Humberto's Thoughts [Humberto Lezama Guadarrama]

Uno mas.. pero muy especial

2009-05-25T09:21:00.000-07:00

No puedo creerlo, ya paso un anio mas en mi vida! y que manera de festejarlo, estrenando house en compa;is de muchos amigos queridos, mi adorada esposa y, por supuesto, cookie :)

La reunion estuvo super padre y la comida soberbia!!! Nancy se apunto un ultra mega 10 con mil y un platillos mexicanos que fueron el deleite de todos. Para cerrar con broche de oro, un face-off en el postre con un pastel de tres leches cortesia de la chef Clau (aka chinchirrin special) y un pay de queso cortesia de Bere...mmmm creo que el pastel gano (porque tenia mi nombre je je je).

Muchas, muchas gracias a todos, me hicieron pasar un excelente cumpleanios!

Snow!!

2008-12-18T19:41:00.000-08:00

Everywhere around Seattle!!.... I would say that about 60-70% of all Microsoft employees in the Puget Sound area ended up working from home today. My wife and I lived in Pittsburgh before moving to Seattle so we are used to the snow... however I can’t be anything but impressed on the amount of snow it fell today; it was pretty bad. If you add that to the fact that Seattleites are very ill prepared for situations like this (I mean it usually doesn’t snow that bad) it turned out to be one of the most peculiar days we’ve experienced here.

Not to pick on my neighbors but it was fun to watch one of them attempting to drive with a road fully covered by snow… he moved about 20 meters from his drive way and.. .well, lets say that neon is still parked in the middle of the street since 9am (it is now 7:30 pm). (And not he didn’t have an emergency, it was pure curiosity combined with a lack of common sense… I mean 2wd, no chains, sport tires…that is just asking for trouble).

The personal downside that we encountered is that our dog got so excited with the snow that he decided to run and run and eat and eat snow…of course he ended up throwing up and a bit sick but he is fine now. Other than that I think I actually enjoyed this day.

Seems that tomorrow conditions won’t improve much; good thing the remote access is holding up so far :)

When a break is needed

2008-11-10T20:42:00.000-08:00

I surely need one.... I don't know, sometimes work can be so time consuming that it doesn't feel right anymore. I love what I do but Gee... sometimes is just too much.

Good thing thanks giving and december holidays are coming; this time around I'm reeeeaaaallly looking forward to them.

Felicidades Luis Daniel y Sofia!!!

2008-07-23T09:55:00.001-07:00

Al parecer la mayoria de nuestros amigos se pusieron de acuerdo y decidieron tener BBs todos por la misma epoca .

Muchisimas felicidades para Luis y Violeta por Luis Daniel y muchas felicidades tambien para Erika y Carlos por Sofia :)

Mmmm como que el universo quiere mandarnos un mensaje... he he, sera acaso momento de encargar? Naaaa... todavia no he he he.

Wii component cable

2008-07-01T21:11:00.000-07:00

In spite of reviews stating that the Wii component cable didn't help at all I purchased one for my 37 LCD TV and what a difference!! Images are crisp and vivid as opposed to blurry and washed out with the normal RCA cable.

I highly recommend getting the component cable if you have a HDTV. If you have a SDTV you probably won't notice the difference.

Something obvious but that still some people may be missing; once you connect the wii using the component cable you have to manually switch the resolution to 480p, otherwise the image will look the same or even worse as before.

Cookie aprende a ir al banio

2008-06-15T10:33:00.001-07:00

Pues parece ser que despues de varias semanas nuestro perrito, Cookie, ya aprendio a ir al banio. Fue genial estar en la sala y ver como de repente cookie se levanta y corre a la puerta, agarra su correa con la boca y me la da.. y despues corre directo a la puerta, rascandola para indicar que queria salir; y efectivamente mas tardamos en salir que llego a su lugar preferido e hizo su asunto :)

I hate car dealers

2008-06-01T13:29:00.000-07:00

Why is it that purchasing a new car has to be such a distasteful experience?

Dealers offer their fancy web pages where you supposedly ask for a quote and what do you get in return? Nothing... just a bunch of junk email urging you to visit them TODAY... it doesn't matter that you answer their emails and give them specific details of what do you want... no, they have to have you right there in the dealership so they can play all sorts of annoying selling games.

