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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source personal

Debian and the girlfriend

We got a new computer for the girlfriend some months ago. Since her old laptop was running Debian Lenny and she loved it, but the software packages were quite outdated, I decided to install Kubuntu 10.10 on her new laptop. Assuming that it would be easier to use with all of Canonical’s and community customizations, […]

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personal Photography

Weekend fun at the beach

Two weeks ago I finally got back to visit my hometown. Its been a while since my last visit and I really miss the beach. So I went there for a little while, took my dog Pancha and my camera. To my surprise I bumped into my cousins and some friends. Since I had my […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source News

Freelish.us an alternative to Del.icio.us bookmarks plus microblogging

The people from StatusNet have released freelish.us, intended to be a social bookmarking site to replace the almost dead del.icio.us. And I say intended because its more than that. Its actually a modified instance of the status.net microblogging software, so you can use it as you use identi.ca or twitter, but tags, links, images and […]

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personal

How NOT to kill an idea

Sometime ago, I came across this image on a blog, 8 ways to kill an idea. These are all clever and very real ways to kill an idea on the work environment. But it made me think of way’s I’ve killed an idea, on a personal level, and I realized its missing a nine-nth one: […]

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personal

Dental exams and my childhood

A few days ago I went to take some dental models and X-rays for the braces treatment I’m currently under. It all reminded me of my childhood, as I spent most of it hanging around at my mom’s dental office. I used to help my mom with these same sampling back when I was about […]

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Emacs GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Tutorials & Tips

Post to WordPress blogs with Emacs & Org-mode

Recently I’ve discovered Org2blog, an Emacs mode to write your blog posts locally using org-mode post them to your WordPress blog in a very fast and easy way. I’ve written before on how to write your blog posts and publish them using Emacs. Previously, my method of choice was using Weblogger mode. I even wrote […]