O D A C R E M

El gato dormido es una expresion de lo infinito

2011-04-24T19:01:00.001-04:00

El gato sueña con un gato que esta soñando con un gato que esta soñando con un gato que esta soñando con un gato que esta soñando..., originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

The Honey Badger

2011-04-23T11:22:00.001-04:00

The Honey Badger, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

That Comet Is Not A Comet, It is the God of Jellyfish

2010-11-23T11:04:00.001-05:00

That Comet Is Not A Comet, It is the God of Jellyfish, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

The Boy With The Brown Bear Balloon

2010-10-05T20:59:00.001-04:00

The Boy With The Brown Bear Balloon, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Pangolin

2010-06-28T18:51:00.003-04:00

Pangolin, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Mad As A March Hare

2010-06-28T18:51:00.001-04:00

Mad As A March Hare, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Rails Conf 2010 Notes

2010-06-11T16:38:00.001-04:00

Rails Conf 2010 Notes, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Febrero

2010-02-23T14:07:00.001-05:00

Febrero, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

I See What Yeux Did There

2010-02-22T23:35:00.001-05:00

I See What Yeux Did There, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Pavo Real

2010-01-31T03:35:00.001-05:00

Pavo Real, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Broken Bird

2010-01-02T12:49:00.001-05:00

Broken Bird, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Raven Steals The Sun

2009-12-31T10:51:00.001-05:00

Raven Steals The Sun, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Brando

2009-12-04T21:54:00.001-05:00

Brando, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Broken Bird

2009-11-25T21:28:00.001-05:00

Broken Bird, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Rain Or Shine

2009-08-13T00:04:00.001-04:00

Rain Or Shine, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

The Mop And Bucket Monk

2009-08-11T07:58:00.001-04:00

The Mop And Bucket Monk, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Shows up every day in a tattered bathrobe and fuzzy slippers. Brings his own mop and bucket.

el peso

2009-08-09T03:50:00.003-04:00

el peso, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder

2009-08-09T03:50:00.001-04:00

my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Y con los tequilas se enfiesto su corazon

2009-08-06T11:08:00.001-04:00

Y con los tequilas se enfiesto su corazon, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Ahi viene el borracho ya ni puede caminar
Ahi viene el borracho que no para de chupar
Y con los tequilas se enfiesto su corazon
Y con el mariachi se rompio su corazon

Opale!

- El Borracho (Mana)

Watch Your Grandfather's Snores

2009-08-05T08:15:00.001-04:00

Watch Your Grandfather's Snores, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Watch Your Grandfather's Snores

wake himself up.

- one from the archives. abuelito mio, te extraño tanto.

à bout de souffle

2009-08-03T13:29:00.001-04:00

à bout de souffle, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

"I told you being afraid is the worst sin there is. "

Legendary Ink Dragon

2009-07-15T14:25:00.001-04:00

Legendary Ink Dragon, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Legendary Ink Dragon. Known to lurk around conference tables. Diet consists of minutes, hours, mornings and afternoons

-- : --

2009-07-11T16:53:00.001-04:00

-- : --, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

o rinoceronte

2008-07-08T14:41:00.001-04:00

o rinoceronte, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

The plural can be rhinoceros, rhinoceri, rhinoceroses, or rhinoceroi. The collective noun for a group of rhinoceros is "crash".

¡Pablo Pajaro!

2008-07-01T15:57:00.001-04:00

¡Pablo Pajaro!, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Yak

2008-06-05T21:51:00.001-04:00

Yak, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Meadowlark

2008-06-05T12:32:00.001-04:00

Meadowlark, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

oh how i hope to stumble across a meadowlark one day

grackles!

2008-06-02T12:26:00.001-04:00

grackles!, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Jean de La Elephantaine

2008-06-02T12:25:00.001-04:00

Jean de La Elephantaine, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

josé pedro elefante

2008-04-29T11:01:00.001-04:00

josé pedro elefante, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

La Historia Alternativa De Icaro

2008-02-01T16:00:00.001-05:00

La Historia Alternativa De Icaro, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

La Diosa De La Fogata

2008-01-30T22:51:00.001-05:00

La Diosa De La Fogata, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Mechanical Anglerfish

2008-01-26T06:13:00.001-05:00

Mechanical Anglerfish, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

The Adventures of Scarf and Squid

2007-12-20T14:48:00.001-05:00

The Adventures of Scarf and Squid, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

stelmosbaldheadedlaptopguy

2007-12-20T09:41:00.001-05:00

stelmosbaldheadedlaptopguy, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

@ St. Elmos

2007-12-16T16:33:00.001-05:00

@ St. Elmos, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Trubba

2007-12-15T20:06:00.001-05:00

Trubba, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

No Trubba

2007-12-14T15:33:00.001-05:00

No Trubba, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

A donde van los desaparecidos?

