My traffic surveys app using jQuery Mobile
I have tried to adapt my old Python application written for S60 smartphones into a modern webapp which should be able to work in any recent internet browser. Therefore I have used jQuery Mobile to convert it and it was very easy, nevertheless my terrible programming skills. Below there is my final… more
Directive on Privacy in Drupal 7.x
I would have liked to use an amazing title like “Different Countries need different privacy rules”, but it could have been wrong and not summarized the content of this article. After all the Directive 2002/58/EC and 2009/136/EC are not only related to UK but also to the whole European Community. Go… more
Import DXF into Blender & fast settings
If you need a powerful and versatile 3D software not only for modelling and texturing but also for creating interactive applications, you should have to try Blender. Sometimes its interface can appear very different and problematic than typical software, as AutoCAD for example. But with a little of… more
From the past: a traffic survey App for S60
Two years ago I had to make many traffic surveys along a big road in Rovigo city during the rush hours: in the early morning and in the late afternoon. I simply had had to count the numbers of cars and long vehicles in the two directions of travel and in preset positions and times (15 minutes per… more
Patch & module to stop spambots in Drupal 7
Recently I have been testing a patch for the captcha module and a custom module to ban temporarly the spambots that usually attack my Drupal 7 website. The results could be promising. Here is my provisional solution.In the previous article, Strategies adopted to stop spam in D7 (1st), I described… more
Template for a business card using LaTeX
If you have to prepare your business (or visiting) card and you don't have enough time, you can try ticket.sty, a simple interface to produce these ones and other types as: labels for your files, stickers, pins and other stuff for your office, conferences etc. I put my version (with some hints and… more
Adding content using jQuery
Recently I have restarted to program the first web-app: the conversion of my storm sewer software. I focalized my attention on the input interface and despite the easiness and versatility of jQuery, I have got bogged down in details. I have reached a “result” but is full of bugs and not optimal.… more
Strategies adopted to stop spam in D7 (1st)
In my opinion a big problem for the 2.0 websites are the spambots, annoying programs designed to invade your web forms with a lot of spam. After multiple attempts, I have found a nice compromised that it helps me to reduce this phenomenon, saving my bandwidth. Below I explain the Drupal 7 modules… more
Some links with LaTeX models for a good CV
In these last days I had to find another template for my resume, because people suggest me that Europass CV style is not much appreciate in England. I hope that the following links and examples shall help you to realize a good CV of course using LaTeX.Update: having improved and changed the… more
Slope Stability Analysis with SSAP
In my opinion SSAP2010 is an interesting freeware to verify slope stability and despite of other commercial softwares, it considers some inhomogeneities for example: soils, groundwater at different levels, different surfaces and stability elements (wall, sheet pile, etc.).SSAP means Slope Stability… more