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OFFF 2009

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:57:45 +0100

Uma das minhas ambições para 2009 é ir a mais eventos. O OFFF é um pouco fora da minha área, mas achei que valia a pena. Até dia 25 de Janeiro o preço dos bilhetes para os 3 dias é de apenas 65€. Mais informações @ <a href="http://www.offf.ws" title="OFFF">www.offf.ws</a>

How to get image resize right on IE

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:04:38 +0100

Ever wondered why resized images look fishy on IE? me too (not), but there is a way to fix it check <a href="http://code.flickr.com/blog/2008/11/12/on-ui-quality-the-little-things-client-side-image-resizing/">this link</a>

Programming Languages I've Learned (In Rough Order) Meme

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:56:54 +0100

Via <a href="http://www.eflorenzano.com/blog/post/programming-languages-ive-learned-rough-order/" title="Eric Florenzano">Eric Florenzano</a>. This is the list of the languages I've learned over time, from Pascal in 1997 to Python in 2008. These days I'm working mostly with PHP, Python and JavaScript <ul class="code" style="list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 20px;"> <li>Pascal</li> <li>C</li> <li>VB6</li> <li>VBScript</li> <li>JavaScript</li> <li>PHP</li> <li>C#</li> <li>VB.NET</li> <li>PL/SQL</li> <li>Python</li> </ul>

Website redesign

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:11:24 +0100

I've had this green template sitting around for some 3 or 4 months already, and in the last couple of weeks I decided to do something about it. I have felt the need for a personal wiki from time to time, some place where I could store some knowledge I pick up here and there, and can check easily, so I've decided to build a wiki for myself. I must have spent at most between 15 to 20 hours doing html/css/js, server-setups, django coding. Git was a pain at times, but it was worth it. I'm not that much of a blogger, so I think the wiki feed will be more useful. PS: Comments are not yet available, I'm thinking of using <a href="http://disqus.com" title="Disqus">disqus</a>. I saw it first on <a href="http://alcidesfonseca.com/" title="Alcides Fonseca">Alcide's website</a> and it seems a pretty good idea, but it will probably take a week or two until I have time to work on this again..

Django and Python tips

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:13:03 +0100

Eric Holscher has written an awsome post full of django and python goodies. check it out in <a href="http://ericholscher.com/blog/2008/oct/5/django-tips/">http://ericholscher.com/blog/2008/oct/5/django-tips/</a>

Installing Fedora 9 and KDE4

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:33:35 +0100

I had some problems with Kubuntu's KDE4 support for dual monitors, so I decided to try Fedora 9 and KDE4. The fedora 9 live cd has kde4.0, and there are some bugs (If on KDE4.0 the menu disapears just remove the ~/.kde folder and restart X), so the first thing to do is run the updates to kde4.1. After all the updates are done, you might want to install Kontact 4 instead of 3.5 and Kate. Here's how to do it: <strong>kdepim4 (Kontact 4)</strong> su - cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ (yum install wget) wget http://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat/fedora/kde.repo yum --enablerepo=kde-unstable update kdepim kdeutils <strong>kate</strong> su - yum install kdesdk Thanks to the kind people at #fedora-kde in irc.freenode.net

Ditching Nautilus for Dolphin in Gnome

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:23:48 +0100

And KDE instead of Gnome might be next. I'm disappointed by the lack of progress in Gnome.. As KDE4 approaches a more stable release my desire to change increases, but for now KDE4 apps like Dolphin or Umbrello will do. Dolphin is in fact less resource hungry in Gnome than Nautilus, has a lot more features (dual pane, column navigation, tree+panel at the same time, among others) and also <a href="http://polimath.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/dolphin.png">has</a> <a href="http://huerlisi.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/dolphin-oxygen.png">much</a> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/kde-40-review.media/dolphin.png">better</a> <a href="http://media.arstechnica.com/reviews/os/kde-40-review.media/450/dolphin_columns.png">looks</a>!

Python Tips, Tricks and hacks

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:14:53 +0100

Just an essential Python reference <a href="http://www.siafoo.net/article/52" title="Python Tips, Tricks and hacks">http://www.siafoo.net/article/52</a>.

Template tags in Django

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:36:06 +0100

I was messing around today with <a href="http://code.google.com/p/django-gencal/">django-gencal</a> but the lack of an easy to follow documentation was a bit of a problem. I got some help from the official Django docs but most especially from <a href="http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/jun/07/django-tips-write-better-template-tags/">this excelent post/howto</a> from James Bennett. PS: Just needed to reference this for future use. My delicious account has way too much stuff.

ASP.NET/Oracle PLSQL Poll App

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:15:11 +0100

I've just release an <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/orapolls">Poll App</a> on codeplex. It was made as a college assignment, mainly focused on the Database side, using Functions/Stored Procedures whenever SQL was involved. It was released under a MIT license on codeplex's website (because one was required), so feel to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software.