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A bash script to convert the color palette of a PDF into CMYK

A bash script to convert the color palette of a PDF into CMYK

It happens that you have to print for job or personal pleasure, one or more posters in a big format and like me you don't use famous commercial software and you aren't… more

Pipe network analysis with open source software: EPANET and PVNET

Pipe network analysis with open source software: PVnet and EPANET

Recently I have read that a local municipality has finally unblocked an old urban regeneration project in which I worked for many aspects. One of these was the pipe… more

Mobilegeddon? No problem with Responsive Bartik on Drupal 7.x

Mobilegeddon? No problem with Responsive Bartik on Drupal 7.x

In the last week there were a lot of articles about the new mobile-friendly ranking algorithm introduced on 21 April by Google, followed by an incredible hysteria… more

How to cut and join a MP4 video in four steps using ffmpeg

How to cut and join a MP4 video in four steps using ffmpeg

How many times do we have to fix a video removing the parts that we don’t need? There are a lot of video editing programs that solve this elementary issue, including… more

Iframe tags in TinyMCE editor and Drupal 7.x

Iframe tags in TinyMCE editor and Drupal 7.x

TinyMCE is a fantastic WYSIWYG editor available also for Drupal 7.x, but it does not support the iframe tag, or in a simple word if you try to embed a video, map, or… more

Crop and split a PDF online just editing a quick template in LaTeX

How to crop and split a PDF online and in LaTeX but without using it

Every time I have to break iteratively a series of pages in a PDF document or just to crop the white pieces, I need to use different software and to find manually the… more

LaTeX and 2D structural mechanics diagrams

LaTeX and 2D structural mechanics diagrams

Sometimes it's necessary to add to your reports several drawings in order to facilitate the comprehension of the calculus and data. LaTeX can solve this issue without… more

Latest features in Blender for CAD users

Latest features in Blender for CAD users

Recently it was released the 2.68 version of Blender, but already from the previous one there are an interesting feature and two useful addons for architectural… more

Multi-language in LaTeX with comment package

Multi-language with comment package

Do you want to keep a document with more languages and/or optional sections and maybe being able to turn on/off them whether necessary? The Comment package is the… more

Sure, with Blender it can be done!

Sure, with Blender it can be done!

Thinking about the wide array of features that Blender has, almost competitive with many commercial 3D suites, I want to transform a 2D old project into a complete 3D… more

Nicola Rainiero

A civil geotechnical engineer with the ambition to facilitate own work with free software for a knowledge and collective sharing. Also, I deal with green energy and in particular shallow geothermal energy. I have always been involved in web design and 3D modelling.