LaunchBar for Mac OS X - Simple tool for launching documents via keyboard and GUI
Archive 11.12.2003 - 17.12.2003
NdisWrapper - Use NDIS network drivers under Linux
D-Link Deutschland GmbH - DBT-900AP - Bluetooth access point - unfortunately with security deficiencies according to Heise
Eastgate Tinderbox: the tool for notes - Zettelkasten in combination with agents for organizing data
Final expulsion of Schill?
Great. A party is considering expelling its founder. Perhaps they shouldn't have founded themselves on the basis of this founder in the first place? Well, they'll sink into insignificance anyway after all this chaos now.
At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.
Demystifying Open Source Developer Myths
What bothers me about these increasingly frequent myth-debunking exercises: they always assume that every open source programmer is out to deliver production-quality code. But that's the biggest myth that all these analysts fall for. Most OSS programmers code on programs because they solve a problem they have. Or because they simply enjoy working on the topic. Or because existing solutions don't work the way they imagine them. So the reasons are usually quite selfish at first. In the process, the end user and other developers are inevitably ignored initially - and from these projects, larger projects may later develop. In rare cases does a project really start from scratch with the premise of delivering professional software. But it's this playfulness and egoism of OSS programmers that creates diversity. And of course, also chaos. Funnily enough, these same selfish programmers are extremely generous and eager to share, which is why larger projects can only emerge from these projects at all. But usually there's a selfish motive behind that too: the need for recognition. A key driver in OSS projects is the pursuit of fame.
By the way, I see the whole thing as absolutely not negative, quite the opposite. It's precisely what makes the OSS landscape so colorful and interesting. Ignoring projects that don't interest you is definitely easier than complaining that these developers should be working on other projects - after all, there are no obligations in OSS.
The jump to a major project often only happens through a broader user base, from which collaborators gradually recruit themselves. Nevertheless, many projects remain the personal projects of individual people for a long time - even if there's already a developer community. The Linux kernel is still Linus's project, which becomes apparent whenever he rejects maintainers, rips out subsystems, and unilaterally replaces them with other implementations. The question of why he can do that answers itself: it's his project, of course he can.
In many discussions about the advantages and disadvantages, it's repeatedly assumed that OSS projects are even comparable to commercially operated projects. They are - when there's a company with commercial interests behind the OSS project. But with pure OSS projects, factors are at play that can't be compared to anything commercial or semi-commercial. And these projects make up the majority of OSS.
Therefore, investigations of myths in OSS are often themselves falling for myths.
Get the scoop on.. Scoop! :: Open Source Directory :: OSDir.com :: Open Source Software, Reviews & News - Scoop Installation guide - Scoop is the CMS behind Kuro5hin
Hugs 98 - Haskell Interpreter Implementation for many systems (even Zaurus)
Kästner out of schools?
The madness continues. A teacher is being warned because he posted teaching materials online - which in this case included text passages from Kästner. I am certain that this use of Kästner's texts is entirely in keeping with the author's intentions. How low can heirs actually sink when they no longer accomplish anything of their own, except exploiting the achievements of an ancestor - and in a manner that would surely have provoked nothing but outrage and head-shaking from the author himself?
I found the original article on Kai Surendorf's blog.
PyObjC - Home - Objective-C bridge for Python
The HarvestMan WebCrawler Robot - Web crawler in Python - for example for your own search engine
Armstrong: Hot Flirtation with Sheryl Crow
As long as he makes way for another winner at the next tour, and as long as he doesn't start singing or acting, I don't care.
At RADSPORT-NEWS.COM - Nachrichten-Gesamtübersicht there's the original article.
Photography: Willem Wernsen - Weblog
A beautiful photo blog, unfortunately without an RSS feed. Ok, and in Dutch, but the images are understandable for everyone anyway. And simply beautiful.
GROKLAW - Documentation of Another SCO Linux Hacker
And another SCO programmer has contributed large patches to the kernel. Particularly interesting: this programmer worked on SMP code, that is, multiprocessor capability, one of the areas objected to by SCO. And he has been working on it since at least 1998 - before SCO was acquired and before IBM entered the kernel.
mDNkit installation guide - Patches for various programs to prepare them for multilingual domains
Media Revolution or Diaries
Witty, informative and useful article about weblogs in Telepolis. So now I'm traveling as a blogonaut through the blogosphere, that's good too. Beam me up, Scotty, there is no intelligent life down here At Telepolis News you can find the original article.
RFC 3492 - Punicode - RFC for representing Unicode strings in domain names
SuperDrive - Region-free firmware for Powerbook Superdrives
Hooray for Hewlett-Packard!
That sounds very good - a printer that has an explicit pure B&W cartridge with black, gray, and light gray. This allows you to convert it to pure B&W operation without wild experiments with third-party cartridges, refill kits, tubes, syringes, open-heart surgery, and general anesthesia. It sounds like the right printer for me might finally be coming - something like the 7960 or 7660, but in a format for A3 prints. Until that becomes available, however, the 7660 with B&W cartridge could certainly be a good interim solution ...
[Inkjet-list] HP Inkjet Linux Driver 1.5 Release - Announcement of the HP inkjet printer driver for Linux
Lucky Strike Originals - Tivoli Model Three. - Top-class radio alarm clock
Does PowerPoint make you stupid?
When I look at typical managers and marketing guys, I'd say: Yes!
At heise online news there's the original article.
