Monthly Archives: October 2008

Google Treasure Winners announced (and I’m among them)

Google Treasure Hunt winners abound from Official Google Blog.

Learn Catalan: Why not? / Aprendre català: Per què no?

Vocalic sounds Let’s start learning different vocaling sounds. In written language, we use 5 different vowels (a e i o u), however, in spoken language we use 8 different vocalic sounds (a ɛ e i ɔ o u ə). A /a/ Written as A Like English “father” Examples: català, casa E oberta /ɛ/ Written as

What would Adam Smith think about you guys?

Our hypocrite capitalism is not working properly. Start up your own bank Create low-profile mortgage agencies Lend money to those who won’t be able to pay you back Sell your risks to those funny Europeans Sell your stocks before everything collapses Once your bank shares start falling you only must wait for the governmental bailout

How did I win Google Treasure 2008? (1)

It’s been 2 months since a nice girl at Google told me I won the Google Treasure Hunt 2008. One week ago, I got my present: a T-shirt and an engraved iPod Nano stating “Google Treasure Hunt ’08 Winner”. I must admit I’m really surprised. I could have never imagined I had a single chance

Five things you should know before visiting Barcelona

I got to know many people who decided to visit or even staying in Barcelona during the last years. Many of them didn’t know much about our culture before landing, so hopefully I can help you to know more things about us before coming. Spanish is not the only language here: In some areas people