2007-12-04T21:52:00.001-05:00

A donde van los desaparecidos?, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

The Samurai With The Umbrella - Chapter 3: The Black Toenail

2007-12-02T19:34:00.001-05:00

The Samurai With The Umbrella - Chapter 3: The Black Toenail, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

The Samurai with the Umbrella has a cursed right foot and is doomed to stub his toe every day of his life and to miss important penalty-kicks.

This toe-stubbing usually happens when he is carrying a big bowl of Udon noodles in the presence of a lady. However, on several occasions a timely trip has saved his life- like the time he was ambushed by The Sixteen Swordsmen of the No-Shadow Clan.

The Clan had him cornered in the marketplace and were closing in for the kill when The Samurai stubbed his toe on a piece of fire-wood and bumped into a huge tub of dish-water that spilled onto the chicken-seller's fire pit and created a huge fog of steam and smoke that allowed our hero to escape to the safety...

el samurai con el paraguas: capitulo dos - el pajaro azul

2007-12-01T23:54:00.001-05:00

el samurai con el paraguas: capitulo dos - el pajaro azul, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Why does a blue bird keep landing on the samurai's head? Where is it leading him? What is the best way to clean bird poop off of a wicker hat? Find out in the next chapter of the The Samurai With The Umbrella!

"habéis de saber que tengo un pájaro azul en el cerebro..."

2007-11-30T21:21:00.001-05:00

"habéis de saber que tengo un pájaro azul en el cerebro...", originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

¡Sí, seré siempre un gandul,
lo cual aplaudo y celebro,
mientras sea mi cerebro
jaula del pájaro azul!

lesión meniscal

2007-09-04T07:12:00.001-04:00

lesión meniscal, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Samurai With The Umbrella

2007-04-14T00:10:00.001-04:00

Samurai With The Umbrella, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

ce reve ne m'appartient pas

2007-04-12T19:33:00.001-04:00

ce reve ne m'appartient pas, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

I did this drawing on the drawing the train back to Montpellier from Barcelona. The words in french mean (i hope) "this dream does not belong to me".

Aside from the wonderful moleskin that Killy gave me at his wedding, this is the first moleskin sketchbook that i have ever kept. I have always wondered what the deal was with moleskins, and i was always a little wary of the slick, thick pages. But after keeping this one for a couple of weeks I may be hooked. The pages seem to love all sorts of ink...

--

2007-03-26T13:57:00.001-04:00

--, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Land Shark

2007-03-22T12:52:00.001-04:00

Land Shark, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Le Rhume

2007-03-17T14:04:00.001-04:00

Le Rhume, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

this fella and about 167 of his friends have been hanging out in my head for the last week...

les abeilles

2007-03-17T06:18:00.001-04:00

les abeilles, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Escape From Sketchbook Mountain

2007-03-07T17:32:00.001-05:00

Escape From Sketchbook Mountain, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

pato...pato...ganso!

2007-03-01T02:30:00.001-05:00

pato...pato...ganso!, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

turtle in a hat shell

2007-03-01T00:24:00.001-05:00

turtle in a hat shell, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

lagarto

2007-02-19T06:26:00.001-05:00

lagarto, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

luciernaga curiosa

2007-02-12T23:46:00.001-05:00

luciernaga curiosa, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Attitude thérapeutique

2007-02-12T15:18:00.003-05:00

Attitude thérapeutique, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

On the PATH to Hoboken

2007-02-12T15:18:00.001-05:00

On the PATH to Hoboken, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

beezlebug!

2007-01-27T18:05:00.001-05:00

beezlebug, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Les bogues aiment ma logique

Oh My Gosh Zoooooom!

2007-01-26T17:31:00.001-05:00

Oh My Gosh Zoooooom!, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Un superbicho es un bicho de ficción, cuyas características superan las del bicho clásico, generalmente con poderes sobrebichosos.

el polenito infeliz

2007-01-25T23:57:00.001-05:00

el polenito infeliz, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

El polinito infeliz… cuyos dedos buscan mi nariz…

que es un polenito?

segun lo que dice la cafeina la historia de los polenes sigue asi:

Érase una vez, la Diosa de las Flores fue seducida por el Dios de Los Narices. Pero el Dios de los Narices no era … noble … en su amor y pronto la abandonó...

Triste y abandonada la Diosa de las Flores contó todo a su papa, el Rey de los Angiospermas. El Rey no pudo contener su ira y declaró la guerra contra El Dios de Los Narices…

Desde entonces cada año los soldados del ejercito del Rey se forman en gran filas, declaran su lealtad y se lanzan al aire en busqueda de narices para atacar.

A los soldados del Rey, nosotros, los anarizados, les llamamos “polen” – pero la Diosa de Las Flores les llama “heroes”.

Explorador...

2007-01-24T22:42:00.001-05:00

— )( -, originally uploaded by Pablo Mercado.

