Ever wondered how electricity is made in Puerto Rico? Today, I’ll shows you a video of the Costa Sur Thermal Power Plant which is one of many Power Plant generators here on the Island. I had the opportunity to visit this place as part of an IEEE organization activity in the university where I study. The plant is located in Peñuelas, PR (Click here to open Google Maps). It was a great experience since we were given a tour in…
Hi everyone! I’m proud to announce that my badge for the Smash Childhood Cancer project from World Community Grid has finally turned to Sapphire! It took 6 days to get this medal: The Sapphire medal is awarded after running a project for 2 years of CPU time. The next badge is the Diamond 5 Years badge. Below, you can see my stats up to this day: 2 years and over 100 days already! Can’t wait to get my Diamond 5 Years badge! Take a look at this…
Hi everyone, Today, I’m gonna show you a video of the Carraizo Dam, located in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. It is important because from here we get water for most of the metropolitan area. If it gets dry, they start cutting water on some sectors until the dam gets full again. Hope you like this video! Remember to subscribe to my channel to see more from Puerto Rico! Post Views: 3
Hi everyone, Today, I noticed my badge for the Bitcoin Utopia Campaign #15 was upgraded to Silver! Bitcoin Utopia is a place where your Bitcoin ASIC miners mine Bitcoin which are sent to different campaigns. It is like a crowdfunding project by using Bitcoins. Campaign #15 is the American Cancer Society campaign, so every Bitcoin or Satoshi mined goes to them. The Silver badge is awarded after acquiring 25 Million BOINC Credits. Currently, Bitcoin Utopia is also running a SETI@Home…
In this video I’m going to share with all of you today, I’ll show you the Caonillas Dam, located in Utuado, Puerto Rico. It is an amazing dam in that there is a bridge up there and when you see one side, it is full with water and the other side is where the water comes out all the way down to form a small river. Hope you like the video! Remember to subscribe to my channel to see more…
Hi everyone, In this topic, I will be sharing with you the 3D version of the ride in the Tren Urbano, the Heavy Rail Mass Transit System of the metropolitan area in Puerto Rico. It consists of 16 stations and covers the towns of San Juan, Guaynabo and Bayamon. Click here if you prefer to view the 2D version of this video. The train operates 4 coupled vehicles from Monday to Friday and 2 couple vehicles during the weekend and…
Hi everyone, Today, I received my Emerald badge for the Smash Childhood Cancer project from the World Community Grid. It took me 3 days to get the medal! The Emerald badge is awarded for running a project for a year . The next badge is the Sapphire badge awarded for running a project for 2 years. Then, after the Sapphire badge comes the Diamond badges which are awarded after running a project for 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 years. Below you can see my stats up to this point:…
Hi everyone, In this post, I will be showing you a video of the “Tren Urbano”, which is a Heavy Rail mass transit system located in the metropolitan area in Puerto Rico. It has the following 16 stations: Sagrado Corazon Hato Rey Roosevelt Domenech Piñero Universidad Rio Piedras Cupey Centro Médico San Francisco Las Lomas Martínez Nadal Torrimar Jardines Deportivo Bayamon It operates 4 coupled vehicles from Monday to Friday and 2 couple vehicles during the weekend and holidays. It…
Hi everyone, Once again I made another milestone in the Smash Childhood Cancer project of the World Community Grid. It has turned from Gold to Ruby, again in just 2 days! The Ruby badge is awarded for running a project for 180 days. The next badge is the Emerald badge, awarded for running a project for a year (remember, these times are in CPU time and not in real life time. Unless you have a single core PC, then, it will be in real-life time). Here are…
Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you yet another video of Palmas del Mar. This time, I will be showing you the Pelicans you can see in the beach. They are always flying trying to eat some fish, or they simply swim. These are one of my favorite birds. Hope you like the video! Remember to subscribe to my channel to see more from Puerto Rico! Post Views: 0