Monthly Archives: März 2004

It‘s a well-known fact that Word not only saves your text, but also keeps changes for a long time in the DOC files. Somebody got an idea: A pointless idea came to my mind that instant: why not run a … Continue reading →

There is a nice quiz at Alias/Wavefront‘s site showing you a mix of real photographs and rendered images and you have to tell which is what. I was surprised that I got all then right in the first round and … Continue reading →

Not really news, but a worthwile link for everybody interested in getting behind the UNIX thing: the UNIX History as a graphical historical timeline, printable as PDF and other formats. Not really news, but a worthwile link for everybody interested … Continue reading →

Lawrence Lessig has released his new book Free Culture both in print and as a free download. And of course, it is released under a appropriate Creative Commons License allowing you to redistribute the book as you like as long … Continue reading →

Every year, there is a new buzzword and every year, there is a new hype. In 2004 it‘s name is “hot spot” and it‘s dead-on-arrival. It‘s just another episode in the ongoing story of “telcos just don‘t get it”. First … Continue reading →

As the new version of The Gimp is nearing its completion (2.0rc1 has just been released), so make yourself ready for the Gimp 2.0 Release Party going to take place next friday at c-base here in Berlin. As the new … Continue reading →

Unsolicited e-mails are like midges. If they come in masses you run away. If a bunch is around they give you a hard time and you fight a bit. If it‘s just one you calm down and devote yourself to … Continue reading →

We have released updated versions of the components of our Blinkenlights Toolkit. They are available for Mac OS X via DarwinPorts Portfiles. New features include updated themes (now covering the Blinkenlights Reloaded project), manual pages for most of the tools … Continue reading →

If you are interested or working with Darwinports, the project‘s CVS check in RSS feed might be helpful to you. You could also watch this web page that provides essentially the same information. Darwinports – like many other open source … Continue reading →