eric haller

glass light enclosure on a cei…

eric — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:31:07 +0000

glass light enclosure on a ceiling fan just EXPLODED all over the kitchen, and i cannot figure out what caused it. very weird.

@melissasoro @cambronero dific…

eric — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:40:39 +0000

@melissasoro @cambronero dificil predecir la clima caribeña, pero hoy, nublado por la mañana, solecito en el tarde.

yep, they ARE dessert @melissa…

eric — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:08:29 +0000

yep, they ARE dessert @melissasoro @haller nice! Great for dessert!

hung up the first bunch of ban…

eric — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:06:28 +0000

hung up the first bunch of bananas of the year to ripen. not cavendish either, the short fat sweet ones.

@pepomont exactly, un cambio. …

eric — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:59:58 +0000

@pepomont exactly, un cambio. tengo un monton de vecinos quien quieren mejorar su ingles. vamos a reunir proxima vez en jueves a las once.

had 8 neighbors show up today …

eric — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:48:21 +0000

had 8 neighbors show up today for an imfornal english class. anyone local to cocles want to barter spanish lessons for english lessons?

just saw a blur fall from the …

eric — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:58:07 +0000

just saw a blur fall from the sky and land on the woodpile. from the hollowness of the thud, i am guessing iguana. maybe sloth.

media companies lobbying for l…

eric — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:53:42 +0000

media companies lobbying for laws to “break the internet” instead of innovating their business models will be first to go. music biz anyone?

Tell Congress: Don’t censor …

eric — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:47:08 +0000

Tell Congress: Don’t censor the web! http://t.co/anx40uEo

I support #wikipediablackout! …

eric — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:29:38 +0000

I support #wikipediablackout Show your support here http://t.co/H0lUSGjW

estoy domingueando, es decir h…

eric — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:03:10 +0000

estoy domingueando, es decir haciendo absolutamente nada, y en este momento disfrutando un buen aguacero afuera la ventana en el caribe.

not sure how the crypttab on a…

eric — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:36:15 +0000

not sure how the crypttab on an external drive’s system pointed cryptswap at my /home partition. good thing i just backed up. uggh.

article about un caribe mas se…

eric — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:53:16 +0000

article about un caribe mas seguro i wrote: http://t.co/fygIk1Uk @CelsoGamboaCR @LeandroChaverri @2manuelpinto @ninautopia

“@carlhancock: @haller I’m i…

eric — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:32:32 +0000

“@carlhancock: @haller I’m in Cocles, at least until tomorrow morning. How long have you lived in Puerto Viejo?” about 5 years now. welcome!

wow that is awesome! that’s *m…

eric — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:34:41 +0000

wow that is awesome! that’s *my* beach “@carlhancock: Playa Cocles just south of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. http://t.co/cvoKXwTG”

time to start exercising

eric — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:02:53 +0000

this article from el pais says researchers have found that age-related mental deterioration starts at 45. the best prophylaxis is making sure you get plenty of cardiovascular exercise. what’s good for the heart is good for the head. ok, gonna put off buying a car, that right there is BUILT-IN exercise in my life.

El deterioro cognitivo puede comenzar a partir de los 45 años | Sociedad | EL PAÍS.

i had forgotten how easy it is…

eric — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:42:43 +0000

i had forgotten how easy it is to stay up until 6 AM when you are building a website. ugggh, it’s gonna hurt when i wake up again at 9 AM.

¡excelente! RT @CelsoGamboaCR…

eric — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:06:23 +0000

¡excelente! RT @CelsoGamboaCR Nueva patrulla Land Cruiser de #fuerzap �blica ya está en Talamanca @haller @2manuelpinto @LeandroChaverri

adjusting the firehose again

eric — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:08:56 +0000

this is not a new topic whatsoever, but just reading this article, How to Boost Your Reading Comprehension by Reading Smarter and More Conscientiously, reminded me that i should reevaluate my reading habits for the new year. when i first moved to costa rica i ratcheted DOWN radically on the amount of stuff i was plowing through, the amount of feeds i followed, the twitter, etc. but over the last five years i have slowly but surely added more and more, and a lot of my time now is divided between spanish and english. i have a lot of interests, and i probably need to trim down. probably a lot. and spend more time at the beach, doing zero reading.

@donpark good morning! things …

eric — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:20:21 +0000

@donpark good morning! things are great down here, looking like a cloudy day, perfect for coffee and computer work

was the captcha on a web host …

eric — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:13:46 +0000

was the captcha on a web host trouble ticket i just sent really “uggg”? yep, it really was.

obligatory blog post about not blogging, 2012

eric — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:23:03 +0000

so, there is a chance that 2012 is going to bring with it more blog activity. while forecasting these things has largely proved to be a thing of folly in the past, i think it’s really only a matter of changing some habits. while i got sucked into the facebook black hole for a while like most other bloggers i know, i have recently been posting to twitter and having that echoed over as my status on FB. i suppose it’s really only a matter of making this blog the place where i update, and having that send out to the social sites. now, i just have to set it up.

i guess if you were to only read this blog, you might think that not a whole hell of a lot has happened to me in a long while. but you would be wrong.

lots of new young green hibisc…

eric — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:28:34 +0000

lots of new young green hibiscus leaves on the hedges i macheted a couple weeks ago, 2012 looks promising so far for new growth.

ahora, voy caminar los 300 m p…

eric — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:52:18 +0000

ahora, voy caminar los 300 m para “escapar del bullicio y estar relajado” http://t.co/wOwAZisq #PuertoViejo #Cocles

siempre bienvenido! RT @CelsoG…

eric — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:30:09 +0000

siempre bienvenido! RT @CelsoGamboaCR @haller tal vez la dejes sonar allá en Puerto Viejo!

wow, great voice! RT @CelsoGam…

eric — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:51:50 +0000

wow, great voice! RT @CelsoGamboaCR Visiten http://t.co/ghURcwYZ y escuchen la música de mi hermana Gladys (Gia Gamboa) la esta pegando.

while i can usually see the po…

eric — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:33:35 +0000

while i can usually see the positive in most situations, chiseling calcium deposits out of a toilet bowl is certainly a challenge.

lol RT @pin2d2 En el Terramall…

eric — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:28:31 +0000

lol RT @pin2d2 En el Terramall de Cahuita – http://t.co/3JkLRl68

sun is shining, time to bicycl…

eric — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:53:09 +0000

sun is shining, time to bicycle over towards punta uva for christmas dinner at chez @2manuelpinto , then playing texmex tonight in town.

picante! :P RT @CelsoGamboaCR …

eric — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:36:07 +0000

picante! RT @CelsoGamboaCR Limón, #playabonita olas muy grandes, salimos para Puerto Viejo Salsa Brava a ver que. @haller @2manuelpinto