Category Archives: General Blogging

Adding source code in wordpress

Posted on June 10, 2010 by

From time to time I wondered how to include source code in wordpress, and today I found the following link that tells how to do it http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/ and this is how you would list the contents of a directory in … Continue reading →

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rdiff-backup, Python and Ubuntu.

Posted on June 2, 2010 by

I’ve been using rdiff-backup for quite a long time now for my backup purposses. rdiff-backup allows me to have my /home folder always in sync with an external usb hard drive. If for some reason I have to re-install operating … Continue reading →

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Hyphenation in LaTeX

Posted on July 11, 2009 by

I was typesetting my CV in LaTeX with a mix of Spanish and English when I got aware that when running pdfLaTeX it  was not uploading hyphenation patterns for Spanish. I was using Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04. After some investigation I … Continue reading →

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A new sleek design

Posted on July 30, 2007 by

From time to time I feel the need to change my blog skin. Now, it features a cool, simple and sleek design. The title of the blog has changed as well, as it is no longer true that I am … Continue reading →

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Back to normality in Bourne End and Marlow

Posted on July 29, 2007 by

The flood warnings have cleared in the area where I live. Today has been a sunny and nice day. The river still carries a high volume of water but hopefully in the following days things will go back to normal. The … Continue reading →

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Flood warnings in Marlow and Bourne End

Posted on July 26, 2007 by

Damn weather. Now I have flood warnings all around my area, where I live and where I work. It is nearly impossible that the river reaches my home or the offices where I work, but mother nature is very powerful … Continue reading →

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Back to the beloved UK

Posted on July 25, 2007 by

After spending some days in the always cool ( damn hot weather though ) and lively Barcelona, meeting old friends and spending very nice dinners with my mother, I am back to Buckinghamshire. I arrived at Luton at 18:15. Incredible, this is … Continue reading →

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One year having wordpress as my default Blog engine

Posted on July 15, 2007 by

Well, one day like today one year ago, I set up my wordpress account and I imported all my stuff from blogger. WordPress is still the most powerful blog engine out there, and surpasses blogger in many features. I´ve got … Continue reading →

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MAC OS X

Posted on March 29, 2007 by

In the company I work for many people use MAC and I begin to fall in love with MACs. MACs have an awesome hardware and the operating system is really cool. In fact the operating system is a Unix BSD … Continue reading →

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Chilling weather in Buckinghamshire

Posted on March 20, 2007 by

I arrived in UK in February and till now I haven’t had bad weather, just normal temperatures and no raining. Now, with the spring just around the corner, temperatures have plunged. Really cold this week in Buckinghamshire .

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