Internet downtime in Lisbon... and a lot other places

Is it only me that feels a little strange that a truck accident in an highway cuts internet to a lot of people?
And that no one really cares? If you look at the mainstream news agencies, the news is just a few lines long... but yesterday morning we could do no work... probably no one is going to do the math how much this breakup cost... but everyone one wants to know the color of Cristiano Ronaldo's knickers... What a great country we have...

PS: And the accident is a very nice excuse for a problem that started the day before...

Is Windows Mobile in Danger of Becoming Software Plumbing?

Here is a very interesting article, with some relevant questions about Windows Mobile future:

Pocket PC Thoughts: Is Windows Mobile in Danger of Becoming Software Plumbing?

My first photosynth

Here is my first photosynth. The pictures were taken in August 2008, but only now I managed to get them online.
It turned out very cool, 100% synthy!

Optimizing a web application

Here is a very nice article about how you can improve the performance of your web application, using Firefox, Firebug and YSlow plugin:

Squashing the asp.net MVC response - part 1 - BradVin's .Net Blog

OpenStreetMap

Do you have a GPS device? If so, keep it connected all the time, tracking your moves. And then upload the tracks to www.openstreetmap.org and contribute to build a great mapping database.

"OpenStreetMap creates and provides free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways."

If you have a Garmin PNA, you can convert the data to Garmin's format and use it in you device.

Please contribute!