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Howto fix: black screen / adjust brightness after resume (Linux)
. In some computers with Intel graphics (maybe others as well), I’ve often come across this problem: when resuming from sleep (standby) mode, I can’t adjust the screen brightness. There is a very well known fix for this: to pass … Continue reading
Howto fix: Linux (Mint, Ubuntu) install from USB failure, drops to busybox.
More often than not, when trying to install several Linux distributions (or releases) via a USB stick created from the downloaded iso live or install image, I’ve experienced the frustration of being dropped to a busybox (which is the Linux … Continue reading
Russia I. MOCKBA. The arrival
. Though it was hardly four in the morning when the Czech Lines’ airplane landed, dawn was already faintly breaking over the horizon. Moscow Sheremetyevo airport was barely awakening. To my surprise, the border-crossing procedure was much easier than what … Continue reading
FEMEN breasts
. Como varón sano, encuentro encantadoras estas protestas de las FEMEN ucranianas (o, para el caso, cualquier otra protesta del mismo estilo). Siempre es un placer contemplar unas bonitas tetas en movimiento. ¿Y habéis advertido que ningunas son pequeñas, arrugadas, … Continue reading
Shall they ever..?
. It’s been a while since it got dark; but in a mid summer night like this, at 53 degrees North and 25,000 feet above sea level, the long red stripe and adjoining halo of the twilight are still visible … Continue reading
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Pacific Costa Rica in photos
. In a good company I set forth to Costa Rica on June 2012, the hottest time of the year in its Pacific coast, for a preparations trip. A better yet company awaited us there. An outstanding host lodged us, … Continue reading
A week in Kiev. May 2012
. After spending three delightful days in my beloved Toruń (Poland), plus one more in a collapsed and messy Warsaw, that works in a frenzy for showing a pretty face of progress, developement and modernity to the world and to … Continue reading
Under the Tampere sky
. She was a bit drunk, as usual. I was a bit dispelled, as often. At the taxi stop, we melted in a long, warm, tight hug. I could read her feelings by the pressure of her hands on my … Continue reading
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