It is nothing new to me that films and music is copied and distributed online via p2p networks. But I have never heard about books being pirated since now. The newest Harry Potter book – or at least parts of it – were found online. But there is something the pirate has overlooked. For easier copying he made […]
Beep!! Beep!!
Linux can be annoying with all its bells and beeps, especially if you’re working on a console. But there is no need to kill a wire or smash the speaker to silence the computer. This is a nice way of doing so, without hardware modifications. Most reasons for beeps are tab complete beeps, as you are using the […]
Abschied… oder doch nicht?
Nun heißt es für mich Abschied nehmen… 30.000km hat sie mich true und ergeben in 20 Monaten begleitet, Tag für Tag, wann immer ich wollte! Nie gab es von ihr ein Murren oder ein Zicken, wie man es von anderen Frauen gewohnt sein mag, nie gab es widerwilliges Aufbrechen von Daheim, kein Weg war ihr zu weit, kein […]
Stargazers Overlay
As I am working and managing several gentoo boxes, my local portage overlay was the most annoying thing as it was never in sync. So my solution is setting up my own subversion repository containing my ebuilds to distribute them via layman on my boxes. To make use of the repository using layman, you need to add my […]
Moped 2.0
This is a short note about the current status of my Yamaha Neo’s, the 55cc moped which often gets mistaken as a Vespa by the media. The leather bags are currently not mounted as I already got plenty of loading space for daily use. Foot pegs are currently worked on as I am not able to use the […]
Development snapshots and Mondays
As I am working very much with subversion snapshots and unstable stuff, there is a basic rule I have noticed: Never check out code on Monday mornings. Why is that? Let us assume an open source project. Most people have hacked code and committed their changes to the repository. So new features were added and maybe and things […]