Ceremonia de Graduacion Universidad de Tennessee Fall 2010

Este es el video de la graduacion de la Universidad de Tennessee:



Si quieren ver el video completo, hagan click en el siguiente link:

http://160.36.161.128/UTK/Viewer/?peid=3c4043a6e59b49588bbd2a973ad6712b

Why is android better than apple ios

Android is the best operating system for mobile computing. The current version is Froyo. Gingerbread, which is android's next iteration will be coming out soon. The android is the operating system of choice of all major hardware designers and makers. Why? It's free! It's innovative and it's constantly being improved!

One can buy a phone made by HTC, Samsung, or Motorola. One is not tied to a control freak deciding every little aspect and detail on a phone R&D, software marketing and cellphone provider. No, with android you decide what hardware, interface and provider suits you better. There are new phones coming to the market place every other day, so the decision is yours, not his.

Also the android operating system is superior to the ios. Multitasking, document management, notifications are native and efficient; one can download apps from the Google market as well as from independent developers and sources. If you use Itunes, you can sync your media library wirelessly via bluetooth and/or wifi; and then there are all the web-based tools offer by Google. Gmail, docs, voice, talk, calendar, picasa, reader, news, and blogger and youtube integrated to the mobile experience. Data is transferred and sync over-the-air forget about phones and computers being tied down by cables, with android you are free.

If you are serious about mobile computing, then android is for you. Don't let big brother decide what you need or don't need. You want flash? you got it! and it works perfectly!. Do you need to find your way? you go it! Google maps, Google navigation and Google my tracks; do you need to find your way in the sky? you got it! Google Sky Map!.

These are my favorite apps running in my HTC EVO:
1. Pocket informant
2. Tweetdeck
3. Gmail
4. Google voice
5. Google talk
6. MSN talk
7. Blogaway
8. Ebay
9. Fandango
10. JustPictures!
11. QIK
12. Facebook
13. Tapatalk
14. Sudoku daily
15. RingTone
16. Astro
17. Dictionary.com
18. Documents to Go
19. SugarSync
20. Titanium backup
21. AppBrain App market
22. Shopper
23. Barcode Scanner
24. Chrome to phone
25. Google sky map
26. At bat '10
27. Google news
28. Pandora
29. Radiotime
30. USA today
31. TuneSync
32. YouMuze
33. TV listings
34. ESPN Score Center
35. WP
36. Times
37. Tunein radio
38. CNET news
39. American football news center
40. Car panel
41. Google maps
42. Google My tracks
43. Google Navigation
44. Skype
45. Wireless tether
46. Handcent
47. Gmail Label notifier
48. Swype

In the following posts, apps will be explored in detail! Stay tune!

Im Westen nichts Neues

Leandro latest project for history class "All quiet in the Western Front". I read Remarque's book when I was a boy of 9 or ten, later I watched the movie on TV. It left a lasting impression on the horrors of war. Leandro read the book and decided to make a miniature depiction of the novel. He was also impressed with the book!

Simón y yo

Después de haberle pagado a Simón toda la juerga por Europa, donde disfrutó y gozó como le dio la gana. Después que mi tío le dejará la fortuna, cuestión que esta en disputa porque Simón no respetó las estipulaciones que mi tío dejó en su testamento: como tener descendencia de apellido Aristeguieta, de respetar la majestad real y de vivir en Santiago de León, para rematar luego con lo que le hizo al hijo de Belén; se merece pues que lo estén jurungando porque bastante vaina nos hecho.

Allá ustedes que no lo conocieron bien, que no sufrieron de su soberbia y de sus insultos y de sus arrebatos.  Siganlo protegiendo.

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

El mes de julio: mes de sorpresas

El mes de julio, es realmente un mes lleno de sorpresas para todos los Venezolanos. Casi estamos en guerra porque Colombia nos acusa de dar cobijo a rebeldes y nosotros no lo reconocemos así.

Quizás hubiese sido menos traumático reconocer que sí que tenemos campamentos en nuestro territorios de rebeldes que huyen de la hermana República. Y qué?

Nos enfrentamos a una lucha ideológica donde lo mejor es enfrentar la realidad: Venezuela es un país en revolución y así protege a los revolucionarios del mundo.

Mauricio o Esteban llegó para quedarse; y en paz no va a mudarse. El reconocimiento a los métodos revolucionarios sería el gran primer paso para los métodos anti-revolucionarios. De esa manera podríamos prepararnos mejor para lo que viene.

Como lo advirtió un admirado amigo y maestro: a ponerse las alpargatas que lo que viene es joropo!!!!.

El mes de Julio es sin duda un mes de sorpresas...

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Kids swimming enjoying a great summer at the pool!!!!

Fountain pen: Ink projects

These are some of the latest ink drawing projects. The images are "city lights"; "paleolitica" and "arlequin". Thank you for looking.

