Including images with Liquid
A while ago I covered on Using Jekyll, Lightbox, and GitHub pages how to use includes in Jekyll/Liquid to simplify the process of adding images to your posts.
2018
How to delay startup applications on GNOME
Back in 2017, support for status icons, pictured below, was removed from GNOME Shell (v3.26).
This has been a controversial topic (as anything in the GNU/Linux community, really) and probably will always be, but in my opinion there's no point on discussing about it.
Disabling GRUB graphical theme
I've been using Antergos/Arch Linux for a couple of years after switching from Ubuntu GNOME, and although I don't dislike the shipped graphical GRUB theme (depicted below), I always found it unnecessary and in some resolutions the background image is stretched.
Getting system notifications with R
So today I was making quite time consuming simulations in R, and I was wondering if there was a way to know when the simulations were finished so I could have a look at the results.
Custom domains and HTTPS with Github Pages
One of the main reasons people point out to use a custom domain is that people will take your website more seriously. I personally just did it because it's relatively cheap and because I wanted to learn on the process.
On this post I will try to explain shortly my (mis)adventures on setting up my own custom domain.
Using Jekyll, Lightbox, and GitHub pages
Lightbox is a script used to overlay images on the current page. Its implementation in a pure HTML is fairly easy if you follow the documentation (I used it long ago for a secondary school project a friend and I did back in 2010).
My idea was to see how this could be implemented in Jekyll using plug-ins or whatever.
Just bought a dot-grid notebook
Today I was printing some stuff in my favourite copy shop, and I found that they sold really cheap dot-grid notebooks (less than 3 euros), so I bought one without thinking twice.
I'm writing my own LaTeX book!
There are many good books to learn LaTeX, like LaTeX and Friends by Marc R. C. van Dongen (my favourite) or the LaTeX Guide from Wikibooks. But sometimes you find that they go either too deep into technical details, or they don't really scratch the surface of what LaTeX can offer.
That's why I decided a couple of weeks ago to write my own book about LaTeX.
About the author
Hi there! I'm Alfredo. I am a Physicist finding a path in Data Science. I have a passion for technology, maths, and design. I've collaborated on several Open Source projects, especially those related to the Ubuntu Community.