Freezing Europe - From Space Edition

Most of you know about or having been feeling the effects of the cold snap hitting Europe and the US. The UK has been particularly hit by it and today the BBC showed one of the prettiest pictures I've seen so far:

I really wish that sub-orbital flights were cheap enough such that I could go take a peek of Earth from above. I wouldn't mind getting rich either... This company (based in Barcelona) has a really cool business model. I hope they succeed!

Happy Holidays everyone!

I'm in Brazil for the spring break and while Europe is freezing to a halt I'd like to wish a merry Christmas and a great 2010 to all my three readers!

To warm the European ones, I went to a fantastic region in Brazil this weekend (Angra dos Reis, about 2 hours from Rio) and took the two pictures below right from my window.

Of course Photoshop and the HDR technique helped a bit, but it is as close to the definition of paradise you can get.

Cheers everyone!

Are you happy with financial markets?

A friend sent me the picture above that reminded me of the financial crisis (yet again). If we ask the question: "Are you happy with financial markets?" I get the feeling that we are closer to "No" and "No" above.

To be honest, even if we get to "No" and then "Yes", I have a feeling that we still won't be happy with outcome given the current changes that have been implemented.

I think that people are thinking that we can push implementing measures