Archive for August, 2008

Miro – What they did wrong

I am using Miro for quite some time now and I really like the possibilities it offers. But when you use it on a regular basis you’ll encounter certain features you’re missing. So I’d like to write this little “rant-ish” article ;-) My first objection is the performance. I’m using Miro mostly on a machine [...]

Upgraded to new wordpress release 2.6.1

Well, according to the changelist the new version brought nothing new or fixed for me, but the upgrade now message was so annoying that I upgraded WP. Went smooth with no problems.

Ubuntu Intrepid – not a wise choice for ATI users at the moment…

I tried to upgrade my laptop (HP nx9420 with an ATI X1600 mobility) from Hardy to Intrepid. While the upgrade went smoothly, the reboot was not fun at all. The fglrx driver didn’t work, the radeon driver more or less worked. I could start gdm and log in, but gnome didn’t start up, it hung [...]

Got rid of automated twitter blog

So, I just deactivated the automatic blog generation based on my tweets. I think I shouldn’t have a problem to generate articles on my own ;-)

Warhammer Online NDA dropped, but has quality problems

On the 19th of august the NDA was dropped for Warhammer online, the new MMORPG written by Mythic, the creators of Dark Age Of Camelot. I was invited to the beta in february and tried to test the software. The problem is that I have two computers at home, one is too slow (Celeron 2.13GHz [...]

Apple announces the iRack

Das IOC nimmt Beschwerden über Menschenrechte also doch ernst ;-)

YouTube – Das IOC Beschwerdetelefon mit Johannes Schlüter.

Eclipse Day at the Googleplex: Mylyn simplifies development

I’m a big fan of educational content that is related to software development. So I’ll post here some videos, podcasts or just links. Maybe someone finds them useful and/or gets educated on a certain topic. Todays topic is Mylyn and it’s integration in the Eclipse IDE. Bjorn Freeman-Benson explains the basic of Mylyn from a [...]