Yearly Archives: 2010

Happy 17th birthday Debian

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

I just wanted to post a few lines about Debian today since its the 17th anniversary of the project. I haven’t been a long time Debian user. I started using GNU/Linux as an experimental project back when RedHat was on … Continue reading →

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Started podcasting

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

So after having planned some podcast projects, I finally started one of them. Its a show in spanish that talks about copyright, software, tech and legal news regarding our freedom. Its been a very interesting project. We talk mostly about … Continue reading →

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After the storm, Alex in Monterrey

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

For those far away from Mexico or unaware that the hurrcane (then tropical storm) Alex hit Monterrey city, well, this weekend has been a very unusual one. On Wednesday I drove back earlier than usual from Saltillo, since the rain … Continue reading →

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command line tools for web developers

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

Many people are typically afraid of the terminal. Yes, it might look scary for some, retro for others, but for the practical busy programmer, the terminal is the best tool you can have. Lately for my day job, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Emacs Identica-mode microblogging client v1.0 release

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

I’m very happy to announce the release 1.0 of the Emacs identica-mode microblogging client. Its been a while since the last release, and its been for a good reason! The main improvements are: HTTP backend rewrite The backend that makes … Continue reading →

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Search and replace recursively in multiple files

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

Lately I’ve been working with a lot of static HTML files with lots of repeating text structures. In the past I’ve talked about editing multiple files with Emacs. This approach works very well when the number of multiple files and … Continue reading →

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