Pdf made up of pictures

I had to embed 50 pictures in a pdf file for print – don’t ask me why. Dependencies (on Debian): apt-get install imagemagick apt-get install pdftk This is the Python script. It uses commands “montage” (from imagemagick) and pdftk: from...

PDF manipulation…. oh my god!

I am using LeanPub to create some manuals and it’s a very nice service.  You just have to use Markdown to write your document and it generates a good looking pdf document from it. Well, as far as I’ve read today it’s actually kramdown a superset...

Signum Framework, opensource y made in Spain

Leyendo la lista de ALT.Net hoy me he llevado una grata sorpresa. Hay una empresa de Madrid que ha liberado un framework open source para .Net. Se llama Signum Framework. La verdad que no lo he podido mirar pero la web está chula. Independientemente de que sea malo o...

Back from the OSWC 08

A couple of days after the Open Source World Conference, it is time to say that it has been a great conference. Awesome!, 9000 people attending, 200 speakers, up to 18 presentations at the same time!. I had the chance to present DesktopRails in half an hour which was...