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Trying the omnifeed WordPress plugin

Using the omnifeed WordPress plugin, I managed to “import” the posts from my very old blog: they are now on the new page Vespaio (beware, it’s all in Italian). Anyway I find it unbelievable that there is no way to import RSS 1.0 (RDF) feeds into WordPress (you can only import RSS 2.0). Maybe in [...]

Posted 15 July 2010 † Matteo § English ‡ Comments (0) °

Elements of Ph.D., Volume 5

Hubris’ Prediction (no false negatives known) : The moment your advisor says you did a good job, you will stop doing anything for a week.

Posted 28 May 2010 † Matteo § English § University ‡ Comments (0) °

Geoloc Test

Test…. Update: Yes, it worked now. Good.Posted from Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Posted 12 May 2010 † Matteo § English ‡ Comments (0) °

Geekiest

I am a geek and I am trying the new WP for Android with geolocation. Update: It didn’t work. Is this a problem of the theme I’m using? Maybe. Update2: It worked (but setting the location to San Diego, CA (I’m not there)) when updating the post from my desktop. More updates to come.Posted from [...]

Posted 12 May 2010 † Matteo § English ‡ Comments (0) °

From Android

This is just a test post to try the WordPress app for Android…it works!

Posted 18 February 2010 † Matteo § English ‡ Comments (0) °

Mobile version

While looking at my stats, I saw that someone tried to read my blog using an iPhone. Since mobile users are becoming a bigger and bigger fraction of web users (I got an Android myself too) I decided to install a WordPress mobile plugin and ended up choosing WordPress Mobile Edition (no particular reason: it [...]

Posted 08 December 2009 † Matteo § English ‡ Comments (0) °

Backups happens to be useful

…but setting up a valid and working backup infrastructure is usually a PITA. So, after having read some positive reviews about Tarsnap, I’m going to set it up for my personal files.

Posted 27 November 2009 † Matteo § English § FreeBSD ‡ Comments (0) °

A seguire molti feed, prima o poi ci si azzecca…

…nel mio elenco di feed di Google Reader ho almeno una settantina di feed RSS. Uno in particolare sono contento di averlo, ed è quello di Sara Lando (Bruko). Ho scoperto Sara Lando per vie traverse qualche anno fa, quando ancora si chiamava solo Bruko, poi l’ho persa per un po’ nei meandri dell’Internet e [...]

Posted 26 November 2009 † Matteo § Italiano § Misc ‡ Comments (5) °

Rain sound

I love to work with my window open while it is raining. The sound of rain on the leaves, on the roofs, on the ground, is a natural counterpoint to the electromechanical typing clicks. The cold breeze that enters the window from time to time makes me shiver like a low voltage shock. I sneeze, [...]

Posted 27 June 2009 † Matteo § English ‡ Comments (0) °

On blogging habits

I was skyping with my gf today (Yes, I have a gf! Yay!), and she asked my why I haven’t posted anything on my blog lately. My last blog entry is from May 2nd, which, in my opinion, is not so far in the past, but still, it is far enough to make someone asking [...]

Posted 19 May 2009 † Matteo § English § Misc § Personal ‡ Comments (9) °