Archive for the 'Software' category

Chuck (NBC) vs XML? The XSLT Book Episode

Here I was enjoying the newest episode from Chuck and all the sudden I recognize a book. XSLT? Is that what your using to create those intersect drawings and specs that are in the comic book? SVG I suppose! Are you using IBM DB2 pureXML? If not, you should. Get Express-C Chuck, you can afford [...]

myAmbrosio

Para aqueles que andam sempre atentos as novas startups aqui está mais um projecto inovador acabadinho de sair da Universidade do Minho. Apesar de o projecto ainda estar muito verde os autores já contam com algumas parcerias importantes, assim como o sempre necessário apoio financeiro.
A ideia por trás do Ambrosio é um agregador de produtos/lojas [...]

Summer School CDDIP 2008, Struer, Denmark – Selected!

I was selected for all paid trip Struer (Denmark) representing University of Minho – Portugal in the Summer School CDDIP 2008 Erasmus IP program. As far as I know at least five lucky Portuguese students will attend.
But what is CDDIP? CDDIP stands for Conceptual Design and Development of Innovative Products and the goal is [...]

Devolvam as passwords aos vossos utilizadores com Ruby on Rails 2.0

Uma coisa que me chateia imenso nas webapplications de trazer por casa – traduzindo aquelas que são feitas por colegas meus ou por outros amadores pela web fora – é o facto de guardarem quase sempre as passwords na base de dados em plaintext. Acho que não tem o direito de saber a password que [...]

Working different models in the same form on Ruby on Rails

Well it’s been a heck of a week, loving somethings on rails and hating others
Anyway I had a problem with working with different models on a form. If you are having the same kind of issues I’ll give you some pointers:

Railscasts (ep.73, 74, 75)
The problem I had and the solution I found (newbie [...]

Skitch Invites (Mac OS X only)

I have been receiving some emails asking me how do I create these images. Well I use Skitch, which is one of my favorite Mac OS X apps (along with Books, Textmate and iSync). Unfortunately it’s still invite only.
Anyway if your interested in giving Skitch a try just leave a comment in this post, and [...]

Screencast app for Mac OS X Leopard

I’m looking for the best screencast software (sound recording is a must have) to run on my MacBook.
So far I found the following software:

Adobe Captivate 3 [Windows Only]
SnapzProX

BTV
Camtasia Studio [Windows Only]
iShowU
vcn2swf
Jing Project [integrates with webapp, by the creators of Camtasia]
Screenography
Screen Mimic
Screen Record
Blip.tv [integrates with webapp]
Screencast [thanks Rui Moura]
ViewletBuilder

From what I have read so far [...]

MacBook OS X Leopard Tips: Controlling the fan speed with Fan Control

I use my computer for something like 6 hours a day so it’s bound to get hot. I didn’t like the apple scheme for the fans that consists basically in making no noise until it’s hot and then make a lot of it.
So I looked for a open-source application to help me control the fan [...]

É um ultraje!! Google shame on you!

Vão ao google e procurem Avast. Agora cliquem no primeiro link patrocinado e saquem isso. Tentem instalar. Por incrivel que pareca, sendo que o avast é um antivirus com uma versão gratuita e bem maneirinho, vão vós pedir que enviem uma mensagem por dois euros para pagar a aplicação.
Isto trata-se, como me parece evidente, de [...]

From Ubuntu/Windows to Mac OS-X Leopard

I just got my first brand new MacBook and, as one would expect, some problems emerged by leaving my usual OS combo (Ubuntu/Windows) for Mac OS X Leopard. I’m still undecided whether to install Ubuntu or use VMWare Fusion to use Linux. As for Microsoft Windows as long as I don’t need to use .NET [...]