Archive 30. September 2003

The Dumbing Down Continues

Maybe we should have the neurotoxic exposure of the German Federal Council and Parliament tested?

Teufelsgrinsen

At Telepolis News you can find the original article.

DrawBot: Python, PyObjC, and Cocoa based 2D drawing environment

A complete 2D graphics application IDE in Python for OS X (requires PyObjC). And the whole thing without Project Builder, but everything in Python - even the application creation is done via Python script.

At bbum's rants, code & references you can find the original article.

Promote self-responsibility ...

... will the Herzog Commission. That's why the employee should pay the full cost of dental treatment. Of course, this greatly promotes personal responsibility when people below an income threshold can be recognized by the fact that they only order soup in restaurants ...

File Extension Details Database

I just came across it again while looking up what .cdb means. Very handy, a directory of file extensions - good as a first starting point when dealing with unknown file formats.

Here's the original article.

Linux on the iPod

For the truly hardcore among us

Here you can find the original article.

SCO vs. Linux: Protection Under the Canopy

Pretty cool: grow up with the help of Linux, but then want to rip people off. Great attitude.

At heise online news there's the original article.