Website and blog of Alejandro Muñoz Fernández, where I talk about anything that interests me.
Readability and comprehensibility calculator for Spanish texts
Free tool to calculate the reading ease and comprehensibility of Spanish texts using the main readability formulas.
How to Apply the Emerald Dragon English Translation Patch on Linux
A detailed guide on translating the classic RPG Emerald Dragon (PC Engine CD) from Japanese to English using native Linux tools. Learn how to patch your backup copy using xdelta3, covering everything from disk image preparation to process automation with bash scripts.
How to apply the English translation patch for Far East of Eden: Ziria on Linux
A step-by-step tutorial on applying the English translation patch for the legendary Tengai Makyou: Ziria (Far East of Eden) for PC Engine CD. I explain how to perform the process on Linux using xdelta3, with a special focus on the preliminary preparation required for split cue image formats.
Vegan cheese does not exist: legislation and food reality
Cheese is made from milk, cream or buttermilk. Under current regulations, calling a plant-based product ‘cheese’ is not only incorrect but illegal because it misleads the consumer. A technical and legal analysis based on Royal Decree 1113/2006 and European regulations.
Spanish Syllable Divider
An interactive Spanish syllable divider built with vanilla JavaScript. It processes word structures in real time using formal grammar rules, handling complex exceptions such as split digraphs, accented hiatuses, and rare consonant clusters like -ngst- or -tl.
Word Pattern Finder (Spanish)
Find Spanish words by filling in missing letters. Useful for crosswords, word games, or exploring possible word combinations.
Does Honey Expire? Shelf Life and Quality Criteria
Honey doesn’t spoil easily, but its quality declines over time. HMF and diastase activity determine when it no longer meets legal standards.
Compress scanned handwritten notes with Noteshrink
A step-by-step tutorial on reducing the file size of scanned handwritten notes and documents using Noteshrink on Linux. Discover how to extract images from a PDF, clean up the background, improve ink contrast, and repackage it into a much lighter file.
Scan double-sided documents with a single-sided scanner
A practical trick to digitize double-sided documents using an automatic document feeder (ADF) scanner that only reads one side. Using the pdftk tool in the terminal, you will learn how to automatically interleave the stack of odd and even (reversed) pages into a single properly ordered final PDF.
OCR in scanned PDF files with OCRmyPDF
A step-by-step guide to applying Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to scanned PDF documents in Linux using the OCRmyPDF tool and the Tesseract engine. Learn how to convert static images into selectable text documents, optimize their file size, and automate batch processing from the terminal.