Archive for January, 2009
Photograph: Rainy Night
Posted in Photography, tagged Art, Composition, Photograph, Rain, Reflections on January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Flashbacks of Panama History – The King’s Bridge
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture, Bridges, Constructions, Panama, Panama Viejo, Puente del Rey, Ruins, Spain on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The old city of Panama was founded on August 15, 1519. Back then it was called “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Panamá”. It was the first European city on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Panama was part of the Spanish Empire for over 300 years (1513-1821), and her fortune fluctuated with the geopolitical [...]
A Place to Visit in Panama: The Amador Causeway
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Amador Causeway, Jogging, Panama, Panama Canal, Photographs, Rollerblading, Skylines on January 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you happen to live in Panama or just a tourist passing through, there’s a place you should not miss—the Amador Causeway. If you do miss it, I promise you will regret it. Cross my heart, and swear to die. (Tongue-in-Cheek). The Amador Causeway is located at the Southern entrance of the Panama Canal on [...]
The Sports Living Legend of Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Boxing, Irving Saladino, Laffit Pincay, Lloyd La Beach, Panama, Roberto Duran, Sports on January 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Irving Saladino turned instantly into a local hero in Panama after winning a gold Olympic medal in the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing. It was Panama’s first gold Olympic medal. Another revered Olympic hero is Lloyd La Beach, who obtained two bronze medals in the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London. The first Olympic [...]
Photograph: A Sea of Calmness
Posted in Photography, tagged Beaches, Entertainment, Ocean, Photograph, Solitude, Tropics on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A vast sea of peace and calmness away from the roaring crowd.
Microsoft Gets Another Black Eye From the European Union
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged European Union, Internet, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Monopoly, Opera browser, Software on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here we go again. The European Union is again jabbing at Microsoft’s head in an effort to stop its monopoly practices in Europe. The European Union said last Friday that Microsoft’s practice of selling the Internet Explorer browser together with its Windows operating system violated the union’s antitrust rules. This practice has been a controversial [...]
Joke: The Indispensable Secretary
Posted in Jokes, tagged CEOs, Executives, Humor, Management, Office, Photocopiers, Secretaries, Shredders on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A young executive was leaving the office at 6 p.m. when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in hand. —“Listen young man,” said the CEO, “this is very important, and my secretary has the holiday week off. Can you make this thing work?” —“Certainly,” said the [...]
