Hey, some people has been asking what's my band been up to.

Well, we're still looking for drummers and bass players, so if you know anybody, send them our way.  :)  The band's website is www.DescentIntoMadness.com.

In the meantime, we're still practicing every week, working on new songs, arrangements, etc, and we're in the process of recording 4 new tunes. The drums we're doing with a drum machine, so we've already recorded most of the drums and guitars, and now we're recording vocals, bass, and guitar solos. We should have something out in the next few weeks.

We've also put two songs from our last year's demo up on the ClearChannel website. One of them is called Faithless. Click here to listen to it (do it, and you'll be doing us a favor promoting the band! We sure appreciate it).

Well, that's is for now. The bottom line is: music is what gets me to tune out of my life as a software developer, and it helps keeping my sanity, so I'll try to post more about that side of my life, in case you're one of those people following that up.  :)

I was just reading the news from Brazil, and this one caught my attention: another plane crash, killing at least 200 people. CNN has some information about it.

Last September we had already seen the deadliest air accident in Brazil. After that accident, the airports in Brazil turned into a mess, which made me really nervous when both my daughter and my wife went down there last month (fortunately, they've had a safe trip).

The accident for today sounds even more dramatic. The plane had landed, but then skidded across a road and exploded when it hit a building. That gets me thinking that one's not really safe until totally out of a plane.  :-/

The airport where this happened has always being the cause for controversy, because it is located right in the middle of a Sao Paulo, in a densely populated area. Like the article on CNN says ""When you fly into Congonhas airport, it is like you are literally flying past people's living rooms in apartment blocks... Then you land on the runway. It is completely surrounded by the central part of Sao Paulo city. This is not an airport out on the edge of the city. This is right in the city.". Having landed there a few times, I can assure that; it really gives you this odd feeling.

Another accident like this one took place at this very same airport in 1996, when a plane had just taken off; it killed about 100 people - one of my teachers at the time was on the plane.

At this moment my thoughts are with the people who have lost family members and friends at today's terrible accident.