Radio Days
Even better: Tivoli Model Three is the same device, but supplemented with an analog clock and an alarm function. Since my clock radio is slowly giving up the ghost after over 20 years of service, I'll probably get this one. The thing is simply and elegantly brilliant - a subtly illuminated analog clock, alarm function and the Tivoli Radio from the Model Two - so even prepared for a second speaker. It'll probably make a hole in my wallet, but I finally want to have a decent clock radio. At Ligne Claire you can find the original article.
Second p0st: Repairing MetaKit databases - Script for repairing MetaKit databases
The Museum of HP Calculators - Online museum of various HP pocket calculators
Wiki Calculators - Main.HomePage - Wiki for HP calculators - still somewhat sparse in content
Clean Disposal: Bacillus has an appetite for nuclear waste - Science - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Bacteria reduce radioactive metal and obtain their energy from it
Die Zeit 30 / 2003 - (c) DIE ZEIT : Article title from ZEIT on your website - RSS feeds for sections from Die Zeit
GROKLAW - the court hearing transcript
A transcript of the court hearing in which SCO was given a deadline until the end of January. What stands out to me is the chaotic argumentative structure and the frequent interruptions of the SCO lawyer (by the way, the CEO's brother - is it really a good idea to have your own family represent you?) by the court and, in contrast, the very straightforward and conclusive argumentation of the IBM lawyer. I would say there are clear weight class differences recognizable between the two.
iPodhead.com - a blog about the iPod and tips and tools for it
Leica Digilux 2 - the bigger picture: Digital Photography Review - More details and images of the Digilux 2
Minolta Digital SLR next year and more
Has Minolta finally woken up? No more stupid talk about the Dimage 7 series being a digital SLR? No more silly evasiveness when asked about digital SLRs from them? Or is this just a panic reaction? Anyway, for me the train has left the station. Contax not only built a full-frame digital camera, they've already discontinued it. Contax is simply ahead of its time.
At Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) you can find the original article.
Put the curser automatically in a forms field - set focus with JavaScript in HTML forms
Schill faction without Schill
Well, now even the Schill party (ok, only the senate faction) is celebrating the Schill-out ...
At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.
Supybot - Possible replacement for Bobot++
I can see this is a link to The Onion article with a German description. However, you haven't provided the actual Markdown body content to translate.
If you'd like me to translate a blog post, please provide the Markdown body text itself (the actual content between the frontmatter/metadata and the end of the post), and I'll translate it from German to English while preserving the Markdown structure.
xsdb html index - compact and feature-rich database in Python
A garbage collector for C and C++ - Garbage collection for C and C++
"AppleScript: The Definitive Guide" released
Mainly a note for Jutta that she wants to have the book
At The Macintosh News Network there is the original article.
Atom-powered spaceship to search for life
Let's hope it's not also the first crashed spacecraft and the first atomic catastrophe on a Jupiter moon - given NASA's recent track record of success, they should probably send less dangerous equipment on the journey...
At Spiegel Online: Wissenschaft you can find the original article.
FocusFixer by FixerLabs - Corrects blurry photos
GROKLAW on SCO's alleged victim role in a DDOS attack
SCO claims that its web server was once again crippled by a DDOS (distributed denial of service) attack. Two security experts express their opinion on Groklaw and provide brief analyses on why this claim from SCO should rather be viewed with skepticism.
JSch -- Java Secure Channel - Java implementation of SSH2 with X-forwarding
look, Ma: I didnt make it one more time
Read, throw 5 euros in the Chauvi box, have a laugh.
At passe.par.tout you'll find the original article.
LUFS-Python
The right thing for today's hacker: writing file systems for Linux directly in Python. I could think about whether I should rewrite my suckfs to LUFS-Python. The current implementation via dnotify in any case has some strange effects and race conditions that under certain circumstances cause the data inventories to no longer be in sync. However, a LUFS-Python implementation would unfortunately also be realized through Python on read, and that would most likely be too slow for the intended use of suckfs (replication of static data contents on a Zope cluster). Here's the original article.
INTERNET NEWSPAPER IRAQ: Photographer Nachtwey injured in attack in Iraq
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he's doing well. He is a fantastic photographer and his images impressively showcase the effects of war, chaos, and famine. Outstanding is the book Inferno with a selection of his images from various crisis zones - I have rarely seen such impressive photographs. He always manages to show the suffering and agony of people without depriving them of their dignity. No sensationalism, no hunger for sensation - but a clear statement against war and abuse. He is certainly one of the great photographers of today. Here you can find the original article.
New Feature: Blogmarks
I've extended the Python Desktop Server with another module: Blogmarks provides a blog with mini entries. The idea behind it is to simply post links. For this purpose, I use a bookmarklet (a bit of JavaScript that opens a window and calls up a URL), which passes the current link and the title of the current window to the Python Desktop Server and asks the user for categories and a short description (which is stored as a title tag on the link element and displayed on mouse-over). The whole thing is converted into compact HTML and is available as a blog with RSS feed and everything that goes with it. In the long run, I'll probably add further features like caching of the original page (in case it goes offline) and a category overview of all links, but for now I'm starting as it is. Let's see if this isn't a useful alternative to private bookmarks.
Perthon -- Python to Perl Language Translation
The most interesting thing about this project is the juxtaposition of the Python and Perl source code. I like both languages, but somehow in this comparison I find that I should actually be ashamed that I like Perl too.