Advogato blog for ralsina

Wine kinda works nowadays

Tue, 13 May 2008 03:14:52 GMT

I had stopped trying to run stuff in WINE a few years ago,because pretty much nothing worked....

My first impressions of Google App Engine

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:10:42 GMT

Since I got my invitation and am tired of Haloscan not being reachable from home (not their fault, probably), I decided that my first project would be a comment hosting app....

I see strange things: Cosmopolitan magazine

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:23:49 GMT

Yesterday I saw this in a news stand and I just had to share it. It's a picture of Cosmopolitan magazine, and it says is: Test: am I a virgin?...

Cool, I got my google app engine invitation!

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:12:58 GMT

I will probably write a comments app to replace my usage of haloscan....

Becoming organized

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:13:14 GMT

I am trying to become more organized in my work. And it seems to be working....

Pop quiz!

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:23:44 GMT

Q: What happens if you have a SMTPA server, and you have a user called info, and then set its password to info?...

Linux as a windows crutch: Sending SMS

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:22:04 GMT

Suppose you want to send SMS messages from windows through a bluetooth connection to a phone....

A simple memcache memoizer for python>=2.2

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:13:38 GMT

Just a snippet of code because every once in a while I need something like the classic memoize decorator but am working on a CentOS 4 bix (with python 2.3!)...

This is why Linux is not ready for the desktop

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:11:15 GMT

If you delete the empty directory /var/lib/xkb, then enable the KDE keyboard layout switcher, the up-arrow key works like print-screen....

My company has a website now

Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:12:04 GMT

And you can see it at http://www.netmanagers.com.ar ....