N800 & Video playback - oops. Nokia used different chips in the N800 that drastically slow down the screen update (1/3 the speed of the N770).
Linkblog - 9.2.2007 - 21.3.2007
SPD-Speaker: Online searches are definitely coming - The "ghost debates" of data protectionists and other opponents of further authorization for state espionage are not understood by Wiefelspütz, however. It is always pretended that "we are a surveillance state". Meanwhile, no one here is demanding torture or Guantanamo.
Ideas for Sugar development environment from HyperLookSimCity - more about HyperLook.
Amnesty™ Singles - converts Google widgets into dashboard widgets.
EURion constellation - how copiers recognize banknotes.
SQLite Introduction - only linked because I might need it for a trivial project (PHP5 and SQLite - igh, I'll have to clean my keyboard afterwards).
JavaScript for the Macintosh - not such a bad idea. JavaScript as a full OSA language, integrated with all tools. Could make a lot of things easier - because JavaScript has regular expressions and humane data types, unlike AppleScript.
Lingon by Peter Borg - edit launchd configs with a GUI. Clicky-Bunty-Goodness for sysadmins.
NetworkLocation - Location Manager. On Steroids.
Python, Django and DB2: we need your input! - sounds like there will soon be a DBAPI2 module for Python and DB/2 directly from the source.
Script Debugger 4.0 - after struggling again with a temperamental AppleScript, it's probably time to get Script Debugger. Annoying only that the necessity lies solely in the meager to non-existent documentation of various applications and their AppleScript dictionaries.
LSL Module For BBEdit/TextWrangler - the best editors in the world for Linden Scripting Language (in SecondLife) use.
Programming Erlang - sounds good, and so far the books from the Pragmatic Bookshelf series have been quite useful. Could be one that you might want to read again.
Shill (LSL syntax files) - various editors for LSL usage. There should be something for everyone.
Report: OpenBSD developers wanted to downplay critical vulnerability - embarrassing, because Theo keeps hacking on other systems, which do exactly the same thing. Hypocritical, because this is probably just to maintain OpenBSD's clean record regarding security holes - at the expense of openness. Ridiculous, because OpenBSD still has the best security history and it would be more appropriate to admit a mistake and communicate openly.
Gen-Mais: Rats show damage to liver and kidneys - CRIIGEN concludes their investigation report with the finding that, based on the available data, the genetically modified corn cannot be considered safe. Who cares if sales are good.
Mono on Nokia 770/800 - good. This gives chances to get the libSL stories (e.g. Sleek?) flying on the Nokia. And this gives chances for a minimal SL client on the tablet! (not to mention the variety of interesting programming languages that are now also available for the Nokia)
Pico Lisp - a mini-Lisp interpreter that has been in practical use for application development since 1988. Interesting concept - back to Lisp 1.5, fast interpreter instead of compiler, high dynamics.
Poland: Minister wants to ban "homosexual agitation" - Poland, the European America. Just as crazy.
SCIgen - An Automatic CS Paper Generator - hilarious!
Leica 25mm F1.4 Four Thirds lens - ok, now 4/3 is getting interesting. A normal focal length with the familiar 1.4 aperture, that's something. And the Lumix or Leica for the 4/3 system is bulky, but still looks quite nice, in terms of features.
Sigma DP1 - also not uninteresting. Compact camera with wide-angle fixed focal length and decent sensor size. With the viewfinder attachment, the result reminds me a bit of the Bessa-L, just not with the extreme field of view (but digital).
Alioth: Debian Root Software Raid Documentation: Detail: 303419 XFS issue / solution - important tip for lilo, RAID1 and XFS.
Debian Administration :: Migrating To RAID1 Mirror on Sarge - enabling a RAID system after the main system has already been set up.
RAID-1, Part 2 | Linux Journal - additional information about setting up RAID1 afterwards - also covers LILO.
Cargo Cult Science - Feynman. Classic.
Probation for FTPWelt operator - good if lawyer Bernhard S. gets 10 months probation and a 90,000 euro fine for the FTPWelt stunt. Even better if he now gets trouble with the bar association because of the story. But does illegal action automatically lead to exclusion? Probably not, right? Doesn't bother federal ministers either ...
Darwin Streaming Server under Ubuntu/Debian - Apple's page on it with a link to the documentation.
QuickTime Broadcaster - free tool from Apple for streaming video content to a Quicktime Streaming Server. Could be quite exciting for Second Life if I can stream videos there.
Streaming with Linux - simple introductory article, also a few interesting tips in it.
Using Nicecast with Streaming Server - Streaming MP3s via DSS. In the long run, I could get rid of my Shoutcast streams with it. Let's try it out.
Build Me A Tapeworm - everything you never wanted to know about tapeworms.
rzip - new compression variant with higher compression rate for very large files.
The majority of the silent ones - Read!
Jungerl - a dense and chaotic Jungle of Erlang code - it is what it says on the tin.
personal computers will never have gigabytes of RAM - ouch. Someone really miscalculated there ... (especially funny is the question of whether one would want to wait 6 minutes for their word processor to start)
GrandPerspective - graphical display of disk usage. Useful to find out what is cluttering up the huge disk again.
The largest drain hole in the world - when the drain is clogged ...
Schneier on DRM in Windows Vista - many reasons to keep your hands off Vista.
Scientist finds new ocean in inner earth - wow. Sounds almost like Jules Verne. When will they probably send the first robot probe down? Sure, a long way to go, but it would be exciting and certainly insightful for considerations about potential life on other planets and moons.
soaplib - there's something new here. Besides the rather slow SOAPpy and the, in my opinion, somewhat over-engineered ZSI, there is now another Python library for SOAP web services with soaplib. Let's take a look.
boto - a library for accessing Amazon Webservices. Supported are S3, SQS and EC2 - exactly what I need. Documentation also looks quite useful.
Jython 2.2 Beta - finally something new from Jython, the Python implementation for the Java VM. Still Python 2.2 syntax level, but at least a new release. However, the roadmap reads a bit harsh when talking about code quality ...
Caught in the Network - it begins. A professor receives a visit from security for using TOR. We also have isolated instances of targeting TOR and other systems. Not entirely unimportant given the current paranoia and control freakery of the authorities.
Politicians against Kurnaz's naturalization - the last trash, our politicians. First, they sell a human being, then they don't care what happens to him, and then there are "security concerns" against naturalization. Could someone deport Schönboom and Wiefelspütz? Their reliability and attitude towards the democratic basic order is more than questionable ...
Schäuble: Trojans should also search private diaries - in my opinion, Schäuble's attitude towards the democratic basic order and the constitution is no longer questionable. He has, in my opinion, long since completely left the framework to which he swore an oath of office.
Yahoos kleine Mashup-Revolution - Zombies are just not dead to kill. How often I have seen programming systems that claimed "not to have to be able to program" and instead relied on the much-invoked flowcharts - none of the projects really survived. ProGraph was an early data flow language on the Mac with graphical representation and at least really usable as a complete language - but of course difficult to understand for non-programmers. Novell's AppWare was once again brewed and sold as Mindbrew, but that is also bankrupt. Labview is probably one of the few providers of a comparable solution, which, however, is also used in rather special areas (measurement and control technology, laboratories, etc.), but even there programming knowledge is required. And now all of this as Web 2.0. Cute.