Author Archives: Jj

Usabilidad de las entradas del cine

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Jj

Ayer fuí a ver Misión Imposible a Cineplanet. Como es de costumbre, hice una breve cola, fuí amáblemente atendido y recibí el ticket de entrada: Como siempre, confío plenamente que la entrada es para la función que pedí y procedo … Continue reading →

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Update on Google reader reading space

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Jj

This week Google launched its new top bar, which changed Google Reader’s DOM making the userContent rules I explained last month useless. Continue reading →

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Como agregar un campo a todos los elementos en una collección Mongo

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Jj

Lo acabo de poner en inglés., pero también lo buscarán en español. Asó que aquí va.

Escribo esto por que encontrar la respuesta me tomó más de lo que esperaba. Finalmente estaba en StackOverflow, pero la pondré acá de nuevo explicando como funciona. Continue reading →

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Add a key to all items on a MongoDB collection

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Jj

Again, I am posting this because it took me more than expected to find this easy answer. I found it on StackOverflow, but I will repost and explain here. Continue reading →

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Sepia images with Django, Python and Sorl-thumbnail

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Jj

Meet Sorl-sepia, a Sorl engine backend (PIL only so far) to turn your images into sepia tones. See the README file for instructions. Continue reading →

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Squeeze more readable space out of Google Reader’s new layout

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Jj

I am not happy with the removal of Google Reader social features. I really enjoyed discovering new feeds following people.

Anyway, I don’t mind the new look but it leaves too little readable space. A couple of years ago I blogged about how to use Firefox’s userContent.css to optimize the layout. Continue reading →

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Install PIL with Jpeg support on Ubuntu Oneiric 64bit

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Jj

I am posting this because it took me ages to figure out how to solve this one.

I could not get PIL to compile with JPEG, Zlib or freetype support on my virtualenv. I am using Ubuntu Oneiric Beta1 on a Lenovo Thinkpad X220. That is a 64bits installation. Continue reading →

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Show http:// protocol in URL bar for Firefox 7+

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Jj

Firefox 7 beta was just rolled out yesterday to users on the Beta channel (that would include me). One of the various improvements and changes is that now Firefox follows Opera and Chrome in hiding the http:// protocol prefix from … Continue reading →

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Programación con Azucar

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Jj

La semana pasada en el Barcamp dí por primera vez la charla de Programación con Azucar que hace tiempo quería hacer. Continue reading →

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Ordered a new Laptop

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Jj

If you are reading this, it’s probably too late. But RIGHT NOW is the best time to get a Lenovo X220. There is a sale going on at lenovo.com where your regular X220 is down to $806 (Original price $1640 they claim). Continue reading →

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