English is the universal language, we can say that. But in Brazil, this is somewhat analogous to capitalism in the sense that being bilingual is not common; it puts you outside the norm.

I’ve noticed a real lack of access to technology-related knowledge in the country. Few people know much about it, and those who do often keep that knowledge... in English.

I’m going to start posting more in Portuguese on the blog and here as well. To encourage interaction. To promote it. Maybe this is a chance to do something different.

After years of using Material for MkDocs, I just found out that it has entered maintenance mode. I’m going to migrate my personal documentation to Zensical. 🙄

A Motto of Love

If you long to reach the realms of peace,

Do not pursue vain riches, nor harbor any shadow.

Sorrow and affliction, one by one,

Clear from your path, and leave them far behind.

When faced with blows and snares along the road,

Reveal the fullest strength of goodness you possess.

And when evil surrounds you, or wounds you, overcome it

As silently as sunlight conquers cold and mist.

Forgive those who fail to understand,

And bless, throughout your life,

The lips that kiss you

And, moments later, mock you.

Let self-improvement be your purpose,

And helping others your delight.

From the splendor of the stars

To the humbleness of dust,

Here is love’s motto for eternal victory:

Give, serve, restore, work, and forget.

#poem #books

After spending the entire night and early morning documenting the services I host, it’s time for a short walk on this rainy day. It feels so good to breathe. ❤️

#brazil #wild

I’ve spent the last six hours organizing and documenting my services. It’s starting to take shape, and I think it could turn out really well. It’s also the first website I’ve had hosted on GitHub in years. And of course, it’s entirely in my native language, Brazilian Portuguese.

https://docs.pablomurad.com/

😛

Over the past two years, I’ve had the Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Colorsoft, Kobo, Xteink X3 and X4, and I finally think I’ve found a winner in the e-reader race: Bigme.

Super happy to see that my first blog made it into the printed edition of the Internet Phone Book :) https://internetphonebook.net

I’m number 39, one of the first ones =D

I could put this into a metaphor, but I’d rather not. And I’d rather not be too direct either. What destroys me is wanting to help someone and being unable to. Having to watch something terrible happen while knowing there is nothing I can do, standing there with my hands tied in the face of someone else’s suffering. It feels like two different kinds of torture. One for the person going through it, and another for me, having to watch.

Some things, I choose to believe, are truly in God’s hands.

I do not believe in politics. I do not believe in sides. In good and evil. I do have faith in people, though. A great deal of faith. I believe in love for others and in understanding. In equality and fraternity among people all over the world. I dream, and I dream of a better tomorrow. The world was better when our political party was the human being as a whole.

And no, I do not deny evil; I know it exists. I just avoid talking about it. I do not give strength to something that should be disregarded, and that is not why this evil grows. You can be a monk and have darkness in your heart, or a rebel with the peace of a saint. Regardless, evil will prevail wherever love is absent.

One of the wonderful things about Docker: building a minimal Ubuntu image inside Debian.

i spent the whole day editing the layout and design of the same system... i’m terrible at this, zero skills... at least 10 hours doing the same thing over and over again... and it turned out like shit.