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Simple python calc addin example
The OpenOffice spreadsheet application, calc, can be extended through plugins to support new functions that can be as easily used in cell formulas as the built-in ones.
Being able to do this using my favourite language, Python, is possible, but not very well documented, so I’ve experimented a bit with it and have come up with [...]Living together
As lately most of the news in the media around here are related to either the forthcoming general spanish elections or the U.S. ones, this comic strip made me smile a bit but also made me think about how our attitude shapes our lives in common, as a society:
Xkcd definitely rocks!
GTK+ (and PyGTK) on win32
These days, some people on the PyGTK mailing list have showed their disappointment with the apparent lack of support for GTK+ on the win32 platform.
As far as I can tell, the main problem lies in the lack of a convenient packaging due to lack of manpower, as the platform seems to build fine and win32 [...]Python
This is the latest xkcd comic strip. Yay!
Walking on air - Toledo desde el tejado
One of the things I love of being an architect is the opportunity to see and enjoy unusual and even hidden views…
Last week I visited Toledo, as part of an ongoing contract, where I’m doing the structural engineering evaluation and consultancy for the rehabilitation of an old building. This building is very interesting, as some [...]Useful Thunderbird and Firefox addons
List of some nice Thunderbird and Firefox addons I currently use, both on GNU/Linux and Windows:
Firefox:Firebug, Yslow, Colorzilla, JSView:
Powerful addons to debug and help into the development of websites and webapps
Minimize to Tray, Remember mismatched domains, Download statusbar
Convenience addons
Scrapbook
Locally store web contentsThunderbird:
External editor:
to be able to [...]Some great laughs
Today my cousin Manuel sent me a youtube link pointing to a sketch for an humoristic TV show he and some other talented people are creating. The gags reminds me of those from Monty Python. Bright and acid, criticizing some of our worst defects as a society by looking at them through a surreal glass. [...]
On how to argue
Here’s an interesting cite dealing with how to argue constructively. These words are attributed to the mathematical psychologist Anatol Rapoport and I discovered them thanks to the brilliant Bryan O’Sullivan blog, of Mercurial fame:
Serious argument depends on mutual respect, and this is often hard to engender when disagreements turn vehement.
The social psychologist and game [...]Yay Planet Gnome!
This is my first post after being added to the planet.gnome.org feed, so, thanks to Jeff Waugh for it and to Alberto Ruiz for putting his hackergotchi skills to my service! :).
For those that don’t use to hang on the #pygtk IRC channel, I’ll briefly introduce myself.
My GNOME related activities are mainly tied to the [...]E-Leo - Are now Leonardo’s works avaliable on the world wide web?
This should be great news. For everyone’s good, the e-Leo digital library has announced that a whole lot of very interesting content is now available on the World Wide Web. Around 6000 drawings and writings from Leonardo da Vinci should be accessible now.
However, when enter the site you’re faced to the need to register. [...]