WordPress 2.6, here we go!
Just a quick note that we are running WordPress 2.6 now. Upgrade was painless as usual and I recommend taking the time (took me around 30 minutes to migrate everything including custom theme/plugins/code etc.)…
Category: Code
openSUSE 11 repository updates
Finally openSUSE 11 has been released and I decided to upgrade my 10.3 system to it. Some minor annoyances and broken installation later, my system was upgraded. Way less problematic upgrade than in earlier versions… In order to enjoy my software repository goodness I had to update a couple of packages to compile for 11.0.…
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openSUSE 11 RC1, commit spree, GFax 0.7.7 and some crap
openSUSE 11 RC1 is out. Grab while hot. A word about the man with 500 commits on a single day. I pray that our gnome-terminal loving fellows will worship chpe. George Farris announced a beta of GFax 0.7.7 which includes a couple of my patches and supports faxing from any application using cups. Cool, someone…
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Idea for individual desktop wallpapers in GNOME now GSOC project
Wow, quite proud that my initial proposal to work on individual workspace/desktop wallpapers has become a real Google Summer of Code 2008 project. It is also available as a bug since 2001. The lucky one to bring you the bling is James Sharp. I hope we will see some refactoring of the splattered code related…
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Adobe pushes Flash towards Free Open Source
A pretty magnificent press release out of Adobe’s garage announcing a cooperative effort to push Flash and it’s formats into the free open source world… It is a brilliant move and what I have been telling regarding Flash’s future since years. I am pretty sure this is the result of some pushing by avid heads…
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Open inline URLs in gedit with Open URI Context Menu
Just a quick note that I updated my Open URI Context Menu plugin for gedit. The plugin offers a simple way to open various file paths it detects within the text you are editing. With the latest quick hack which I wanted to do for a long time already, it can also spawn your favorite…
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Internet Explorer 8 passes Acid2 test
So our norsk friends from Opera have filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft around a week ago. One of their complaints has been the bundling of Internet Explorer (IE) with the operating system from Redmond. However they also stated the lack of support for web standards: The Norwegian company, backed by the European Committee for…
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Yeah! Media + Blog = Works
Looks like I found a valuable plugin to be able to spam you with all kinds of media including YouTube videos and be able to upload audio and video. I like! Below a cool music video from a Chilean group. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=OBSkLfVp2fQ[/youtube]
Choosing a blog app: WordPress
It was surprisingly easy to choose a blogging platform in the days of Web 2.0. Despite being known for being a bit weak on the “Digg effect” side (which can be fixed with a nice cache plugin) I went for WordPress and have to say I like it! Could not find anything GPL’d that has…
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Life, Code, Music, Media, Art and Currywurst.
Martin Szulecki aka psp250, FunkyM, Hardlife, sukimashita.
CEO of mirell.com
Maintainer and lead architect of the libimobiledevice FOSS project.