthquake Victims

Published on January 27, 2012 in Japan

If you cannot see the video, check here direct link.

 
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I didn’t know that I died when I was 30

Published on January 13, 2012 in General

How many people in this world achieved amazing results within the first 3 decades of their lives? Alexander the Great by the age of thirty, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world. Jesus Christ died around 30. Albert Einstein conceived in his mind his most important theories, before 30. Nikola Tesla

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Books, Sports, Music, Electronics

Published on December 16, 2011 in Japan

If you are in Tokyo I recommend to follow this path. Get out at Kudanshita station, exit 2 and walk all the road down to Jimboucho to find tons and tons of old books. Even if you don’t understand Japanese, it’s very interesting to see the atmosphere in there. Then you’ll find streets dedicated to

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Java Life

Published on December 13, 2011 in General

I used to do this kind of life for some time, not only in Java, almost for everything. Now my cubicle is my home. Anyway really funny video:

 
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Baby Asahi Beer

Published on October 4, 2011 in Japan

I saw this size only in Japan! :) Sometimes I saw these small cans, specially on tombs or dead altars.

 
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Too many HDD

Published on October 2, 2011 in Japan

This is the result of buying whatever you find in Akihabara. Maybe I should recycle the magnets inside or the plates? This is just a lot of junk that spent already 2 years in my balcony…  

 
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Precautions before creating a server dependent mobile application

A server costs money. Not only the monthly rate you have to pay to keep it alive, also maintenance and system administration takes time, so it takes money. If you plan to develop an app that uses a server to read/write data, be very careful and before starting anything, take into account these considerations. Does

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Making your app free or paid

Before making your app free-ad based or paid, or both, it’s better to spend some time thinking about how people will use your app. Ads need a network connection and need to be visible. Your app has to be used under this two circumstances. So, the perfect app for ads is an app that needs

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Best iOS development books and references

After reading many books about iOS development, these are the ones that I found most useful and enlightening. Apple documentation is very good as well, but, unfortunately, they don’t have an easy progressive path. It’s more like a modular, self contained reference repository. Learning how to program for iOS is a huge topic that not

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