Paper Lantern Supports GData Protocol

2006-12-28T20:00:00.001-05:00

I just upgraded Paper Lantern to support the gdata protocol. What does this mean? Well, it means you can use Paper Lantern to post to the new blogger.com blogs!!!

Of course, it is unclear to me why you would not use ecto or the free bleezer.

But maybe you like the simplicity of Paper Lantern ?

Paper Lantern for Intel!

2006-12-21T14:57:00.001-05:00

I finally built a version of Paper Lantern for Intel based macs. Next step is to add GData support…

beta la fea

2006-12-21T05:01:00.001-05:00

blogger.com is out of beta, nice! I guess I should hurry up and finish adding GData support to paper lantern.

No Campaigns Are Local, All Campaigns Are Local...

2006-12-07T13:42:00.001-05:00

The following quote from Danah Boyd’s recent article exploring the concept of friendship in online social networks makes me wonder how Youtube, citizen-journalism, blogging, etc will change campaign communication strategy.

When context is defined by whom one Friends, and addressing multiple audiences simultaneously complicates all relationships, people must make hard choices. Joshua Meyrowitz (1985) highlights this problem in reference to television. In the early 1960s, Stokely Carmichael regularly addressed segregated black and white audiences about the values of Black Power. Depending on his audience, he used very different rhetorical styles. As his popularity grew, he began to attract media attention and was invited to speak on TV and radio. Unfortunately, this was more of a curse than a blessing because the audiences he would reach through these mediums included both black and white communities. With no way to reconcile the two different rhetorical styles, he had to choose. In choosing to maintain his roots in front of white listeners, Carmichael permanently alienated white society from the messages of Black Power.

Because a blogger or citizen-journalist has the ability to … record a politician’s message and spread it to untargeted audiences, the politician risks alienating those untargeted audiences. Even in the broadcast era a politician campaigning locally could rely on the fact that his local campaigning would only be covered locally, and the politician could heavily tailor his message without fear of this targeted message reaching untargeted audiences. Nowadays, a blogger or an audience-member with a video camera can post snippets of video to YouTube and a locally-tailored rhetoric can seen and heard by audiences to whom the message was not tailored, with negative or unpredictable results…

Damage control that was possible in the past is not possible today. In the past, relationships with information gate-keepers could be leveraged to rein in a spreading message, either by limiting publication and broadcast, or by introducing or elevating a competing message. The media lanscape today makes these efforts useless.

Anyhow, these are just some thoughts that Dana Boyd’s article sparked in my mind.

Forward Together PAC implements OpenID

2006-12-06T20:16:00.001-05:00

I hope to write a more informative post on the subject of Digital Identity and Politics, but for now I just have an announcement: Mark Warner’s Forward Together PAC is now an OpenID consumer!

What the heck does this mean?

Well, it means you can sign up for an account with the PAC with an OpenID, or link you existing account with your OpenID, and once that is done, you can sign into the www.forwardtogetherpac.com using your OpenID !!!

Why is this important?

TBW

RubyLantern 1.0

2006-12-06T01:42:00.001-05:00

I just finished putting together RubyLantern, a simple command line blogging client that uses my not-fancy ruby-blogger GData client to manipulate blogger posts…

Why make a command-line blogging client you ask?

I am afraid I do not have a good answer for that…

Isn’t it fun to edit posts in vim?

updates to ruby-blogger

2006-12-02T07:53:00.000-05:00

Categories and draft status can be set like this:

p = GData::Post.new
p.title="foo"
p.content="bar"
p.email = "foo@bar.com"
p.name = "foo"

#set some categories (tags)
p.set_category("test")
p.set_category("bar")

#make this a draft
p.draft=true

ruby-blogger!!?

2006-11-28T16:47:00.000-05:00

I could not find any ruby examples of how to interact with the GData API to blogger.com blogs, so I decided to roll my own...

It is very rudimentary stuff, but it seems to get the job done.

The code is available here: ruby-blogger

Example Usage: Updated 12/13/2006

post = GData::Post.new
post.title = "test title"
post.body = "test body"
post.author_name = "frank"
post.author_email = "frank@zappa.com"

### if you set the "site" option
### the client will try to autodiscover the service.post uri
GData::Client.logger.level = Logger::DEBUG
client = GData::Client.new(EMAIL,PASSWORD,{"site"=>BLOG_URI})

## or you can set the service.post uri directly ##
#client = GData::Client.new(EMAIL,PASSWORD,{"service.post"=>POST_URI})

client.save(post)

post.title = "new title"
post.content = "new body"
client.save(post)

## getting
post = client.get( post.self_link)

## deleting
client.delete(post)

ruby-3jam

2006-11-12T06:31:00.000-05:00

I have put together a rudimentary ruby client for the 3jam api.

It implements the 3jam.friends.getList and 3jam.conversations.startNew methods.

The source code is available from my svn repo at

http://code.google.com/p/ruby-3jam/

Also, I have put together an example rails app that uses the api

http://odacrem.com/svn/personal/3jam/rails