Why is it that buying a car can't be like buying a pizza? Seriously... I know exactly the car I want with all the options that I want and I know the maximum price I'm willing to pay... so, let me pick the damn car and click "purchase"!!!

The irony... the software that I help develop as part of my daily job gives these folks more tools to provide a "Better" customer experience... yeah, sure.

Cumpleanios

2008-05-26T09:25:00.002-07:00

Este fin de semana festeje en compania de varios cuates mi 2x cumpleanios.... muy muy divertido el asunto, ya tenia tiempo que no me reia tanto.

Desde hacer el ridiculo marcando el celular de alguien sentado enfrente de mi (por error) desconocerle la voz y llamarla "Bere" y esa persona hablandome en ingles, desconociendome la voz y pasandole el telefono a su esposo diciendole... "creo que es para ti" he he he... Hasta 4 chavos(yo incluido) cantando "Electricidad" de 'lucerito'... Dios, que oso! :)

Este tambien fue el primer cumplea;os que "cookie" (nuestro perrito) paso con nosotros... una maravilla de creatura... se porto super bien con las visitas y estuvo muy tranquilo...lo que no saben es que lo tenia drogado.. ja ja ja... naa para nada muy bien portado el chamaco.

Ale, Mary, Clau (Bere II), Bere (I), Ale (hija Bere I y Edgar), Spider, Juan, Francisco, Edgar y por supuesto, mi adorada Nans.... muchas gracias!! me la pase muy muy padre.

P.D. Me deben 2 cojines de 500 dlls.
P.D.2. Ahora si, ya me voy a jugar Halo (Por fin!!!) :)

Cookie!

2008-05-10T09:23:00.000-07:00

That is the name our puppy :)

We just got him a couple of weeks back. He is an adorable fur ball :)

Gosh... training is difficult.. it requires patience which I have none he he he. Anyway, I'm confident things will go smoothly.

Crazy Weather

2008-04-01T21:55:00.000-07:00

To be hones I haven't had a chance to look at how the weather world wide looks like but around Seattle is crazy vato!

Rain, Snow, Wind, Sun, Heath.... all in the same day!!!

I miss home :(

Semler

2008-03-13T16:49:00.000-07:00

WOW... this guy is amazing. If you have 10 minutes, watch this video... I couldn't think of a better use of your spare time.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gJkOPxJCN1w

More Cowbell

2008-03-03T21:37:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I laughed so much... do your friends look like the cowbell guy when playing rockband? I probably do :) he he

http://crackle.com/c/Funny/SNL_Blue_Oyster_Cult/1540034

The escape

2008-02-24T20:42:00.000-08:00

From reality... keep reading books, keep working late, keep surfing the net, keep watching tv and playing video games.... everything but to face the world.

Welcome Yahoo...

2008-02-01T10:53:00.001-08:00

No, as of today (2/1/2008) Yahoo hasn't accepted Microsoft's offer but they will. As myself and thousands of other people predicted it... it happened.

Gee... I wonder how things will change around here (Redmond). We'll see.

UPDATE: Yes, yes.. I was wrong :/

Skiing at Snoqualmie

2008-01-29T17:45:00.000-08:00

Couple of friends and us went skiing to snoqualmie west summit... pretty fun! I only fell once!!! (yes still on green trails only he he). Snow was fresh, groomed... weather extremely comfortable. Other than the long waiting lines for the lifts the place is highly recommendable.

Yes! :)

2008-01-24T14:25:00.001-08:00

http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/24/news/companies/earnings_microsoft_msft.ap/index.htm

Amazon Fresh... refreshing

2008-01-20T12:19:00.000-08:00

Today we received our first Amazon Fresh order. Overall, quite satisfactory experience.

Convenience: Excellent. Their website is pretty well designed, you can easily browse and pick the items that you want. The delivery options are pretty convenient... we chose pre-dawn; before 6:00am in the morning we already had our groceries at our doorstep. Packaging was formidable and even the containers were nice looking. All the items arrived in pristine condition.

