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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

HTML5 a jump backwards in web standards?

Web standards have always been about good markup, keeping things in order and cleaned up, etc. Using transitional or strict DTDs and validating our markup with different tools was a good practice encouraged by many. With HTML5 things seem to be going a bit backwards regarding structure and markup rules. Google’s HTML styleguide shows an […]

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personal

Moving into a new city, new home

It’s been very busy weeks these past ones. I’ve been negotiating my new tenant contract, fixing things on the new house, checking on the storage house and searching for a truck to move my things to the new house. Then actually moving to the new house. Opening 41 boxes with stuff and moving the furniture […]

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Events Photography

Protest against the media #YoSoy132 in Guadalajara

I haven’t been up to date to what is being published about Mexico in the rest of the world, but at least all mexicans know about this protest gathering. It all started when presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto went to the Ibero university to give a speech to the students. There, the students protested against […]

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Photography

New photography gear

I got new photography gear after my last “accident” forgetting my Cannon T1i at the airplane on my last visit to Mexico city. Also, it was my birthday gift to myself. I was sad about loosing my camera and about how long it would take for me to get new gear, since it’s very expensive. […]

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Programming & Web Development Tutorials & Tips

Using Git with Subversion repository subdirectory

Interacting a local git repository with a subversion one has been very useful and is very common on old projects. The way to do that is by using the git svn commands. But sometimes there are situations where there is one large repository with several projects as subfolders in that repo. Using the standard svn […]

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personal

The importance of real-time personal communication

For the past two months, I’ve been staying at an old friend’s house, who’s helping me out while I move my things and rent a flat in Guadalajara. He has no Internet access at home and he says he prefers being “more analog” than, for example, me, that I do everything “digitally”. We are very […]