:~ randradas$ man randradas

I'm thinking of some interesting contents for this web, at this moment feel free to contact with me.
Find my PGP key.
And don't forget my curriculum vitae (it is in spanish).

Contact

Roberto Andradas-Izquierdo        | Libre Software Engineering Lab
randradas {at} gsyc.escet.urjc.es | Grupo de Sistemas y Comunicaciones
Tel: (+34) 91 488 81 05           | Edif. Departamental II - Despacho 121
http://www.randradas.org          | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
http://www.libresoft.es           | Tulipán s/n 2833 Móstoles, Madrid.
		

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Other randradas' sites

• My flickr site
• A pile of sysadmin notes ('A pile of sysadmin notes' is a site where I write some useful notes about systems administration)
• Roberto Andradas-Izquierdo's weblog (This blog is personal and it's the place where I write about my experiences, if you want to know my recents adventures then visit this site.(it's in spanish)
• Libresoft personal card

Wish list

My favourites are marked in bold

• La Forja de un Túnica Nega, Margaret Weis and Don Perrin (Book)
• El miedo a la Libertad, Eric Fromm (Book)
• El arte de amar, Eric Fromm (Book)
• La condición humana actual, Eric From (Book)
• Guide to LaTeX, 4th Edition
• CANON Li-ion BATTERY PACK for my CANON 400D camera

Bits and pieces

• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  
• Emilio Calatayud (underages judge), magistral lesson about how to educate underages (part 1, in Spanish).
• Emilio Calatayud (underages judge), magistral lesson about how to educate underages (part 2, in Spanish).
• Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 Steve Jobs speech about dreams and the sense of live.
• Carl Sagan The Earth in the cosmos. Saturn, there is a very small "dust" blue point to the left and behind Saturn. This is our planet.

More about Andradas/Andrade/Andrada history and family crest

I would like to make some investigations about my surname like origin, history and so on. At the moment, I have just found a lot of references to Andradas in Brazil where this surname is very frequent. Let me show you some evidences.

There is a city called Andradas in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is small city and its population is estimated to be 35,323 (2004).

Brazil was a colony of Portugal so I think the origin of Andradas has a relation with Portugal and with Galicia possibly.

Other evidence is Andradas is similar to other surnames like Andrade and Andrada and maybe I found something searching these variations.

Andrade is from Betanzos, Galicia. Specifically from one the Sirs who come with Don Mendo de Rausona, Desideros' brother the last king of the longobardos from Italy.

The Andrades (sometimes Andrada) were a powerful family in north-western Iberia during the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance time during which they held the titles of Counts of Andrade and Vilalba, amongst others, together with numerous castles, palaces, manor houses and extensive lands.

The two Galician Regions of Ferrolterra and Terra Chá are known to have been part of the domains of Fernán Pérez de Andrade in the 14th Century. Most of the Galician properties, palaces and castles of the Andrade family these days belong to the House of Alba, and the present Countess of Andrade is Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba.

Original Coat of Arms of the Andrade familiy.

Moreover, in the 14th century Henry II gave Ferrol (town) to the powerfull Andrade family. Ancient lands of the Counts of Andrade and Vilalba in the 14th Century can be found here (source: wikipedia).

This family soon spread to Portugal. This happened several times and with several different branches of the Andrade. The most important branche to go to Portugal was that of the Freire de Andrade in the person of Rui Freire de Andrade 14th century and his two sons, Nuno Rodrigues Freire de Andrade, later 6th Grand-Master of the Order of Christ, and Vasco Freire.

From this branch of the Freire de Andrade came João Fernandes de Andrade who, having served the Portuguese Kings Afonso V and John II in the conquest of the Moroccon strongholds of Tangier and Asilah, was granted a new Coat of Arms and possessions in the Portuguese Island of Madeira, namely in Arco da Calheta (Bow of the Calheta). João Fernandes de Andrade, known also as João de Andrade do Arco, married Beatriz de Abreu (descendant of the first King of Portugal, Afonso I) and had prolific issue, descendants of whom were present in the colonization of Brazil.