Breaking news: Hell freezes over ... or: Microsoft supports ODF

This are good news: Microsoft announced to deliver ODF support in service pack 2: The 2007 Microsoft Office system already provides support for 20 different document formats within Microsoft Office...

links for 2008-05-22

Extreme Networks X650 ... neat ... (tags: 10GbE ethernet network)

Lux

I want this at home: </param></param></embed> Multi-touch is definitely one of the “next big things” in user interfaces. Work for a few minutes with an iPhone … or: simply look...

CIFS at home with Solaris

There is a nice walkthrough for configuring Opensolaris as an CIFS fileserver for home use at the Sun Developer Network . It´s really simple: Developer Recipes: Setting Up an OpenSolaris...

Seltsames Weltbild

Ist jemanden bei der UnionInvestment Werbung im Fernsehen schon das unrealistische Weltbild aufgefallen. Die mit dem von der Wiege bis zur Bahre. Da gibt es ja auch das “der erste...

links for 2008-05-20

A Mini-ITX board with an Atom CPU (tags: computer Intel diy hardware)

Dual use

Bruce Schneier wrote a really interesting article about the implications of dual-use in information technlogy:Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue: You know you've got a problem when you can't tell...

Thermal problems

Your old notebook has severe thermal problems because of a defunct fan or something like that and you need a last boot. This may be an effective solution for you:...

SunSTAR Erik Fischer

Wondered, it took this long for the Divas to name him a SunStar. This guy has forgotten more about processors than many others know about processors. Heard a really good...

State of the Jumpstart Tutorial

Pheew … i shouldn´t have started to write the JET tutorial. 14 Pages and i barely covered the basics.

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Und dann war da noch ...

… die ältere, distinguierte Dame im schwarzen Businesskostuem, die eine Sitzreihe vor mir ins Telephon sprach: “… dann ist die Terminplanung für den Arsch” …

Acrobat Reader on Solaris x86

Albeit there are some good alternatives, the missing original Acrobat Reader was a pain point for many people in Solaris x86. Adobe announced in the Acroread blog a port for...

links for 2008-05-19

Review: Casio EX-F1 Is a Speed-Demon Snapper | Gadget Lab from Wired.com (tags: cool hardware photography)

Albträume

Spät abends noch Tee trinken, mit knurrendem Magen ins Bett gehen und das Ganze kurz vor Vollmond. Oder anders gesagt: Ich habe mal wieder die Landebahnbefeuerung für Albträume eingeschaltet. Hätte...

Hoerempfehlung: Three Doors Down - Three Doors Down

Vor einigen Jahren bin ich ueber eine Band gestolpert, die mich damaligerzeit entfernt an an die von mir in Dauerrotation gehoerte “Throwing Copper” von Live erinnert hat, also jene CD...

Strange

Hmm, strange … Solaris Express b87 don’t like Apples Mighty Mouse (the one with cable) when it boots into the installation when used with the ASUS M2N-VM DVI board. Logitech...

links for 2008-05-17

randomness (tags: debian fun)

Jumpstart Tutorial postponed

I´ve slowed dow the work on my Jumpstart tutorial. PXEgrub isn´t able to initialize the network cards at the moment (i even tried an old realtek card) and i haven´t...

Kernel code quality

Interesting artcle about the quality of the kernel source code. Diomidis Spinelli compared the FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris, and Windows kernels for his article A Tale of Four Kernels: Despite various...