“Don’t settle for ‘make boot faster.’ It’s the wrong question. The question is ‘make boot fast’.” – those are the words of two Intel developers rumbling the Linux scene: Arjan van de Ven and Auke Kok. Their idea is a quite uncommon attempt, disregarding the fact that Linus Torvalds dislikes it: They want to boot a whole system […]
frühling, herbst und winter… und dann noch neudeutsch…
…der sommer kommt heuer nimmer! oder so… jedenfalls, wie heißt es so schön in einer alten, steirischen heimatweise? es wird scho glei dumpa, es wird scho glei nocht… morgens ist es ebenfalls noch etwas “dumpa”, wenn ich mich auf’s stahlroß setz… und abends wird es schon wieder “dumpa”, wenn ich wieder in heimatliche gefilde reite… ja, die klimaveränderung, […]
eBay blues
I guess you know the typical eBay ads on TV, showing happy people cheering about their purchase. But what about reality? Who talks about the people who missed an item or were overbid by some software tool, which is against the TOS of ebay. But I don’t want to destroy any illusions, do I?
Skype on the mobile phone
As my nokia phone is able to log into a wlan, I was thinking of some practical use of it. Sure, reading mails and backing up contacts is a practical application – but this is not the kick ass feature I’d use it for. A phone is for making phone calls. So why not using it as a […]
HeadlineAnimator
If I have to think back at the times I have started developing the HeadlineAnimator for having a fine signature at the discussion boards, I tend to look at the documentation I wrote those times as I cannot exactly remember all of the details by now. But there’s one thing I know for sure: The code still works […]
KDE 4 – no thanks (yet)
It was quite a surprise as yesterdays update list showed KDE4. They have unmasked and keyworded it for ~x86. Having mixed feelings, I started the emerge procedure which took a while until my system was up to date again.