David Planella - Benvinguts, passeu passeu

A new life for a changing table

While getting the nursery ready for our newborn, we came across this interesting piece of furniture. This is the story of the baby changing table and dresser restoration.

Woodworking

Hand tool rack with French cleat

Making a French cleat for a solid and portable tool rack. A couple of years ago I built a rather spartan hand tool rack, also known as chisel rack or

VW Type 2 tech guides

Volkswagen bus engine codes

All engines in Volkswagen Type 2 busses from 1968 to 1979 were stamped with a serial number, including a two-letter code. Here's a vintage bus owner's guide on how to

VW Type 2 tech guides

How to bench bleed hydraulic valve lifters

A quick guide on removing air from hydraulic valve lifters (bleeding), such as those used on the fuel-injected VW Type 2 bus. Why do hydraulic lifters need bleeding? The main

VW Type 2 tech guides

VW Type 2 ECU part number reference

Starting with model year 1975, VW busses of the era featured fuel injection via Bosch's L-Jetronic system, with an analog Electronic Control Unit (ECU) to manage fuel induction. Over the

VW Type 2 tech guides

VW Type 2 L-Jetronic connector pinout

A quick visual reference to the pinout (wiring) of the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) used in the 1975-1979 VW Type 2 bus, from the harness side. The ECU was at

VW Type 2 tech guides

VW bus spark plugs service

... for Type 1 and Type 4 engines (1968-1979) Service and specifications A Value Notes Inspect every 10,000 km (6,000 mi) From "So wird's gemacht" manual: -

VW Type 2 tech guides

How to change oil on a Volkswagen Type 4 engine

A guide on how to change oil on a VW Type 4 engine, powering the Late Bay VW busses, and the Porsche 914 and 912E. It is geared towards a

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is about people

Ubuntu has been around for just over a decade. That's a long time for a project built around a field that evolves at such a rapid pace as computing. And

Ubuntu

The Ubuntu Online Summit starts next week

Starting on Tuesday 3rd to Thursday 5th of November, a new edition of the Ubuntu Online Summit is taking place next week. Three days of free and live content all around Ubuntu and Open Source: discussions, tutorials, demos, presentations and Q+As for anyone

Ubuntu

Announcing the UbuCon Summit

I am thrilled to announce the UbuCon Summit, taking place in Pasadena, California, from the 21st to 22nd of January 2016, hosted at SCaLE and with Mark Shuttleworth on the opening keynote.

Ubuntu

Announcing the next Ubuntu Online Summit

The 15.04 release frenzy over, but the next big event in the Ubuntu calendar is just around the corner. In about a week, from the 5th to 7th of May, the next edition of the Ubuntu Online Summit is taking off. Three days

Community

The Ubuntu Community Donations Program in review

Nearly two years ago, the Ubuntu Community Donations Program was created as the framework behind the donations page on the Ubuntu site. Time to look back, listen and adjust. With

Ubuntu

The Ubuntu Scope Showdown - progress showcase

Over a week ago, we announced the Ubuntu Scope Showdown: a competition to write a scope for Ubuntu on phones in 5 weeks and win exciting prizes. Scopes are Ubuntu's innovative take at revolutionizing the content and services experience. For users, they provide quick

Ubuntu

A new era for the Ubuntu community team, or business as usual

After the recent news of Jono Bacon stepping down as the Ubuntu Community Manager to seek new challenges at XPRIZE, a new era in Ubuntu begins. A sample of the wider Ubuntu Community team, with Canonicalers and volunteer core app developersJono's leadership, passion and

App Development

Internationalizing your apps at the Ubuntu App Developer Week

As part of the Ubuntu App Developer Week, I just ran a live on-air session on how to internationalize your Ubuntu apps. Some of the participants on the live chat asked me if I could share the slides somewhere online. So here they are

Ubuntu

Escola d'aplicacions Ubuntu a Barcelona

Ubuntu, el sistema operatiu lliure més popular i innovador en núvols computacionals, en servidors i en milions d'ordinadors personals, entra al món dels dispositius mòbils. Després d'anunciar la versió per a mòbils i tauletes en l'anterior edició, l'Ubuntu, patrocinat per l'empresa Canonical, torna al

Core Apps

The Ubuntu Core Apps Hack Days are back!

Core Apps Hack days are an easy way for app developers to get started contributing to one of the most important and visible parts of Ubuntu, and learn and share knowledge with an exciting community of some of the best Open Source developers around.

App Development

Announcing the first Ubuntu App Dev Schools

Following the call for volunteers to organize App Dev Schools across the globe, we're excited to say that there are already events planned in 3 different countries. Every single App Dev School will help growing our community of app developers and drive adoption of

Ubuntu

A quickstart guide to the Ubuntu phone emulator

Following the initial announcement, the Ubuntu emulator is going to become a primary Engineering platform for development. Quoting Alexander Sack, when ready, the goal is to [...] start using the emulator for everything you usually would do on the phone. We really want to make

Ubuntu

Make Ubuntu speak your language

It's going to be one of the most exciting years in the history of Ubuntu. We're seeing innovation and stunning work across the board, and a huge momentum and interest from OEMs and carriers to ship a phone with Ubuntu, with already a confirmed

Swing

Speak to me of swing

Over an hour of timeless old and new tunes to dance swing to, spanning from 1924 to 2013. Celebrating the new year with a selection of the favourite songs from

App Development

Ubuntu Reminders app gets Evernote authentication

We've been making good progress with Reminders, the Ubuntu app powered by Evernote. While our team of developers have been busy working on the UI, a set of other equally awesome individuals have been working in parallel to implement the backend pieces. Today, I'm

App Development

Empowering LoCo teams at UDS

With Ubuntu now running across all form factors and devices and entering the mobile space, a new era begins. The challenge While our values remain the same, we've now faced

Mixtapes

So long, and thanks for all the swing

A mix to bid farewell to Valencia, to say "hi!" to Stuttgart, and to thank some awesome people for the many, many hours of swing danced and played