400,000 Euro severance for Laurenz Meyer - wow, yes, certainly these were very tough negotiations in which he managed to pocket another 400,000 euros. He will surely also waive the 80,000 euros that he was going to donate to SOS Children's Villages anyway. That's how you really cash in - Meyer shows how it's done.
I'm curious to see if RWE will keep their word and transfer the money...
By the way: take a look at what comes up on Google when you search for Laurenz Meyer. And I think this can get a bit "nicer"
Borderline Chaos is a rather nice WordPress theme - I like the strong colors and the quite simple layout. Might be an idea to build on ... (yes, yes, someday I'll do more than just talk about layouts)
Pro-Linux News: CherryOS violates the GPL:
Since the release of the commercial emulator, the free project has been busy comparing the codebase of CherryOS and PearPC. The project is now 100% sure, according to a programmer speaking to Golem.de, that the manufacturer is using the code of the free projects in an unlawful manner.
Another store that believes it can get away with GPL software unpunished. What's so hard about just adhering to licenses? Just because something is free software doesn't mean there are no conditions for use ...
Iridient Digital - RAW Developer - wow. I am thrilled. I have already looked at many RAW photo editing software. But the RAW Developer is absolutely brilliant. A rather sleek interface, sensible features and incredibly fast.
So far, with almost every software except the Canon software, I have stumbled upon a certain image from my collection - it was displayed incorrectly by all, with completely shifted green tones (rather all yellow instead of green). With the RAW Developer it works - and the results look just as good as with the standard software from Canon. But the operation is much more agile.
Also very nice: unlike the Canon software, you can pass a series of marked images to the program via AppleEvent - the RAW Developer thus integrates absolutely comfortably into iView Media Pro. Much better than the Canon software, which would then only display the appropriate folder, but not directly only the selected images.
Additionally, it has the advantage that it is the only software I have found so far that can handle the old Kodak DCS RAW images - all others could read the newer RAW formats from Kodak, but not the old ones - and I still have those from my rather short interlude with the DCS 520 on my hard drive.
65 euros is not a small amount of money (especially for a pure auxiliary tool), but if you work a lot with RAW images and possibly with different cameras, then the investment is worth it in my opinion. Because you don't constantly have to fiddle with different programs and the speed is simply great - and even if it's just a hobby for me, slow software is still annoying.
Bullock smuggles Nuremberg sausages:
We always celebrate Christmas in the traditional German way. Then we have bratwurst with sauerkraut and cucumber salad. That's why our secret sources already send the packages with the Nuremberg sausages a month in advance. Surprisingly, they always arrive.
Hello, what please? Since when is traditional German Christmas dinner bratwurst with sauerkraut and cucumber salad? I mean, bratwurst with sauerkraut was an everyday meal for us and to then perversely eat cucumber salad on top of that can really only be an American ...
Schmidt threatens health insurers over high contribution rates - of course, the health insurers and the profiteers in the executive suite who quickly approved a salary increase for themselves will certainly be very impressed by the threat. Apart from the fact that even I would burst into hysterical laughter if the Proletarians in Berlin came at me with morality ...