30 Bad Practices of Web Designers

September 24, 2009

Every once in a while you will come across a page that just doesn’t seem ‘right’. There are three elements of a website that can be harmed by bad practice:

The website lacks something in its design.

The content is written badly.

The search engines don’t like something about the site.

Considering the three points above, this article will explains the do’s and dont’s of certain design habits.

Huge dust storm in Sidney

September 24, 2009

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Unreal images.

Fix MacFusion on Snow Leopard | Racker Hacker

September 23, 2009

First off, credit for this fix goes to Geoff Watts from his two tweets.

If you’re using Snow Leopard, you’ll find that the current version of MacFusion refuses to complete a connection to a remote server. You can fix this in two steps:

First, quit MacFusion.

Second, open System Preferences and then open the MacFUSE pane. Check the “Show Beta Versions” box and click “Check For Updates”. Go ahead and update MacFUSE.

STS-128: Burritos in Space

September 22, 2009

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Must be trickier than it looks :-)

At the Tufi fest in Adliswil

September 20, 2009

Also, testing to posterous from my phone. --Diego

Going home

September 7, 2009

Thirteen years ago, I left Mexico to study a Ph.D. in the U.S. In the meantime, apart from doing that, I got married, we moved to Switzerland, and we formed a beautiful family. I have learned so many things, I have changed in so many ways. In the words of my advisor, during one of our very early email exchanges, before I went to Purdue:

It isn't so much a leaving as a beginning of something else. When you return, as you will, it will be with a more wordly viewpoint. That is both a loss and a gain.

Now, after all these years, it's time to go home.

Send to Posterous directly from Google Reader

August 14, 2009

We're big fans of Google Reader. It's one of the easiest ways to view everyone's stuff fast. Yesterday, Google Reader added a new Send To feature that lets you post to your favorite places right from Google Reader while you're looking at stuff.

By popular demand, now you can use this new Send To feature with Posterous. Go to Settings > Send To in Google Reader and under "Don't see your favorite site?" click Create Custom Link.