Monthly Archive for January, 2009

¡Vota a Georgia Fields!

By álvaro on 28 January, 2009 in English and música. 0 Comments

Vote for Georgia Fields!

Cómo recordaréis de posts anteriores, Georgia Fields es un grupo australiano muy joven pero con un sonido que aquí en BPC gusta, y mucho. Os animo a seguir el ejemplo de mi colega Will y apoyarles haciendo clic en el siguiente link y votándoles como mejor grupo del festival en cuestión:

Vota a Georgia Fields

You might remember Georgia Fields from previous posts, but it case you don’t, they’re a young and very talented music group from Oz, and here at BPC we simply love their music. We are asking people to follow my mate Will’s lead and vote for them on the following link:

vote for Georgia Fields

University Budget Cuts: Student Involvement

By Rubenest on 26 January, 2009 in Arizona and English. 0 Comments

It seems we are improving how to do things here in terms of the students community. We are having some budget cut for the fiscal year 2009 at the University of Arizona and people is getting involve within the protest. May be this is Obama’s plan to solve the finantial crisis.

This morning I had and email from ASUA Student Body President and we are having a huge movilization to the Arizona State Capitol at Phoenix on Wednesday to let them know we are not going to allow this budget draft to become real.

The email reads as follow:

Dear Wildcats: The Arizona State Legislature will be making difficult final decisions on mid-year budget cuts for fiscal year 2009 in the very near future. In an effort to ensure that our students all make their voice’s heard, The Associated Students of the University of Arizona, Graduate & Professional Student Council alongside the Arizona Students’ Association will be providing students an opportunity to travel up to the Arizona State Capitol on Wednesday January 28th. The details are as follows:

Arizona State Capitol Trip

Wednesday January 28, 2009
Depart Campus: 9am
Return to Campus: 5pm (at the latest)

Breakfast & Lunch will be provided
25 buses will be leaving The University of Arizona on Wednesday morning, which means we only have room for 1,500 students of our 38,000 – sign up quickly to make your voice heard. If you would like to go, we need you to sign-up by Tuesday 5pm on January 27th.

BPC Will be there. For sure I will cancel my classes.

Las gafas de pasta te hacen ser más guay

By álvaro on 25 January, 2009 in English and miscellaneous. 11 Comments

How wearing glasses makes you cooler ;p

Cortesía de Lema

Bici/Bike/Fiets/Vélo/Fahrrad/自転車/Cykel

By Rubenest on 24 January, 2009 in Alcalá, Amsterdam, Arizona, English, bicicletas and miscellaneous. 4 Comments

Os voy a presentar las bicis que he comprado o me han regalado en los últimos tres años. Antes tuve una BH California x4 y una Orbea Cervino de las cuales creo que no tengo fotos. Todas menos la mountain bike y la vintage de 6 velocidades, un robo y una reventa, las conservo todas y están usándose. ¿Existirá el Síndrome de Diógenes con las bicis? Además la cosa parece que se ha ido radicalizando un poco cada vez.

Let me introduce you to the bikes that I’ve bought or someone gave me in the last three years or so. Before these ones I had a BH California X4 and a Orbea Cervino, I had no pictures of them. All of these except the mountain bike and the 6 gear vintage, one was stolen and the other I decided to sell it, I’ve got them all and they are running. Could it be any Diogenes Syndrome about bikes? Furthermore and little by little things become more radical.

Claes, importada desde Bélgica por El Gordo. Cambio de cassette de 5 velocidades. Estaba abandonada en la estación de Gante y después de muchos mimos quedó así. Febrero 2006.

Claes, imported from Belgium by my dear friend El Gordo. 5 gear Cassette. It was abandoned at Gante train station and after some TLC (tender loving care) it is like that. February 2006

Mi preciosa Holandesa. La compré en eBay por 100 euros. Un clásico con freno contra pedal en la rueda trasera. Marzo 2006.

My dear Dutch that I bought on eBay for 100€. Old style with backwards brake. March 2006.

Giant de montaña que me regaló Tonya al llegar a Tucson. Cambio de cassette de 21 velocidades con tres platos. Gracias Ton, siento que se la robaran a mi compañero de piso. Agosto 2007.

Giant Mountain bike, Tonya gave it to me when I first arrived at Tucson. 21 gear Cassette and three crank set. Thank Ton for that beauty and I am sorry someone stole it. August 2007.

Original Schwinn 1972. Cambio de buje de tres marchar y freno contra pedal de tambor. Por 75 dólares en www..craigslist.org/Octubre 2007.

Original Shwinn 1972. 3 Gear hub and backwards brake. $75 at www.craigslist.org/October 2007.

Vintage con cambio de cassette de 6 velocidades. Por 70 dólares en www..craigslist.org/La revendí con mucho dolor, ya había hecho su función. Septiembre 2008.

Vintage 6 gear cassette. $70 bucks at www.craigslist.org/I sold it even I did not want to but I did not need it anymore. September 2008.

SE Draft Freewheel/single speed. Variación en el manillar curvado. Desarrollo 42-14, muy útil para llanear en Tucson.Por 150 dólares en la feria anual de bicis. Noviembre 2008.

SE Draft freewheel/single speed. Handlebar curve variation. Transmision 42-14, really useful in Tucson. $150 bucks at the annual bike fair. Noviembre 2008.

BH Vento convertida a fixie. Plato shimano 42, piñón y lockring surley 14. Reciclada, aprox. €400. Diciembre 2008.

BH Vento fixie conversion. Shimano 42 crank set and 14 surley cog and lockring. Refurbish, aprox. €400. December 2008.

Última adquisición. Marin fixie 48-17 piñón phill wood.En eBay. Enero 2009.

Ovenfresh. Marin fixie 48 crank set and 17 phill wood cog. eBay January 2009.

BPC & iPhone/iPod touch

By álvaro on 22 January, 2009 in English and britpopCHIC. 2 Comments

Las cosas, o se hacen bien, o no se hacen. Hace poco me hice con un iPod touch (no voy a hacerle publicidad gratuita a los de Cupertino, pero qué gran aparato. Que le den a los miniportátiles). Cuando añadí BPC a la página principal el icono era un triste pantallazo en miniatura. Ahora, como podéis ver abajo, podéis añadirnos a vuestro iPhone o iPod touch con la clase que se merece BPC.

BPC is about style, you already know that. I recently got an iPod touch (great wee gadget, not that the nice people at Cupertino need my free publicity, but after using this I can’t really see the point of a netbook) and subsequently added BPC to the main screen. The icon was just a lame minituare screenshot of the main page. Now, of you add us to your iPhone or iPod’s main screen, you get a nice icon, as chic as BPC.

britPOPcorn & iPhone/iPod touch

We the people…

By Rubenest on 20 January, 2009 in English. 0 Comments

Today is a day that will open a chapter in history books, today is the inaugural speech of the 44th president of the United States. And just curiously everybody is thinking backwards and they ask themselves why; how they were 8 years ago and how they are now.

Now that he is finally going back to Texas everyone is complaining about his two terms. Even the incoming president in the inaugural speech talked about restore the vital trust between the people and their government. It is unbelieve the euphoria that you can feel around campus in a southwest town of the States. Students did not come to class today because of the speech and now every single one is open mind.

We hope a change. The actitude at least is possitive.

For the record, yesterday it was bank holiday here in the States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.