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Because You Love Me

Posted by Paulo on Monday, 19 April, 2010

A popular song by Diane Warren, as a tribute to her father for his encouragement, that I tried to adapt as I prayer.

For all those times you stay by me
For all the truth that you make me see
For all the joy you bring to my life
For all the wrong that you make right
For every dream you make come true
For all the love I found in you
I’ll be forever thankful Lord
You’re the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You’re the one who sees me through it all

You are my strength when I am weak
You are my voice when I can’t speak
You are my eyes when I can’t see
You see the best there is in me
Lift me up when I can’t reach
You give me faith ‘coz you believe
I’m everything I am
Because you love me

You give me wings and make me fly
You touch my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You say no star is out of reach
You stay by me and I stay tall
I have your love I have it all
I’m grateful for each day you give me
Maybe I don’t know that much
But I know this much is true
I am blessed because you love me

You are always there for me
The tender wind that carries me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You are my inspiration
Through the lies you are the truth
My world is a better place because of you

I’m everything I am
Because you love me

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Will I replace the system in @Linuxcar with an iPad?

Posted by Paulo on Wednesday, 7 April, 2010

Some friends have been asking me if the iPad could eventually replace my custom made Linux multimedia car system.
I reckon that the screen is nice an all, but can the iPad …

- Take Skype phone calls
- Automatically pause live radio (not just mute) when a call comes in
- Update the twitter account @linuxcar with what ever it is doing
- Bring up my current location on Google maps
- Update my current location on the web
- Allow free WiFi in the car
- Allow any other web devices in the neighborhood to control the multimedia
- Allow for a remote system to use the web interface

… all at the same time? No? Well, there is your answer.
Now, an Android based system like this might do it…

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Cancel all print jobs

Posted by Paulo on Monday, 29 March, 2010

Hey folks,

Is this still the best way to cancel *all* print job requests from a queue in Solaris?

cancel `lpstat <printer queue name>|awk ‘{print $1}’`

Sugestions welcome. :)

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The Hook

Posted by Paulo on Wednesday, 24 March, 2010

I have already thought painting the sky
In shades of blue, to be original
Only then I noticed that it is already blue
There was someone who had the same idea

I do not know if I will run
Or the hook
There is nothing new here
Under the sun

I’ve been chased by alleys and narrow streets
Horror, dead ends
Until I lost myself without knowing
What color I paint my life

I do not know if I will run
Or the hook
There is nothing new here
Under the sun

I do not know if I will run
Or the hook
There is nothing new here
Under the sun

Original lyrics here: O Anzol

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Wrong by Wrong

Posted by Paulo on Tuesday, 23 March, 2010

I’m now who you want me to be,
Have a job and a normal life.
But when I wake up I don’t know
Who I am, who I became
I don’t fell right.
Your right makes me fell so wrong!

Since I fit in your structure.
Since I do not offend your morals.
But when you impose your right upon me
I still feel it’s not enought.
Your right makes me fell so wrong,
Your right makes me fell so wrong!

I know you expect me not to disappoint,
And that I follow your ideal.
But I do not want to follow anyone
No matter how much you love me.
Your right makes me fell so wrong,
Your right makes me fell so wrong!

I know that I’ll turn inside out
If I tell you that I choose me.
No, I don’t really care
Even if you do me wrong.
Inside out I’ll tell you:
Your wrong makes me so right!

Original author: Pedro da Silva Martins

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