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CONTEST: 3 eBooks, Instant Django 1.5 Application Development Starter [CLOSED]

diegor — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:43:06 +0000

Well, well, well.. after a while I’m here again writing a post. This time I won’t write anything techy, well it’s related to my job/passion: programming. Time ago I was asked to do a technical review of the book that today I’m going to give away. With this contest I’ll give away three eCopies of Instant [...]

HOWTO: yolk, manage your python modules

diegor — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:57:39 +0000

Installing pyhton modules is very easy and straightforward. The problem is keep the up to date, list the installed modules, etc. For all these tasks there is Yolk. Examples: #> yolk -l # List all installed Python packages #> yolk -U # Checks PyPI to see if any packages have updates available #> yolk -a [...]

HOWTO: allow Apache access from IP without password using htaccess

diegor — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:23:04 +0000

Very straightforward. Just write these lines in your VirtualHost, Location or Directory configuration. Order deny,allow Deny from all AuthName "htaccess password prompt" AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd AuthType Basic Require valid-user Allow from 172.17.10.1 Satisfy Any Easy, isn’t it? Anyway If you have any problem, drop me a comment or a mail.

KONY 2012

diegor — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:37:33 +0000

I’m sharing a video, 30 minutes long. It’s not a bullshit video, it’s a true story, happening now. So please, reserve you 30 minutes of your life and watch this video. I’m expecting that at the end of it, you’ll do something, like me in this moment. Please, I beg you. Ok, as promised here [...]

HOWTO: linux terminal cheat sheet

diegor — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:19:37 +0000

Without spending too many words, here you go the image to set as background for your desktop PS: most of them work also in OSX

HOWTO: Italian gestures

diegor — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:05:34 +0000

Gestures have been always very important in communication. They preceded the spoken language and human beings used gestures to communicate with their fellows. I think that gestures are the oldest way of communication. OK, what about gestures today? Are they still used? Short answer: yes. Long answer: yes, but depends on the country and culture. [...]

HOWTO: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10

diegor — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:29:51 +0000

Check it out in this post.

HOWTO: backup a MYSQL database

diegor — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:12:44 +0000

Backup a MYSQL database is simple as to dump it. From a Unix shell: #> mysqldump --opt -uUSER -pDBPASSWD -hHOSTNAME DBNAME > DUMPED_TEXTFILE Ok, now you can dump it following this post.

HOWTO: dump data into MYSQL

diegor — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:29:38 +0000

From a Unix shell: #> mysql -hHOSTNAME -uUSER -pDBPASSWD DBNAME < DUMPED_TEXTFILE Simple eh

Europython’s report: a general feedback

diegor — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:18:41 +0000

What: Europython conference Where: Florence, Hotel Mediterraneo When: from 1st July to 8th July Who: me and other 750+ nerds, worldwide Why: we love python! So Europython is a conference about a great programming language and this year, like the last year, it was located in Florence and organised by Python Italia with a wonderful [...]