Isabella made breakfast for me today

I am feeling like a King today. Isabella made my breakfast. It was delicious!. She also had presents for me; why? Because today is my birthday!. She told me that I am the King today. It certainly feels like it. Many thanks to Isabella, Leandro and Susana. We are all royalty today and every day!

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Our place in Knoxville, TN

My dissertation desk

Happy fourth of July from Knoxville

Congratulations to all!

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

More Warhammer 40K

My Ork against his space marines!. Long live the RedOrks!

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Leandro the master of Warhammer 40K

Leandro ready for war!

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Our first Warhammer 40K game at home

Leandro and I play our first game of Warhammer 40K today. It was difficult and of course my son beat me like he always does. These are the pictures that I took during the game. The game lasted more than four hours but we were also watching Jurassic Park III at the same time. Enjoy the pictures.



Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Using swype. The new keyboard for my Evo

I am trying a new keyboard called Swype. It is very intuitive to use. The learning curve though difficult at the beginning gets very easy fast. The trick is to slide your index finger over the keyboard. I have been using it for ten minutes and is becoming my favorite input method. If you have a touch screen device try it,  you are going to love it!

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Leandro's latest experiment

Leandro explains his new theory

Leandro's summer swimming class

Leandro is enjoying the summer swimming at UTK.

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Caleto is visiting

This week Mr. Caleto came to visit from Houston. He drove the entire day and made it into Knoxville by 10.30pm. Next day, we were able to watch the World Cup. We were especially interested to see the Argentina-Nigeria match. Argentina won by one goal; however, the final score did not reflect what had happened during the match. Argentina was superior and the score should have ended by at least a three point difference in favor of Argentina. The argentinians are looking like favorites to be in the final four of the tournament.

Caleto will stay few more days to enjoy soccer before heading back to Venezuela with a stop in Houston.

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Playing Warhammer 40K

Leandro and I are spending this evening playing a strategy game called Warhammer 40K. It is nothing like the games I used to play when I was a kid. This game which it is impossible to understand for a first timer like me; requires a great deal of reading, imagination, patience and funds too. it is indeed very interesting to see how the dice does not have the same known function that it did when we played board games. In this game you measure by inches and you move according piece worth and what you get in the dice too. More about the game later; when I understand what's going on!

Getting ready for Lost and the summer!

Tomorrow the Lost last episode will be aired on TV. There are millinos of people who will be watching how the Hurley, Sawyer, Kate and Jack will end up. I am one of them; I started to wacth Lost only two months ago; which made me one of the lucky one; I didn't have to wait years to see how the Lost adventure was going to end. By the same token, the official summer break has strated for my kids. It means a lot of swimming and other outside activities. Leandro and I have planned to practice a lot of baseball to get him ready for middle school. Isabella wants me to go to the pool every day. Though I will be working, I trust my ability to perform and fulfill my kid's expectations. So Lost is over and summer is here, what a great timing: less time sitting down and more time outside.

My kids will appreciate time spent with their parents; and we will appreciate them forcing us to move farther, harder and faster. The king has died; long lived the King!


******Did I say we are having a big celebration tomorrow?*****

- Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Lost

I have to thank my friend James "Jimmy the boy" for hooking me and Susana with Lost. I remember hearing about the show few years ago; however, we never watched it; why? I really don't know. We never put much attention to what is going on TV. So finally, five years later, Jimmy got the best of us and the magic of the show did the rest.

What took millions of people six years, has taken us around two months; we are almost there: we are currently watching season five. We have sumerged ourselves in the magical world of Lost.

Our imagination revolves around numbers, Jacob, Ben, Sawyer, John, us and the others. I guess Lost is a parody of life, of our life, of your life and the life of the others.

To live is just as fantastic as it is the polivalent world of Lost. We are navigating a process which purpose becomes the road to cover. It appears that the goal of the life is life itself. Sometimes I wonder about the millions and millions of people who have already done the trip and have been forgotten in the anonimity of history.

We too will forget Lost until the next time we meet Jimmy Boy, who without hesitation will hook us with another virtual adventure until we become Lost!

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Cheerleading

Today the whole family went to the Knoxville cheerleading compettion. It was great to see those girls and boys united under one roof dancing with highly sync moves. Susana and I agreed that cheerleading is a unique American sport. We were impressed by the stern actitude of all involved in the event; which started with the US National anthem.

The competition lasted around 4 hours with groups from the greater Knoxville and other close-by cities.

Isabella's team did so well that it has been invited to participate in the state of Tennessee championship this coming saturday at Nashville. The competition will be hard; teams from all over the state will be competing there. I truly hope that our team does well.
In any case whatever happens, it has been a great learning experience for the whole family.

See you in Nashville,

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos