Debian updates (MusixTeX, PMX, mu, cafeobj)
It has been a while that I have updated some Debian packages. As we are in pre-release freeze there is not much to do, and uploading would disturb the release process. But well, these...
Kobo firmware 3.13.1 plus mega update (KSM, kobohack, patch, ssh, …)
A few days ago I had a new experience with my Kobo Glo – it wanted to updated itself while syncing. This was the first update that was delivered to devices in Japan since...
PiwigoPress release 2.26
I just pushed a new release of PiwigoPress (, WordPress plugin dir) to the WordPress servers. This release adds two features requested on the support forums, and tweaks some details. The new features and...
Frank Schätzing – Limit
After having devoured , I had to read another of his epic novels, Limit. Set around 2025, this thriller spans several continents as well as space stations and the moon. Helium 3 has become...
Anna Quindlen – A Short Guide to a Happy Life
I am normally not reading any kind of guides on being happy, or how to lead my life, or all that. But a blog post on one of my favorite sites, Brain Pickings, somehow...
Tutorial: First Steps with CafeOBJ
I have created a tutorial for CafeOBJ that will guide users through starting the CafeOBJ interpreter, and some simple calculations. Included is also a very short introduction to the logic background of CafeOBJ, and...
Slick Google Map Plugin for WordPress
I have renamed my Google Map plugin from ‘Simple Google Map Plugin’ to ‘Slick Google Map’ and uploaded it to the WordPress.org plugin site. It is now under review, but hopefully will soon be...
Plex Home Theater 1.3.6 Debian amd64 and i386
New builds of Plex Home Theater for Debian, this time with both amd64 and i386 architecture. WARNING Due to the addition of new architectures I have switched repository layout, thus the old entries will...
Plex Home Theater 1.3.6 Debian build
I finally managed to get a build of Plex Home Theater for Debian that actually works. Version 1.3.5 was a no go, but with 1.3.6 we are back to full speed! And in combination...
Kobo firmware 3.12.1 plus mega update (KSM, kobohack, patch, ssh, …)
(Update 2015-03-02: see also ) Ok, there have been several version of firmwares, and due to some bugs I had to do a full reset of my device, so I collected all the information...
Slick Google Map Plugin for WordPress
(Update: renamed to Slick Google Map Plugin!) For long time I have used the Comprehensive Google Map Plugin by Alexander Zagniotov. Unfortunately, it has been abandoned by the author, and as last step migration...
Movie: Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac Vol. I
Art? Pornography? Comedy? Shocker? Hard to say – the first volume of the new Lars von Trier movie Nymphomaniac (IMdB, Wiki) defies any characterization – as usual for von Trier. This first part of...
Alan Lightman – The Accidental Universe
Recommended by one of my favorite blogs, Brain Pickings, as one of the best books of 2014, and written by physicist and novelist Alan Lightman (Wiki, MIT page), I immediately bought the book (eBook...
Charlie Hebdo attack
The killing of journalists at Charlie Hebdo by islamic extremists yesterday is another sad point. Around the world, caricaturists answer with design in memoriam the death at Charlie Hebdo. I am well aware that...
Two years of blogging
It has been more or less two years that I started to regularly write on this blog. High time to look back and take a short review. Including the posts moved over from the...
Chibana Shoichi – Burning the Rising Sun
At first I wanted to write my own review of this book, where the author describes his story of taking down and burning the Hinomaru during a Softball Competition Opening Ceremony in Okinawa. I...
