Normally when I play with a new browser (like a few weeks ago when I tried out Flock 1.0) I usually post at least something. In the past week I played with no less than three new browsers.
I started out by installing opera mini 4.0 on my N95. Earlier versions of this program were already [...]
Convenience finally won me over. I made my first online music purchase with iTunes plus, the DRM free music shop of Apple. Initially, when they launched this shop, they chose to offer music at a higher price than the DRM music. A few weeks ago, they reduced prices to what they were charging for their [...]
Also tagged appleI was struggling this evening with the default merge tool that ships with tortoise svn. It’s not bad and quite user friendly. However, I ran into trouble with it when trying to review changes in a latex file (don’t ask, I still hate the concept of debugging and compiling stuff I would normally type in [...]
Also tagged linux, python, versionmanagementMiro, formerly known as the democracy player, is an attempt to liberate internet TV from its verticals (e.g. Joost). Essentially it is a video feed browser built on Mozilla technology; an open source media player (VLC) and bittorrent. What that means is that when you subscribe to feeds, Miro tries to download new items for [...]
Also taggedDigiboksi is Finglish for DVB-C set top box. I bought one on saturday and had it replaced today by a different one.
Basically the story is that Finland is replacing good old analogue TV with digital tv. Terrestial analogue signal went dark a few months ago. A few weeks ago the ‘interesting’ channels (i.e. the ones [...]
If you’ve been following my ubuntu rants (one, two, three + latest comment), you’ll know that so far the experience has been not as FUCKING advertised (excuse the explicitive). Well, here’s another rant:
After tracking down the kernel driver issue (mind you all my notes on installer usability still apply) that prevented my network from working, [...]
1/2 TB ought to be enough for anyone. So I bought another one For backup, you know.
At 100€, it’s not really something to consider for very long. Data must be safe, so more is better.
I stumbled on two interesting programs that effectively turn my webcam into a head tracking device. The first one is a reasonably priced commercial package called Cachya. They have a trial version available that I installed to play with. The second one is a french open source product freetrack.
Why is this interesting?
(cachya, sightseeing)
(cachya, dogfight)
(freetrack)
(freetrack with [...]
Also tagged x-planeFor some time I’ve been considering setting up some php development environment. Not that I like php but I want to play with some php stuff nevertheless (e.g. Drupal seems interesting). So I downloaded one of the popular all in one packages that combine apache, mysql and php: xampp. I have actually set up apache, [...]
Also tagged microformats, openid, problemsandsolutions, webdevelopmentIt seems I’ve been unaware of the little revolution that has been unfolding since May 24th. Before that, facebook was yet another social network popular mostly in the US. On that date, facebook opened up their API and made it possible for people to integrate their 3rd party services into facebook. Marc Andreesen explained the [...]
Also tagged openid, socialnetwork, webdevelopment
