SourceForge.net and Subversion

Today I've discovered that SourceForge.net is offering Subverion control system. Last time I've seen that I just realized on CVS.If you already have your project, you have to change it manually; from your control panel, Admin > Subversion, and enable it.

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File encodings

Many times, specially when writing web pages, you have to deal with texts with different encodes (if web site isn't in us-ascii, of course). Here are some useful tips for not spending too much time with this:bash# file -i (for knowing the...

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Vaig bé host changed

Due to many problems with blogger, finally I've changed this host placeholder.I've done it using WordPress software and a private hosting. Some work is still missing, but all my problems disappeared. :)

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chmod and umask

Both UNIX commands are used to set permissions, chmod is for changing permissions of a specific file, and umask is for setting default creation permissions for a user.BasicsSimple UNIX permissions are:r (read)w (write)x (execute)and them can be...

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Download full web sites

I've spent too much time searching for an application that allows me downloading all files (all pages, images...) from a web site.It has been a hard search, but finally I've found one installed on my computer...Yeah, of course wget can do that!...

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Blog Impact

Probably this post would never be in any top 10, or appearing in any IT magazine, but after few weeks we already have a PageRank #2, and we are appearing in Technorati.Those are good news, so we still have some handicaps, specially due to blogger...

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Firefox Extensions

When developing web pages is essential having a good set of firefox extensions. It gives you powerful tools for checking accessibility, and for getting more information on your website, and are also good fot getting information about all...

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The Simpsons quotes

Today I've found something very funny; I just want to share with you...Marge: Homer, the plant called. They said if you don't show up tomorrow don't bother showing up on Monday. Homer: Woo-hoo. Four-day weekend.Grandpa: My Homer is not a...

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Allow user to execute root files

Sometimes it's useful allowing users to execute programs reserved for root. For example if we have a desktop system, we can allow users to halt or reboot computer.There are several ways to achieve it, the proposed here is the simplest one...

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GPG Error updating Debian Etch

Probably not happening anymore with Debian Etch as stable, but that error happened sometimes when apt-get update:W: GPG error: http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key...

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