Forget all about binary people joke! The truth is not two, but three kinds. Yesterday, I was talking a colleague about what desktop environments I use. For those who may not know it, there are: Gnome(Linux) in my desktop computer and KDE 4.1(Linux) and Windows XP in my laptop computer. And why on earth would someone work [...]

People’s email is what grinds my gears. Most people seem they have never written an email to themselves to check how loathsome they can be and, what’s more, I can assure you that most of people who proudly call themselves “computer scientists” or “computer engineers” fall into these errors too. The most common ...

People’s email is what grinds my gears. Most people seem they have never written an email to themselves to check how loathsome they can be and, what’s more, I can assure you that most of people who proudly call themselves “computer scientists” or “computer engineers” fall into these errors too. The most common ...

Time flies. You might realize that, of course. But when it comes to your skills after a lot time, you can be nicely surprised. I have read code written by me long time ago. At that moment, I was a 11-years-old kid who played with his computer most of his time. Most of my [...]

Esta noche he tenido una de esas conversaciones que se merecen ser posteadas. Por la seguridad personal de mi interlocutor, he decido pasar un Ctrl + R en el Kate para cambiar su nombre por Anónimo. Vargas: sinceramente, seguiría manteniendo XP Vargas: si la gente quiere XP, sigámoslo vendiéndoselo Anónimo: bueno, han extendido el tiempo de ...

Although each new .NET Framework version since 2.0 is itself compatible and part of new version (like Matrioshkas), their promotional products make me feel some weird feeling: like they are no longer advertising anything and therefore they are not useful anymore.

En vistas a las próximas dos presentaciones del día 14 de Abril en Albacete y del día 16 de Abril en Madrid, hemos abierto este hilo en el blog del proyecto IER  para recibir cualquier opinión y crítica, con la finalidad de mejorar al máximo la aplicación, conseguir una mejor usabilidad y enriquecer la experiencia del usuario. ¡MUCHAS ...

There is a document from O’Reilly called What Is Web 2.0 I used to read from time to time when I want to imagine possible business I could start. This document defines concepts such as “collective intelligence”, “user experience” and all those buzzwords editors and business analysts are using in their papers. Well, ...

Night before, I was testing a router’s software front-end just for fun: Scientific-Atlanta EPR2320R2. Scientific-Atlanta routers are almost toy routers. They lack of usability, good coding (in the client side) and they are damn slow. That was the reason which make me to type directly the url to Wireless > Access Control in the address ...

Definition: A deadlock is a situation wherein two or more competing actions are waiting for the other to finish, and thus neither ever does. It is often seen in a paradox like ‘the chicken or the egg‘. [Source: Wikipedia] Cause: Deadlock occurs when a number of processes are waiting for an event which can only be [...]