From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Homofobia

October 22, 2007

It’s a big thing in Brazil these days: the proposed new law against Homofobia.  The country is already full of laws against minorities.  When I asked for a black coffee last friday at my hairdresser, I asked by mistake for a “café negro”; I was nearly electrocuted.  Black coffee is “café puro” in Portuguese.  I [...]

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Barcamp Rio

October 21, 2007

Arrived in the RDC aula at PUC.  Around 150 people present, widely covered on Twitter and (too) many blogs.  Fugita covers it on meta.blog.br Pictures: barcamprio on Flickr. Marcos is also present, he just posted the launch of the API of Boobox.  

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Chegei no Brasil

October 14, 2007

Arrived in Brazil. Quite a contrast with grey, sleepy Belgium.  The Real is breaking records against the Euro, soon it’ll yield 0,4 R$ against 1 EU.  And that’s against the Euro, the yield against the dollar is even more staggering.  An American who was here in december 2005 paid less than 40% for a Chopp (a [...]

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