20091102 ffmpeg ERROR: libx264 version must be >= 0.78

Yesterday, I succumbed to the temptation and clicked on the Upgrade button… which means that I upgraded my Ubuntu system to 9.10. And as expected, my own build of ffmpeg got broken because of the way the binary had been built — it was trying to load a library by its exact name and version, [...]

20071101 DIY: Replace your intel mac mini’s hard disk drive

Although there are lots of tutorials and guides out there in the internets which try to guide you through the process, I found most of them are outdated (their contents applying only for PowerPC minis only, whose layout is different from intel minis) or confusing (dark pictures, etc). So after I managed to replace my [...]

20070716 Serene observations on php4 controversy

Since the PHP group announced they weren’t going to support php4 any more when 2007 ends, I have been watching with amusement the reactions this fact has sparked. In general, it feels quite similar to previous public announcements of product discontinuing, such as Windows 98, or Firefox for windows 98, etc. The most absurd reactions [...]

20041228 I can’t stop updating!

Ok, so I’ve fixed the css bug (remember to reload everything in the page, css and html, with ctrl+f5 or shift+f5), it was quite simple but I had a complete mess with the layers and the floats, the clears, blabla. It’s as simple as: a) I have a layer with some content: the content layer [...]

20041214 ¿No querías caldo? ¡Toma diez tazas!

Ilusa de mí, intentando que las webs que hiciera en el trabajo fueran tableless, o al menos, menos table que de normal, hasta que llega el momento de ver las páginas en un mac más antiguo que yo (bueno, no tanto, pero antiguo), y mi gozo en un pozo. Así que, ante la disyuntiva de [...]