Since September 19th I have been mostly offline and unreachable. This was due to having started a new job in a wonderful new project: soitu.es, an online newspaper with a strong focus on Citizen Journalism: citizens “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information,” I must mention the master mind behind this all: Gumersindo Lafuente, one very well known journalist in Spain. On the other hand, working with Raúl Rivero, not the Cuban poet but the technical soul of the project, is something I would pay for, and I get actually paid to learn from him! Too bad he doesn’t digg Debian :)



The site was finally launched during Xmas, and we are all less busy, so despite having what I call “the weekend flu” (that only affects me during the weekends, but I never feel so bad that I need to miss work during the week), I am back to normal, If you thought I was quite MIA, keep in mind I was not one of busiest ones at work! Launching such a project takes a toll on everyone, though. I set up a Flick set for my new workplace: Amayita’s Soitu.es Flickr photo Set, in case you are curious. There is also an official Soitu.es Flickr Photo Pool.

Today is a holiday in Spain, due to Día de Reyes, when kids usually get their Xmas presents here. As I am fully recovered from this weekend’s flu (today is Monday after all), I had some spare time and my cats got a nice present too: A DIY scratching post. There is a WTF column in the effing middle of my kitchen, so after some cardboard, a wall stapler, sisal rope and a bit of round and round the column... This pic shows the result:



I couldn’t resist filming a video, available on YouTube: This scratching post is now mine! - No! Mine! - I’ll get you!