Ghost software and other stories

Posted by guille on Apr 21st, 2007 | 3 Comments Ghost software and other stories Thumbnail

As I said in other posts, I am now in an important insurance company taking care of the organization of users in functional groups for the LDAP server. This allows me to be in constant contact with the managers of all the main application the company’s business is based on, the main majority of them [...]

Spanish-style oxtail stew

Posted by guille on Apr 15th, 2007 | 4 Comments Spanish-style oxtail stew Thumbnail

Spain has been for long a poor country. And, as in other poor countries, we have had a long tradition of using all parts of animals. We eat almost everything. In pigs, for example, we eat the brain, ears, stomach, heart, feet, intestines are used for sausages, bones for soups and dogs,… some parts are [...]

Hi, I’m Korean and I hate Japanese people

Posted by guille on Apr 2nd, 2007 | 328 Comments Hi, I’m Korean and I hate Japanese people Thumbnail

No, I’m not Korean and I don’t hate Japanese people neither. I actually pretty much like both of them   I met the other day a Korean dude and, I don’t remember why, the conversation turned around mythology. Greek, Norse, Egyptian (which is of course not European…),… Of course, I was surprised he did not [...]

Tarragon mustard pork

Posted by guille on Mar 14th, 2007 | 2 Comments Tarragon mustard pork Thumbnail

This weekend has been the birthday of my girlfriend. And we’ve made a big party with friends and everything. Of course, it was not a happy day to everyone, as sad events were remembered. But you can not live forever in the past, and I do believe normal life should keep on. So… life went [...]

Authentication puzzle, a real-world example

Posted by guille on Mar 12th, 2007 | 0 Comments Authentication puzzle, a real-world example Thumbnail

I am working now for an insurance company with more than 25.000 employees and with offices  in such exotic places as South-America, Hog Kong or Bahrain. Of course, such important company has a complicated and intricate structure. Companies that depend of companies that  are controlled by companies that are dominated by a big holding that [...]

I met a banana yesterday night!

Posted by guille on Mar 3rd, 2007 | 3 Comments I met a banana yesterday night! Thumbnail

Sometimes you meet with people that have just enough intelligence to talk to a banana. Those people do not appear to be  a banana until you start speaking with them. And when you realize what they are… it is too late I met one of those specimen yesterday. A blond, tall girl that was nice [...]

I am a workaholic!!

Posted by guille on Feb 27th, 2007 | 0 Comments I am a workaholic!! Thumbnail

I know. As surprising as it might seem to a lot of you people, I am a workaholic. And I can prove it! I’ve just received my vacacion time up to the 31 December 2006 and, surprisingly, I have 111,85 free hours. As 8 hours correspond to a day, that means some 14 free days! [...]

BearingPoint is dead. Long live BearingPoint!

Posted by guille on Feb 26th, 2007 | 0 Comments BearingPoint is dead. Long live BearingPoint! Thumbnail

BearingPoint is changing its “Re-launching the BearingPoint brand”! Indeed, that’s what Harry You told the world today. Apparently the company needed to renew its image in order to build awareness and win more business. In order to do this we have seen a(nother) brand new logo and a brand new website. This is indeed the [...]

Dried tomatoes: The sun at home on rainy days

Posted by guille on Jan 30th, 2007 | 0 Comments Dried tomatoes: The sun at home on rainy days Thumbnail

Dried tomatoes are one of the typical Italian ingredients. They are delicious with a large array of dishes: pasta sauce, salads, sandwiches,… They are also one of the easiest recipes to do. Just take tomatoes, cut them in four, sprinkle some salt and leave them on a long, hot, dry and sunny day. Does it [...]

Django’s FastCGI init.d script for Linux

Posted by guille on Jan 12th, 2007 | 7 Comments Django’s FastCGI init.d script for Linux Thumbnail

Update 15 Jan 2007: I have updated the post as I’ve found a better implementation of this script. Indeed, in my previous solution I was running the server as root. Now I’ve simplified the script, eliminated the wrapper and I’m running my servers as a different user (www-data in my case). In the constant search [...]

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