Portugal über alles: Although I like electronic music, I am hardly amused by that 'bleeding edge', nearly unlistenable, that resembles some clueless, untalented teenager playing around with the latest audiowarez. So it's not surprising that only today I decided to listen to the compilation CD included on an amusing 'Christina Ricci' special issue of the FAQT magazine, which I had dusting for quite a while. And yes, most (if not all) of that CD is rubbish, die-hard masoquistic electronica like Kid606 or David Kristian, stuff that is fashionable to recommend to others, but no one actually likes it. However, something captured my attention: Track one, by someone called 'V/VM', is just a fucked up-version of a song by SOME PORTUGUESE CROONER (I can't really tell who, they all sound the same), stuff we call 'pimba' because of its utter crapness. Of course, the clueless V/VM credited it to a spanish crooner, but trust me, the difference is obvious. Portugal über alles, indeed.···

Oh, yes. Caffeine indeed does wonders. I had quite a few webdesign problems I couldn't solve lately, layouts that weren't quite working, navigation concerns, CSS worries et all. And as always, the miracle fix: Thinking about it away from any computer, on a nice coffee shop with good background music, using a pen and some paper. It does wonders indeed. Now, let's get to work.···

Portuguese football: Sporting beat Benfica 3-0 yesterday, and Benfica lost its last chance of a place on the UEFA Cup. Which, despite the fact I'm a FC Porto fan, is quite sad, because Benfica used to be Portugal's greatest club, and I will miss see them losing against some lowly Lithuanian side. Also, Porto had a close match against Braga but eventually won 3-2, which means the championship isn't over yet. Nice.···