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August, 2008

27 August
Posted in Code, Linux, Monkey Business
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What does l10n, i18n or m4 mean ?

I have never understood what l10n stands for, nor i18n, nor m4 for that matter. But reading a good online book about autotools, there are a couple of words explaining that in fact m4 stands for Macro, which is m+4 chars. l10n is localization written as  “l+strlen(ocalizatio)+n”. Fun. Since I [...]

4 August
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Howto Tracks GTD on Ubuntu Hardy

As I (re)evaluate my GTD workflow, I’ve been testing a couple of applications that may help me increase my productivity while becoming a distraction or burden to manage. The next one on my list is Tracks. I decided to put forward a quick howto because it might not be that [...]

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Hi, I'm Alfredo Matos. I'm a research engineer from Portugal, with a passion for inventing new things and working on future technologies. I'm also a programmer and entrepreneur. For more information check out my main website alfredomatos.com.