Bueno, llego la fiesta de 4×4 costa rica de final del 2009.

Si quieren ver los detalles entrar aca

http://www.4x4costarica.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2510

O el flyer esta aca

Yo no se si soy solo yo, pero no entiendo como puede pasar esto. Voy de nuevo, RTV es un monopolio privado y obligatorio!!!!

Eso significa que todos estamos obligados a pagar por un servicio que tiene cierta logica, pero con estas calles el mantenimiento de los carros es carisimo (y los carros ni que hablar, con estos impuestos por traer carros es un milagro que no andamos en caballo todavia) y tras de eso quieren DUPLICAR y un poco mas las tarifas.

Veanlo uds mismos:
http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/noviembre/25/pais2172084.html

No ven el negocio mas que redondo, uno lleva el carro, un pelado ahi que le pagan por devolver carros se inventa cualquier cosa para que uno tenga que volver a llevar el carro y asi RTV gana DOBLE o TRIPLE!!!!

Las historias que he oido son muchas, todas llenas de frustracion (y lo he vivido tambien). A uno lo devuelven por cualquier tontera solo para que tenga que pagar. Mucha gente lleva el carro al dia siguiente, vuelve a pagar y ahi el carro si pasa. Y eso que no le hacen nada al carro.

Eso significa que lo devolvieron el dia anterior por algo subjetivo, o solo por que les dio la gana.

Por lo tanto yo propongo:
– RTV se pueda hacer por multiples talleres -> la competencia siempre es buena
– Precio decente
– Que cualquier arreglo al carro por los mal estado de las calles se deducible de impuestos o que le bajen los impuestos a los carros.

El gobierno quiere que tengamos carros bonitos? Que los haga accesibles para el pueblo!

Buenas, si a alguien le interesa vendo mi carro de diario

Vean los detalles aca

http://4x4costarica.com/venta/carros/pickup/Dodge-Ram-1500.html

Tengo un local para alquilar en Guanacaste, a 600 metros del cruce de Flamingo con Playa Grande sobre la carretera principal.

Es de 33 m2, esta a buen precio, si les interesa pueden verlo aca.

http://www.4x4costarica.com/venta-alquiler/guanacaste/locales/PaseoDelMar.html

Somebody wrote what I’ve been wanting to complain about for a long time (isn’t that new! finding someone who blogged about what you want to blog about)

In any case, I really like this article. Great way of writing what annoys people

http://damieng.com/blog/2008/08/01/ten-commandments-for-developers#comment-29469

Skype is a cheap way to talk… is it?

Today I was beginning to write a post on one thing that really annoys me from the new business version of skype. As soon as I dial in to a conference call, while I am hearing the “welcome to the microsoft conference calling center….” message I always start dialing the passcode. However, every time I am doing it I get a “Your microphone is too quiet message”. I know my microphone is quiet, I am not talking. I am dialing in. Thanks for the info, but can you show a balloon or a different message?

The bottom line is when you show the message, you move the dial pad which makes me miss and have to dial in again and talk to myself which makes me feel stupid.

But back to my new thought. Skype is cheap, yes. But today I checked how much money I have spent in the last couple of years and SURPRISE! I’ve spent $895. Seems pretty steep. However makes me wonder how much it would’ve costed me if I used traditional methods.

I was impressed when I saw $895, but given that a 30 minute call is like $20 through traditional lines calling the US from Costa Rica, I am delighted to pay for Skype. Little by little you see your payments grow to close to 1k!
Date Item Amount Status
8-Oct-09 Auto Top Up on low balance $10.00 Delivered
1-Oct-09 Auto Top Up on low balance $10.00 Delivered
27-Sep-09 Unlimited US & Canada 1 month $2.95 Delivered
18-Sep-09 Online number, 12 month subscription $30.00 Delivered
27-Aug-09 Unlimited US & Canada 1 month $2.95 Delivered
12-Aug-09 Auto Top Up on low balance $10.00 Delivered
27-Jul-09 Unlimited US & Canada 1 month $2.95 Delivered
30-Jun-09 Auto Top Up on low balance $10.00 Delivered

I have skype in, skype out, voice mail, forwarding and more and I would have to say that it is definitively worth it!

Why is it that if you study something that has “computer” somewhere in your job title then you automatically become a power point/word/picasa/save hard drives/excel and everything-else-computer-related expert?

Here is a funny graph I found that pretty much describes what I am saying

How to solve or troubleshoot computer problems

We currently hit a wall in one app I was working with. The SharePoint My Site is located (by default?) in port 82. Simply move them to port 80.

Very simple procedure, you can read it here
http://blogs.msdn.com/cjohnson/archive/2006/09/15/754902.aspx

Basicamente hoy me paso lo mismo que me hace dias ha venido pasando. Recibo una alerta del BAC que dice algo como asi

Transacciones en su tarjeta Credomatic
Credomatic Informa to me
Visa Clasico: Estimado Tarjetahabiente, Credomatic Informa hace de su conocimiento que se han superado el número de transacciones diarias establecidas en nuestro sistema de avisos.

Fecha Monto Comercio Moneda Estado
—————————————————————————-
12/10/09 13:10 8000.00 FLORISTERIA ARCO IRIS Colones Aprobado
12/10/09 19:22 4000.00 ESTACION DE SER.CALLE BLASAN Colones Aprobado
13/10/09 06:12 28700.00 ESTACION DE SERVICIO PACIFIC Colones Aprobado

Resulta que la primera vez que recibi una notificacion de este tipico llame en panico pues segun yo me habian robado la tarjeta pues no hice ninguna de esas compras. Pero despues de revisar un rato con servicio al cliente de credomatic me dicen que “no se preocupe, es solo un error del sistema. Le enviamos un correo equivocado. A veces pasa…”.

Acaso no piensan las implicaciones de un error de este tipo? No es un error simple, estan cometiendo errores con el dinero de personas. BAC San Jose, sean mas serios por favor. Con el dinero no se juega.

Ah por cierto, me queje y me dijeron que habian arreglando el problema. Mentira, sigue pasando. Ya van 3 asi que decidi escribir al respecto.

Por ahora sigo con este problema, vamos a ver cuando me lo arreglan…

error del bac san jose

Have you ever been bored on a weekend with nothing really out of the ordinary to do? You want some out door trip, nothing extreme but – don’t want to damage your car – but still you can hear the call of adventure. Well, for those of us lucky enough to live in Costa Rica we have Turubari, the Turrubares river. Pretty much is one of nicest places you can go without investing too much and as easily accessible as it can be.

These are some pictures taken on some of the multiple trips we’ve done

Land Rover 88 (my Tonka) coming out of the river

Land rover in Turrubari, Costa Rica

The so called Sea Rover

The Sea Rover

As I said, easily accessible

turubari, not only for offroading

You can also ski on the river, just find yourself a big truck to pull you

skiing in costa rica in turrubares river

Jossi in his Chapuliln Colorado

jossi in turubari

Also, you can play around and do 8’s

who can do an 8 in a land rover

The difference between a man and a boy is the size of his toys

The difference between a man and a boy is the size of his toys