India

Photos from our incredible trip to India. Thank you to everyone in our family!

Fotos de nuestro increíble viaje a la India.

Apoyo para la lucha contra el cáncer de Mama

Cada gesto cuenta en la lucha contra el cáncer de Mama:

La página de la iniciativa es http://cadagestocuenta.com

Y aquí un vídeo de la iniciativa.

Exposición Marisol Santander

Mi madre está organizando y exponiendo en la exposición "ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS" en el puerto de Santander en la sala NAOS. Desde el 16 de Octubre hasta finales de Noviembre 2008.

También hay fotos de la exposición aquí.

Boda María y Manolito

Fotos de la boda de María y Manolito. Enhorabuena!

Photos from María and Manolos wedding (Almu's brother). Congratulations!

El Rompido

Photos from our holidays in the South of Spain in Huelva and Portugal. Thanks Blanca & family!!

Fotos de nuestras vacaciones en Huelva (y Algarve - foto). Gracias Blanca y familia!

Last.fm on the iPhone

Last.fm iPhone Demo.

You can get this app from the apple online store. Go to the music category of the iTunes App store (in iTunes or on your iPhone/Touch). Find the Last.fm app and download it (for free).

Sanlucar de Barrameda

Pinchar aquí para ver fotos del viaje a Sanlucar de Barrameda y el bautizo de Ana Romero Tercero.

Click here to see photos from our trip to Sanlucar de Barrameda and Ana's baptism.

Free Gun When You Buy a Car / Pistola Gratis al Comprar un Coche

Car Dealer Max Motors in Butler, Missouri has an innovative advertising campaign until the 31st of March: Buy a car and we'll give you a free gun (or gas-card, if you prefer).

Max Motors en Butler ha lanzado una campaña de marketing innovadora: Compra un coche y te regalamos una pistola (o gasolina gratis, según preferencia).

See it here: www.max71.com/

Congratulations Nick & Phoebe!

Photos from the wedding!

Feliz Cumpleaños Almu!

Fotos del cumple de Almu en el Pantano de San Juán y después en casa.

Bum Millionaire

Here's a strange Internet initiative:

1. get 1 billion Internet users to give $1 to raise $1 Billion.
2. give all that money to a homeless person.
3. laugh because we have managed to get a homeless person on the Forbes richest person list.

check it out for yourselves at: bumllionaire.com

Aquí una iniciativa curiosa en Internet:

1. conseguir que 1,000 millones de internautas donen $1.
2. darle todo ese dinero a un indigente.
3. reirnos porque hemos conseguido que un indigente aparezca en la lista forbes.

Lo podéis ver en: bumllionaire.com

Ebbsfleet United

Last year, an interesting web initiative was born with the objective of buying a Football Club by convincing 50,000 members to pay £35 which would then be used to buy a club. The club would then be run by those members, and decisions such as team selections, transfers, tactics.. you name it, would be made by the members through a voting system.

To be honest, I was intrigued by the idea of being involved in a Championship Manager style Footy management game, but in real life. Also, the collective intelligence factor has never been introduced into the equation in football... surely the collective opinions of passionate fans at football clubs could be very useful indeed, nobody knows more about their own club, players, etc. How often has an entire crowd cried for a substitution when a player isn't performing, and how often are they right?

Well, I am now joint Owner of Ebbsfleet United Football Club thanks to the MyFootballClub initiative on the web. Ebbsfleet was basically chosen because the money raised would never have been enough for a much bigger club, and apparently the club met the conditions required for the takeover.

What I've now realised however, is that I couldn't really care less about the entire initiative. To be quite honest, the only way that I would spend time reading the forums, making decisions, getting to know the players so that I can help pick the team, watch the games, etc. would be if I had supported the team my entire life. Ebbsfleet united does not mean anything to me and I'm therefore not likely to spend time getting involved.

All this does not mean to say that the MyFootballClub initiative or concept is doomed. I think the main problem is motivational. Members really need to feel for the club, to support the club. If the club in question was Spurs or Racing (the two clubs I support) I have no doubt that I would have my say and feel passionately about it. In the Ebbsfleet United situation, it's Ebbsfleet fans who should be involved, and they are the ones who will make the best decisions.

I honestly think that the use of collective intelligence in football is an interesting idea and that it could well work in some aspects. This said, it's important to create the right system and to select the right people for the job.

I wouldn't know the difference between Ebbsfleet's goalkeeper and their star striker if you gave me their names, how can I pick the team?..

¡Berlin!

Photos from our trip to Berlin here
Fotos de nuestro viaje a Berlin aquí

Arco 2008

Photos from Arco 2008 in Madrid.

Laredo in January!

Fotos de Laredo en enero.

Photos from Laredo with Mum, Dad & Almu.

Navidades 2007

Pinchar aquí para fotos de nuestras navidades en Laredo y también las fotos de nuestras navidades en Madrid.

Click here to see photos from our christmas holidays in Laredo and also from our holidays in Madrid.

Chile

Photos de mi viaje a Chile. Photos from my trip to Chile.

Avila

Fotos del finde en la casa rural de Gargante del Villar.

Photos from our weekend in Garganta del Villar, in the middle of absolutely nowhere.

Patones

Unas fotillos de nuestro viajecito a Patones con Montse, Jone y primos.

Some photos of our day trip to Patones with Montse, Jone and our cousins.

Vienna!

Here are some photos from our long weekend in Austria, Vienna. Nice!

Aquí algunas fotos de nuesto puente en Noviembre en Viena!