April 2009
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Ubuntu wireless nightmare is gone
I installed Ubuntu 9.04 this morning and for my delight I had proper wireless connection with just a few clicks. The nightmare is gone. Another great improvement in this release is performance. It only takes a few seconds to boot. A new OS release running faster on the same machine? Great. The only drawback for [...]
Microserfs
I like tech novels but I’m not always on the cutting edge of the books. I just finished reading Microserfs from Douglas Coupland. The book is from 1995 so I’m almost 15 years late. Shame on me. The narrative is in the form of diary entries which guides you into a very personal and introspective reading. The [...]
Release v1.3.3 Awake Autoresponder
It is time to celebrate. Awake Autoresponder version 1.3.3 is ready! Some minor adjustments have been made including a better leads list visualization, which was a request from most users. I also took some time to improve my bash programming skills. I wrote a few scripts to build the final product in a zip file. [...]
Awake Autoresponder website
Just launched the Awake Autoresponder website. The address is: http://awakeautoresponder.com. I needed something simple that I could hack later. I’m playing with Rails and Ruby a lot and that is why I decided for CakePHP as a framework for the autoresponder website. One server language is enough mess for a project. So let’s just keep [...]