One of the attractions of Panama City is its enticing skyline. Even as we speak, more and more towers are being built. Many compare this city with Miami in Florida. This shot was taken about 06:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning, while its inhabitants were still counting sheep. It had rained during the evening and [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Sleeping by the Bay
Posted in Photography, tagged Buildings, Constructions, Panama Bay, Panama City, Photographs, Slyline, Uban Development on January 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Netflix is Expanding its Service Internationally
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blockbuster, Communications, Entertainment, Movies, Netflix, Software, Streaming Contents, Videos on January 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Even though Netflix is relatively new to the market of streaming contents and delivering CDs, it grew large enough to dethrone Blockbuster which recently went belly up. Due to royalty restrictions, Netflix was only streaming to the United States. Then they tested the waters and expanded their operations to Canada where they did extremely well. [...]
Skyline in Bronze
Posted in Photography, tagged Buildings, Cities, FotoFlexer Software, Image Edition, Panama, Panama Bay, Punta Paitilla, Skyline, Tourism on January 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Surfing the Web With High Quality Service
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Broadband, Cable & Wireless, Cable Onda, Communications, Customer Service, Internet Speed, Media, Technology, Telephone Service on January 8, 2011 | 4 Comments »
For much to long I suffered the bad service of Cable & Wireless in Panama City. Their customer support was nonexistent and their technical service was mediocre in search of a more descriptive word. I stayed with them for several years, expecting that their service would improve. Nope, it got worse. During the month of [...]
Architecture of the Afro-Caribbean Museum in Panama City
Posted in Photography, tagged Afro-Caribbean Population, Architecture, Demography, Ethnic Mix, Museums, Panama City, Tourism on January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Flock of Birds Flew South
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Competition, Facebook, Flock, Software, Twitter, Web Browsers, Zynga on January 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The year is just starting and we already have a casualty in the Web browser’s arena. Yesterday I was surprised to read that Flock Inc. had been purchased by Zynga. While Facebook is raking in billions of dollars as investment, one of it’s success stories Zynga ( which is worth $5 billion too) is ramping [...]
Skyline at Dawn
Posted in Photography, tagged Architecture, Buildings, Cities, Panama, Panama Bay, Panama City, Skylines, Tourism, Urban Development on January 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Victory Sign
Posted in Photography, tagged Black and White, Cinta Costera, Marinas, Panama, Photographs, Photography, Tourism, Victory Sign on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Blue Skies Over Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Darien, Floods, Panama, Precipitation, Rainfall, Skies, Snow, Temperatures, Weather on January 5, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Mother Nature has been pretty naughty in many parts of the world. Manhattan was blanketed with the white stuff as well as many countries in Europe. In Latin America it rained cats and dogs for too many days—specially Colombia and Venezuela. In Panama it rained so much it broke all previous precipitation formal records. In [...]
