Author: Norbert Preining

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TeX Live 2014 for Debian

I have just uploaded a set of packages that brings TeX Live 2014 (as it is currently frozen in preparation for the DVD image) to Debian/unstable. The packages have already been accepted and will...

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Knuth’s TAOCP – hardcover and ebook

Finally I got it – the bible for all who are serious about programming. DEK’s The Art of Computer Programming. I had some coupon’s for InformIT purchases, and used that to get both the...

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Kobo firmware 3.3.1, kobohack, libnickel

Kobo has shipped another update of the firmware for their devices, new version is 3.3.1. Nothing spectacular new, just a language update it seems. But since kobohack was updated to firmware 3.3.0, I thought...

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ロゴス・ホープのがっかりと美味しい魚処厚生食堂

先週末ずっといい天気だったのに、山へ行っていない。大学のため結構忙しくなったみたい。(日本人になったみたい?)土曜日友達と一緒に素晴らしいお住まいにバーベキューをやった。日曜日金沢港と大野へいったとき、偶然にロゴス・ホープという船を見かけた。

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PiwigoPress for WordPress 2.9 and above

I have finally found the time to fix some annoying bugs when using PiwigoPress on WordPress 3.9 (and above). In addition, I have added some features I wanted to have. Fixes fix for Piwigo...

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Systemd, Debian, and Hoare’s Turing Award Lecture

Recently the amount of flame-war discussions on debian-devel mailing list is again going up, due to the fact that systemd is finding (fighthing?) its way into all corners of the formerly peaceful Debian eco-system....

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Yasunari Kawabata – Snow Country

This book, Snow Country (雪国 in original) is one of the masterpieces of the first Japanese who won the Nobel Prize for Literature (1968), Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成). Snow Country describes the love affair between...

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TeX Live 2014のtlptexlive

TeX Live 2014の準備はよく続いているから、tlptexliveのために準備も始まった。角藤さんと北川さんのお陰で、(u)pmpostのpatchesが現在のsvnに対応された。その上、ptexのinhibit-glueパッチをupstream svnに入れた。

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Franz Wieser – Gasteiger Bluat is ka Rührmili

Ok, seit langem ein Buch das ich nicht empfehlen kann. Das Machwerk eines esoterisch angehauchten Malers aus Kuchl, der versucht eine Philosophie zu kreieren. Leider ist er weder sprachlich/schriftstellerisch noch intellektuell dem Anspruch gewachsen....

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USB stick with Tails and SystemRescueCD

With the ongoing surveillance everywhere, it is wise to have some way to work without leaving traces. One of these tools is Tails, famous for having been used by Snowden to transmit the NSA...