~Nacho/blog

Butterfly, you make a difference.

People usually uses Google, among other things, to look for hints about how to do small tasks. Hopefully, you will find the hint you were looking for in somebody’s blog, because he or she had the same problem time ago and decided to talk about it.

Last night, I was a bit bored and started writing a dumb set of files to introduce people how static and dynamic linking work, so trying to put my two cents and add a new hint to the wild wild web, I’m sharing it. The C source files are practically useless, therefore pay attention to the Makefile, the magic is in there.

If you’re downloading it only to compile, execute and see what happens forget about it, the program is completely silly. Otherwise, probably the Makefile is buggy somewhere so bug reports are welcome. For teaching purposes, try, for example, breaking the ABI and see what happens.

Google, index this post please!

Update: This example does not cover autotools/libtool

Another redesign of my website featuring a completely rewritten content is out!

Please, leave whatever suggestion as an attached comment to this post.

I will be strong. You are not gone from me.

Grandma, rest in peace.

As you might know, I’ve been sharing a dedicated server with three more guys. Since several months ago, we have been thinking about change the provider because the plans offered by JVDS were very price-outdated compared with other providers. Dreamhost didn’t fit our requirements (no root access and shared databases., WTF?!), so we had to choose between either Linode or Slicehost.

After waiting for about a month in the prospective customer queue, we finally moved to Slicehost. Slicehost is a fast, made-from-geeks-to-geeks and XEN powered virtual dedicated servers provider.

We’re quite happy with the change, we got a new machine with four times more memory for the same price and we also moved from Apache to Lighttpd. All the references from Slicehost we read were good and, at least by now, I second those thoughts.

Skyhusker made an awesome work migrating the stuff and all the services are already moved. Of course, we’re running Etch.

Interesante, Telecinco felicita a Sun por su buen hacer. Es raro ver estas cosas en televisión sin fines publicitarios, aunque quien sabe.

Paying tribute to the girl who pointed me out to this fantastic indie band, I’d recommend listen to Move on Now, crafted by Hard-Fi.

Sweet taste, deep melody.

P.S.) Martin, Gazpacho sounds nice ;)

This morning finally arrived the Penguin Mints I ordered last week.

Carlos, please be moderated with these pills, some people recommends sleep at least eight hours a day ;)

I’ve just submitted my song number 10,000 to last.fm!.

I’ve just seen Steve’s keynote and I feel like I have to highlight the following, said with regard to the next operating system Apple will release.

We’ve got a basic version, which is going to cost $129. We’ve got a premium version, which is gonna cost $129. We’ve got a business version, $129. We’ve got an enterprise version, $129. And we’ve got the ultimate version - we’re throwing everything into it: It’s $129. We think most people will buy the ultimate version.

That made me laugh for a while, didn’t you?

Sadly, this is the second year I have to say good bye to Debconf, as I wrote time ago, I wasn’t able to attend Debconf in the selected dates. Yeah, I said “*was*” because some plans have changed recently, and, as you are probably thinking, it’s already too late to ask for sponsorship and start planning the trip.

I hope to meet you in the next event and, meanwhile, I’ve a message for all the attendees:

Fly well, fly safe, have fun and drink some beer for me!

Hello? Is there anyone out there able to help us?

Just funny.

Hoy he ido al Alcampo a hacer unas compras con un colega, y, teniendo en mi mano una tarrina de diez DVDs, me acerco a un dependiente y le digo:

Nacho - Hola, ¿es usted el encargado de la sección de informática?
Dependiente - Sí, dígame.
Nacho - ¿podría usted decirme lo que me está robando la SGAE si me compro este producto?
Dependiente - ¿cómo dice?
Nacho - Me refiero a que quería saber el porcentaje de canon que se le aplica a estos DVDs.
Dependiente - Ese es un dato que no se si podré facilitarle, espere un momento.
[...]
Dependiente - No, mire, lo siento, pero no es posible saberlo.

Increíble, encima de que me roban, no puedo saber ni cuanto.

I’ve got something to talk about…

For years shunned by society
Outcasts, condemned for our beliefs
Our legions grew in secrecy

And now, the time is here
I see the Templars everywhere
The Freedom Call is drawing near

We hold our rebel banners up with pride
The colour’s crimson and the Hammer is the sign

Hearts On Fire, Hearts On Fire
Burning, burning with desire
Hearts On Fire, Hearts On Fire
Burning, burning with desire
Hearts On Fire, Hearts On Fire
Burning, burning with desire
Burning for the steel

Hearts On Fire

Hammerfall - Hearts On Fire

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