Archive for January, 2007
Would you like to learn a second language?
Sunday, January 14th, 2007 | language, podcast, web | No Comments
The English language has been at the forefront of globalization. English is celebrated as the language of global corporate management, the Internet, youth culture and science. At the same time, there appears to be a crisis in foreign language learning amongst native English speakers - it seems that there is no need any more to learn foreign languages if everyone now speaks English. But if you want to learn another language like Spanish, German or even Brazilian Portuguese, you can access these podcasts.
Note: You must have ITunes installed in your computer.
Learn Arabic Learn Chinese Learn Chinese Learn Chinese Learn Chinese English As a Second Language ESL English For Business Beginner French Learn French Learn French Learn French Learn French Verbs Learn German I II III IV Learn German Grammar Learn German Learn Greek Learn Hindi Learn Italian Learn Italian Learn Japanese With Video Japanese for Beginners Learn Japanese Symbols Learn Korean Learn Portuguese Learn Brazillian Portuguese in Spanish Learn Russian Learn Russian For Businesses Russian Literature Learn Spanish Learn Spanish Learn Spanish
Good bye bloglines, hello Vienna.
Thursday, January 11th, 2007 | Mac, OSX, opensource, rss, web | 2 Comments
I’m changing my default RSS reader from the web-based bloglines to Vienna, a rss reader for Mac OS X, Vienna keeps following RSS feeds simple and functional with smart folders, groups, an integrated browser and item flagging. It’s the perfect tool for offline readers like me.
ps: Yeap, I’m having some problems to get an internet connection here in Colombia; (sic)
Linux Kernel in a Nutshell is now Creative Commons: free pdf download
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 | computer science, kernel, linux, opensource, operating systems, university | No Comments
Written by a leading developer and maintainer of the Linux kernel, Linux Kernel in a Nutshell is a comprehensive overview of kernel configuration and building, a critical task for Linux users and administrators.The book is available for download in either PDF or DocBook format for the entire book, or by the individual chapter.
To quote of the book’s author:
If you want to know how to build, configure, and install a custom Linux kernel on your machine, buy this book. It is written by someone who spends every day building, configuring, and installing custom kernels as part of the development process of this fun, collaborative project called Linux. I’m especially proud of the chapter on how to figure out how to configure a custom kernel based on the hardware running on your machine. This is an essential task for anyone wanting to wring out the best possible speed and control of your hardware.
Firefox is crashing on my macbookpro
Monday, January 8th, 2007 | Mac, OSX, bug, debug, firefox, opensource | 2 Comments
I don’t know why but it’s happening, every time when i open a second gmail tab my Firefox crashes
Exception: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (0×0002)
Code[0]: 0×0000000d
Code[1]: 0×00006e64Thread 0 Crashed:
0  libSystem.B.dylib                0×90029ae5 _longjmp + 37
1Â Â <<00000000>> Â Â Â 0xc00101dd 0 + -1073675811
I was looking for some similar bug at firefox bugzilla but, I didn’t found anything about it. That isn’t the unique problem, I’m coding a web interface to access and test some Webservices, then I discovered another bug: div element with visibility:hidden still show scrollbars, I couldn’t reproduce the problem on Firefox running over Win32 with the same html file, so I think that’s a bug.