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knopILS, per i nostalgici
Jacopo Corso, cercando la ISO della knopILS (ormai da tempo non più disponibile sul server FTP di ILS) mi scrive che
Nel forum di Ubuntu, molti vorrebbero provare la Sua distribuzione, anche se relativamente vecchia.
Non frequento il forum di Ubuntu e quindi non lo sapevo: queste richieste, a così tanti anni dalla fine del progetto, mi [...]
Measuring 3G signal strength
Often I have to use my Huawei E176 (which I previously described) inside an area not so well covered by HSDPA signal: in order to increase the bandwith I can use, I bought a 5 dBi GPRS/UMTS antenna.
Does it work well? Answering is measuring. :)
Thanks to the very good list of AT commands written by [...]
Il software libero in Italia
L’accordo con Andrea era di non scriverne fino alla pubblicazione, che ora grazie a Stefano scopro essere avvenuta. È quindi uscito il volume “Il software libero in Italia“, al quale ho contribuito con la prima stesura del capitolo sull’Italian Linux Society e knopILS.
Infotec IS 2320 and Ubuntu Jaunty
This is a reminder for me and a note for you: the Infotec IS 2320 is a multifunctional copier that works fine with Ubuntu Jaunty using the OpenPrinting driver (Infotec IS 2320 – CUPS+Gutenprint) while the default driver didn’t work so well (you have to add the repository, of course).
Huawei E176 and Ubuntu
I recently bought a Huawei E176 from Germany (through eBay) because it has two interesting features that ordinary USB HSDPA modems don’t have:
the support for an external clip antenna;
a Micro SD Card slot.
It’s branded T-Mobile but it works with my operator and I suppose it works with yours as well. :)
It immediately worked with the [...]
WordPress plugin as a library
Many people don’t know that a WordPress plugin can be used as an easy way to store functions ready to be called within themes, other plugins or directly inside a post/page (using Exec-PHP); if you need strings inside your functions, to avoid ob_start problems, don’t use echo.
CMSes as enhanced frameworks
Though Joomla and WordPress indirectly pay most of my bills, now and then there are still customers who ask me to write a webapp from scratch: nowadays of course “from scratch” doesn’t mean anymore starting from a blank file; we are in the MVC/Active record pattern era and, although it’s still not mandatory, the use [...]
Accessibilità: note tecniche sui costi
Sull’interessante intervista di Tommaso a Elena Brescacin, Laura Raffaeli (del Blindsight Project) nei commenti scrive che
rendere accessibile, con poca spesa (perché l’accessibilità non va di pari passo al prezzo alto, anzi!) un sito non è poi così né costoso né difficile
In base alla mia esperienza, non mi sento di dire se sia costoso o meno [...]
Vim: Hall of honour
Again
I’m (…) living through that time of the year when many people around me are going to celebrate the birth of the son of a god in whom they “believe”
and even atheists and the like are doing their best to be better. :)
I’ve just done something I should have done many years ago: donating 100 [...]
Eee Box and Wubi
Eee Box comes without cdrom: I’ve tried to install a GNU/Linux distro within a USB stick but the BIOS didn’t recognise it every time (I don’t know why). So the fastest way to install it – without a cdrom or a stick – was using Wubi. Changing boot order was simple too!