Posts Tagged ‘Software’

Surfing

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Sometimes I get lost in the Web, just following links after link for new ideas, following a vague plan of action, multiplying tabs and relying on browser’s session restore capabilities and tab and bookmark syncing.
Tonight, after a full day of work, the gym, the dinner and some chatting with my lovely wife, I had one of this session on the sofa (thanks to netbook magic, the fully working Samsung NC10 with F12 and about 4hrs battery life..).
Anyway, I discovered some interesting projects. the first is a Django powered software forge (think sourceforge plus trac): basie is a MIT licensed software which is growing up from an academic world, and I shall admit to find it intriguing, and an interesting candidate to the trac position.
Next one is the Python Buildhaus Project, which goal is to setup a build system for Python packages against multiple architectures / OSes / python environments: infrastructure will be provided by the Snakebite project, which goal is to make available as many platforms as possible to test open source software builds.
Finally, a nice old blog entry regarding TDD AntiPatterns.
Lot of stuff. Will keep an eye on those (and perhaps contribute to basie, who knows…).

Regione Lombardia does it right, first post

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Regione Lombardia and Corriere della Sera are distributing a smart card reader at a low price (around 7,5 euro).

Although I already have an integrated smart card reader in my Latitude D630 (which does not work with Linux, at last try) I bought one to check for alternative OS compatibility. Well, to my surprise, the thing is an ACR38 smart card reader, which, manufactured by ACS offer here drivers also for Linux.
So first step is good, hardware. I’ll check later with software and services.