About Us

You know us for the professionalism of our work. In choosing photos for this page, we had a difficult decision to make. Should we choose professional photos like ones from driver's licenses, or more casual friendly photos? We choose the latter, since we want you to know us outside the business environment. Because to us, you are not just a customer. We are here to help you as fellow humans.

Huenuleufu (click to hear how to pronounce it) means "Milky Way" in an ancient native language (Mapuche) of Argentina. I was born and rise in the big city, and I was custom to see just a few (perhaps 10 or 20) stars in the sky, as the light of the Capital prevent to see more. When I was around 20, on vacation, I spent a moonless night on the upper valley at the top of the Cathedral Mountain at Bariloche. I was seriously impressed at the view of thousand of stars and, of course, the misty Milky Way crossing the sky. Since then I was pretty much in love with that City, which is 1600 km away from the Capital.

Many years later, we bought a land 23 km away form Bariloche City. We went to visit the land many times, during a period of 5 years. After paid it, we started to build a house, which was completed in a year. We moved at the end of February 2006. As the land was originally of the Mapuches (Although they shared and disputed the space with the Tehuelches too), my wife and I selected the name Huenuleufu for our land and house based on my initial impression on the top of the mountain.

To a comment of mine, David Harms asked, “how can moving to Patagonia be traumatic?” Well, for a start we discovered that we won’t have a phone. The phone company has an old technology and it don’t sell more lines. Well, cell phones are expensive but worked. Also, wireless internet seems to work although very slow (modem like) and very expensive. Not really cool for working.

Later, we discovered the 23 km. in Bariloche it’s not the same as in the Capital. You see, *everything* is 23 km. away, so for each little earring we have to take the car and drive 23 km. of mountain route to reach the city (imagine the curves and ups and downs). We discovered then that our 2 years little daughter vomits when we travel fast, so we had to spent almost 40 minutes to drive that distance. Each time. For going and for coming back. And where we live, there is no single kid that we can found, so our baby is basically alone. And she is in the tantrum age, you got it?

The view is fantastic, but there is no human company (as there is almost no neighbor), no park games (there are no parks, it’s all woods), no cable (satellite TV seems to be the only choice here) and pretty much nothing to do for her.

The route to the city is pretty much destroyed. After 3 km. of a way of dirt full of potholes, follows 16 km. of asphalt full of potholes. Frankly, a Fiat Palio like mine is not a good car for here, a strong 4x4 would be more adequate. And the 23 km. are one way to each side, and it’s forbidden to take over on all the way. So if you have a driver who decided to go at 30 km/h, you have to go at that speed behind him (remember, is a mountain route). I don’t want to think if I have a heart attack or my wife or daughter have an accident and we need urgent medical care (remember, 23 km. mountain like route to the hospital).

Well, staying at home is fine, except for the clouds of insects when it’s a bit hot, or the spiders crawling everywhere, or the cold at night (I forgot to mention we don’t have network gas yet, didn’t I?) as we have to “save” and use the gas heaters to a minimum, as the packed gas costs a fortune.

The electricity, we got it installed without problems. The only problem is that it goes away almost each day (sometimes a few minutes, sometimes some hours). The first day of work I was 4 hours without computer. It seems that the energy lines are so fragile, that if a bird stops on one, the light is gone.

Well, there are other things (that’s why this is called the “third world”, you see?), but after less than two weeks my wife said “enough!” and after a period of deliberation (Should I say shouting, crying and depression?), we decided to go back to the big city and put the house on sale. Although our project sort of "died" on us, we rescue its name for our business, as a symbol of a dream to accomplish, no matter the difficulties we may find in our way.

Still, Bariloche is a great place to take a vacation (I'm serious now), as all this matters are taken care by the owner of the place were you stay, and the exchange makes it very, *very* cheap for foreigners. If you come by Argentina, don't miss it, and don't forget to call me.

Although we are in the programming business for many years now, the big Argentina's Menem-De La Rua depression was holding back our growing. The funds we collect at that time was used for our investment in the South. As that project died (as related above), now we are using all our resources to grow. Thus, the new web site, better products, more programmers, and many more improvements to come.

14 March 2006