Quality: Fruit, poultry and fish were pretty good; certainly better than what I would chose by myself (I'm not good at picking stuff on the supermarket). The rest of the stuff was standard, meaning that it would be equivalent to get the stuff anywhere else (e.g. a bag of chips was a standard bag of chips as you would expect).

Prices: They are lower than Safeway's and higher than Fred Meyer. As an introductory offer, Amazon takes care of the sales tax.

Are we going to shop again on Amazon Fresh? Probably... to be honest supermarkets are less than mile from our place and we like the on-premise shopping experience he he. We were mainly curious so we decided to give Amazon a try... who knows, maybe in a bitter cold day we will order again... or maybe we become so busy (e.g. lazzy) that we end up being fervent customers.

Nice Effort Seahawks

2008-01-13T16:33:00.000-08:00

The did what they could... the Packers were just too good for them and the weather didn't help. Anyhow, I feel happy for the Seahawks, they had a solid season even though they lack any real superstars. BTW, my wife and I had the opportunity to go to the last game here @ Seattle Vs. Redskings... being at Qwest field for a play-off game was AMAZING... never being in a louder stadium in my life.

Bill Gates farewell at CES

2008-01-09T08:50:00.000-08:00

Hilarious! You gotta watch this.

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=be9075bb-df0a-41c9-8d86-7ded46627e26

Beware of "Midas"

2007-12-26T08:32:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago I had my breaks inspected by a "Midas" shop because of an annoying noise. They told me that pretty much everything was in extreme bad conditions and that I needed to replace calipers, rotors, break pads, etc…all for about $1500. The diagnostic made me quite suspicious since I had the car inspected a month before and the breaks were in good conditions. So I took my car to a Firestone shop and guess what? The breaks were in perfect conditions; my breaks were in almost “brand new” conditions according to the mechanics; to get rid of the sound they did had to resurface the rear rotors for about $120 but told me that it was strictly optional, that my breaks were in perfect working conditions. I agreed to resurface the rotors and the noise is gone now; I’m pretty happy with the Firestone service and will probably take my car to them every time I need servicing

So, beware of Midas. By doing a bit more research online (which I should have done before going with them in the first place) I found that it seems to be a common practice of Midas shops to tell you that you need to do a bunch of expensive repairs when, in fact, your car might be in pretty good shape.

Before agreeing to do any expensive repair, take your car to another shop and get a second opinion.

Guitar Hero III...tomorrow!!

2007-12-19T20:29:00.001-08:00

Tomorrow I'll finally get my hands on a copy of Guitar Hero III with the wireless guitar. I had to pay an undisclosed amount of money for it on ebay... hope it is worth the deal; if not I'll have to seek revenge from the friends that introduced me to the addiction (GH2).

On a side note... We (the CRM Team) got our new release out the door last friday :) ...as a reward we will have a couple of extra days of vacations [Insert video of Borat saying: "Nice"]

Black Fridat @ Best Buy

2007-11-30T15:49:00.000-08:00

My wife and I accompanied a couple of friends on black Friday to Best Buy… what an experience. The 4:00am awakening was well worth the deal just to witness the line that extended from best buy to the nearest store half a mile away. We stand in line for about half an hour and got free donut while we were waiting.. it was fun. After we finally entered the store, although really crowded, people were ordered; our friends got what they were looking for (a gorgeous 42” HDTV) at a really good price. All in all, a cool experience :)

The only complaint was that I got the wrong version of the 300 DVD. Instead of picking the special edition I chose the normal edition and got charged full price instead of the black Friday price; the cashier wasn’t kind enough to let me know my mistake. Fortunately I did realized of my mistake the same day and got chance to exchange the DVD and get a refund back.

My wife hates Halo 3

2007-11-30T15:47:00.000-08:00

I can't help it... the damn thing is addictive!

Halo is... simply adictive

2007-11-19T21:38:00.000-08:00

I've been playing Halo 3 matchmaking on xbox live for the past 2 weeks. The thing is really addictive. I still suck at the game but it so funny to tagteam to kill the opposite team. I wonder if my fingers (and my brain) will ever be fast/precise enough to become a decent player in this kind of games :)

The push to get Titan out the door.

2007-11-19T21:37:00.001-08:00

Oh boy, ...almost there... almost there :)