Lateral Opinion

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Alejandro Dolina once wrote (and this is from memory that's probably 25 years old) of a round table discussing " What's Tango? " , and how after two hours of discussing the nature, characteristics and history of tango, one of the members of the panel picked up a bandoneón, played " El apache argentino " stood up and left without saying a word. ...

I enjoy creating desktop applications. That means I may be a member of a dying breed, since web apps are going to make us all obsolete next week, but I do enjoy doing it. ...

My previous post explained how to cache whole web pages as images. Now see it in action. This is a lightweight RSS reader, optimized for comic books (but it works for any feed) and for offline use (but it works online too, of course). ...

I am writing a book. And I am writing a chapter about UI design. And why not use the Internet? ...

I am just not writing here. I am writing a book instead. ...

As mentioned previously, I am hacking a bit on a proof-of-concept word processor. Right now, it's hosted on googlecode and called kuatia . ...

I just uploaded version 0.7 of Marave, my fullscreen text editor to http://marave.googlecode.com ...

I have been thinking on what I really really want in a word processor. And then what would it take to create such a thing. ...

Writing an editor is reinventing the wheel. I know that. I tell myself Marave is a fine wheel, with distinct features, and I think that is true, but, if you are reinventing the wheel, there's no need to reinvent the axle and the spoke, too. ...

Here's what Ohloh has to say about the cost of developing Marave ...

Version 0.6 of Marave, my peaceful, fullscreen text editor is now available at the usual place: http://marave.googlecode.com ...

I had a small task today in Marave . The goal was: ...

Marave is a text editor. If there's one thing that's true of most text editors, it's this: they lack the exact features you need. ...

yak shaving ...

This is not interesting for almost noone, but since my google-fu didn't let me find it and it was a bit of a pain to do: ...

Just uploaded Marave 0.5 to the usual place . Marave is a relaxed, fullscreen text editor that tries not to distract you. ...

I have worked really hard on Marave , a full screen editor in the style of ommwriter, DarkRoom, WriteRoom, pyRoom, etc. I have worked very hard and I want users to use it. ...

Version 0.4 of Marave, a distraction-free fullscreen editor is out at http://marave.googlecode.com ...

Version 0.3 of Marave, a distraction-free fullscreen editor is out at http://marave.googlecode.com ...

Version 0.2 of Marave, a distraction-free fullscreen editor is out at http://marave.googlecode.com ...

The first " good " version of Marave my relaxing text editor is out! ...

Announcement: ...

Since yesterday this blog is ten years old so, time for some history. ...

Many programs require passwords from the user. ...

First a short explanation: ...

No, not unique in the sense " oh, this app is a special snowflake " , but unique in the sense " you can only run one copy of this application " . ...

How to write a tiny python app (less than 50 lines) that reacts to events on the DBUS buses. For example, displaying a notification when you press one of your keyboards' special keys. ...

I wrote a while ago a RSS program called uRSSus . I expect I am the only user of it because it has some problems (all of them my fault ;-) but I really like it. ...

This is not really part of my PyQt by Example series but since it's a totally unrelated topic that would be impossible to connect to it, but is still a PyQt tutorial and shares the concept so, here it is. ...

I have long known that application development is an arduous process. I have also long suspected one of the reasons it's arduous is the developer. I should be more specific, I am one of the reasons. ...

As usual, a video showing it: ...

In my original post about it I was referring to Bookrest as a stylesheet editor for rst2pdf , because that's what I wanted, a way to test style changes and see what they did. ...

Yes, the program known so far as " my rst2pdf editor/previewer application " is now called Bookrest. ...

I am in the middle of that honeymoon you get starting a new app. Every new feature seems tobe just 50 lines of code away, there is no legacy code (in fact, you are creating that legacy code), and you learn new tricks all the time. ...

First: I really, really need a name for this thing. I am tired of saying " my rst2pdf previewer/editor app " . ...

yak shaving ...

yak shaving ...

Inspired by a post by André Roberge I wanted to see if rst2pdf was too slow to be used for real-time previews in a restructured text editor. ...

Thanks to Leonardo De Luca, session 4 is now available in spanish ...

Thanks to Nicolás Miyasato, session 3 is now available in spanish . ...

Thanks to Nicolás Pace, session 2 is now available in spanish . ...

The spanish translations of most sessions of " PyQt by Example " are almost done, thanks to several volunteers. ...

I am finally publishing my LatinoWare 2008 tutorial, in revised and expanded form. It will probably be a 10-part series, and here is session 5 . ...

I planned to have it ready for today, but my current consulting job (migrating a firm from Exchange to FLOSS) is getting a bit gnarly (mostly because of Outlook 2000) (Yes, I know). ...

Thanks to Sebastián Bassi, there is now a spanish translation of the first part of the series. You can read it here . ...

I am finally publishing my LatinoWare 2008 tutorial, in revised and expanded form. It will probably be a 10-part series, and here is session 4 . ...

I am finally publishing my LatinoWare 2008 tutorial, in revised and expanded form. It will probably be a 10-part series, and here is session 3 . ...

I am finally publishing my LatinoWare 2008 tutorial, in revised and expanded form. It will probably be a 10-part series, and here is session 2 . ...

I am finally publishing my LatinoWare 2008 tutorial, in revised and expanded form. It will probably be a 10-part series, and here is session 1 ...