Monthly Archive: February 2009
Farewell, PalmOS!
Now it’s official, Palm has drop-kicked PalmOS in favor of its new and funky WebOS. I really, really hope so, that their Palm Pre will lead them back to glory. My good old m130 is still going strong. Especially, since…
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The Indefinite Toaster
What a day… Since my first Returning Resident Visa expired on Sunday (yep, the two years are already over), I had to go down to immigration and get me a new one. This time the indefinite one!! Otherwise, I wouldn’t…
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OpenOffice 3.0 on Intrepid with PDF import
Just installed OpenOffice 3.0 on my Ubuntu 8.10 and also added the extension for PDF import. Since OOo 3.0 didn’t make it into Intrepid anymore, there’s a bit of manual work involved, but nothing too serious. Add the OOo repository…
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Financial crisis = music???
Turning the financial crisis into music is the brainchild of Johannes Kreidler. He turned the stock prices (over time; normally heading downdowndowndown) of several companies into music, using Microsoft’s Songsmith. Sounds quite funky and would be a good laugh if…
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