Archive 1. March 2003

Development Environment

BBEdit 7.0, SSHPassKey, Python and CVS - that's what I use to build the Python Desktop Server when I'm sitting at my Mac (which I clearly prefer).

Since the CVS server isn't running locally but out on the net, ssh is set up as the transport (that's what SSHPassKey is for - it integrates SSH password prompts into Mac OS X's Keychain!).

On Linux I use VIM instead of BBEdit. Well...

Trade union dispute: Westerwelle follows up

Well. And what about the membership fees from FDP party members that Westerwelle embezzled for absurd election campaign actions?

Teufelsgrinsen

At tagesschau im Internet there's the original article.

Is This Thing On?

Silly. Put's up a weblog without comment functionality, without email contacts and without any form of feedback. Even no managingEditor field in the RSS feed or any sort of hint how to contact him. One could contact him if there was a way to contact him and tell him about the HEAD request used by most useable news aggregators, to prevent the problem he is talking about. But since he doesn't leave a way to communicate, he might still sit there, unknowing ... Bei ongoing gibts den Originalartikel.

Leica with new old camera

Just read that Leica is coming out with a Leica MP, an M6 with better finish, better build quality and finally fixed rangefinder flare problem. Nice. Although I don't really want to know what this beast will cost.

Unfortunately, no information to be found on Leica's own site yet.

Microsoft: We Have No Plans To Remove Linux Support From Virtual PC For Mac

Yeah. If you read further, it says that "Microsoft has no current plans to remove Linux support within Virtual PC for Mac" - but what about future plans? If Microsoft integrates Virtual PC more closely in order to present their Windows software more integrated on the Mac (without having to port everything), then certainly some compatibility will be lost. Of course, at the moment they have no plans for that, after all the whole thing was just bought.

I wouldn't bet on Virtual PC as a long-term solution for Linux anyway. However, Mac-On-Linux running under Linux on the Mac (natively) is the nicer solution anyway, and Microsoft doesn't make a penny from that.

Devilish grin

Here's the original article.

New Nisus Writer OS X Version on the Way

Just read the Nisus newsletter. What they're doing there already looks pretty good. Nisus has been with me since my first Mac, so it's almost like coming home when something like that comes out for OS X. And it definitely has more (and especially more sensible) features than AppleWorks. Here's the original article.

Shit Spring

Hay fever. Sneezing. Watery eyes. Yes, spring is knocking on the door. Please bring a snowstorm, a deluge, or anything else that makes these stupid pollen go away ...

Does anyone have any idea what the heck is blooming so heavily right now? Hazel?