Archive March 2013

Black and White - Hugos House of Photo Horror. I've been playing around with Koken again and I still like it quite a bit. I have housed my black and white collection there as a test album first and now as a permanent fixture, because updates are much easier there than in my main blog. At the moment I'm still thinking about how to cleverly integrate this into my main blog, but for now it will happen via links.

Jeffrey’s “Export to Google Drive” Lightroom Plugin. Hmm, let's see - I'm currently using Picasa to reach G+, but GDrive might also be an option. Especially since I can also get the pictures back directly as I uploaded them. In the end, it's the question of which way is faster.

twotoasters/AndrOAuth · GitHub. Check it out, Koken uses OAuth for API security and this has been quite tricky on Android so far. The linked project should make it much easier.

Sim-on-a-Stick. If you want to try OpenSim, this is probably the easiest way with ready-to-use installations for a USB stick.

Netzpolitische Hundstage in der SPD | Lummaland. Reading command. Because the man is right. And the cowards in the SPD should be ashamed. Majority in the Bundesrat but not enough guts to at least get a decent opposition policy, instead resigned cuddle course with Merkel? Ridiculous. And Embarrassing. And definitely not a way for a successful election campaign. And that the entry comes from the NRW SPD, which previously opened its mouth so wide, is ridiculous.

Recently on the Internet (Black and White Edition)

Große Holztür mit Metallbeschlägen und kleiner Nische daneben Lange Rolltreppe in einem modernen Gebäude mit Glaswänden und Lichtstreifen U-Bahn fährt in einen Bahnhof ein, Personen stehen auf dem Bahnsteig

I have uploaded new pictures to Google+ and/or Flickr. Here they are - unsorted and uncommented. This is the black and white version.

Recently on the Internet

Grüner, verzierter Schreibtisch mit Stuhl, Brief und Deko-Gegenstände. Gewölbte Decke mit Fresken, Bögen, Säulen und Galerie Große Kirchenorgel mit Pfeifen und Balustrade in gotischer Kirche Weiße Gewölbedecke mit farbigen Wappen und Ornamenten Historische Halle mit hoher Decke, Wandmalerei, Säulen und Marmortreppen Weite Kirche mit Fresken, Altären, Holzbänken und Marmorfußboden. Detailaufnahme einer kunstvollen Gewölbedecke mit Stuckverzierungen und zentraler Säule Große, beleuchtete Kirche mit Menschen und kunstvollen Details Mehrstöckiges Haus mit kunterbunten, unregelmäßigen Fenstern und Wandmustern Großer Saal mit verzierten Wänden, Säulen und Deckenfresken Gotische Kanzel mit Skulpturen, Kirchenbesucher im Hintergrund Runde Schale mit bunten Edelsteinen und filigranen Mustern Goldene Skulptur eines Greifvogels mit kleinen Figuren in einem Nest. Goldenes Segelschiffmodell mit Figuren und Kanonen an Deck Bunte Keramikschale mit bemalten Szenen und zwei Löwenkopfgriffen Goldene Statue eines Reiters auf einem Pferd mit verzierter Basis Silberne Statue eines Bogenschützen auf einem Pferd mit gespanntem Bogen Große Muschelschale auf verziertem Metallgestell mit Figuren Geöffnetes verziertes Elfenbeindiptychon mit Reliefs in Vitrine Dekorative Standuhr mit Goldakzenten, Zifferblatt und aufwendigen Schnitzereien. Goldener Himmelsglobus mit verziertem Gestell und astronomischen Details. Verzierter goldener Behälter mit Edelsteinen und Heiligenbildern. Blaue Öllampe mit goldenen und farbigen Details, grüne Kanne im Hintergrund Dunkles Metallrelief mit verzierten Engeln und zentralem Ovalmedaillon. Detailliertes Holzmodell eines Segelschiffs mit Masten, Segeln und Stern Goldener Krug mit detaillierten Verzierungen, Drachenkopf und Ornamenten Antiker Bucheinband mit rot-weißen Quadraten und Steinen

I have uploaded new pictures to Google+ and/or Flickr. Here they are - unsorted and uncommented.

LiveCode Markdown converter. Don't ask. Just playing around.

OX Documents: Online-Office-Suite als Open Source - Golem.de. Another candidate worth taking a look at - especially since the OX App Suite can almost completely replace Google Apps. However, I would then have to handle spam filtering myself (or simply route it through Google and have it sent directly to me, as there was an option for that). It somewhat conflicts with what Owncloud does, so I'll have to see which of the two services is actually more interesting for me. But maybe file syncing will also come to OX App Suite soon.

Robot-Will/Stino · GitHub. Since I like to use Sublime Text 2, I should check this out - it allows you to program Arduino under ST2. However, I don't know how well it works with Digisparks, which have different programmers and compilers.

EverythingServerUbuntu - Ryzom - Ryzom Core Development Site. I should take a closer look at this - at the moment I'm playing a bit of Ryzom, just for relaxation on the weekend, and that has been open source for some time now - you can set up your own server with your own little world. It's not connected to the main system as far as I can see (which is a shame, it would be funny to jump with an avatar from there into my own little world), but still maybe something to play around with. Even if it's probably more complex than OpenSim to build something like Lilliput inside it.

This time only as a link to my photo site (built with Koken), instead of directly here: Vienna Calling. At the moment, I'm still undecided, it could be that I also select a few pictures and upload them here, so that it stays a bit more colorful here. There are still a few questions that I have with the Koken themes and a few inconsistencies. Maybe I will deal with the themes myself and adapt them more to my requirements, but for now it works quite well - the workflow of Lightroom is hardly to be surpassed.

Newsblur is one of the candidates to replace Google Reader that can also be self-hosted. However, it has somewhat broader requirements. Still worth a look? But first, let's wait and see what happens in the reader app market, because without an Android and OSX app that syncs with it, it's not very interesting for me.

Connecting Arduino to Mathematica on Mac OS X with SerialIO using the SerialIO package under OSX. Sounds interesting for data collection and preparation from sensors.

embedXcode - Home. If you don't like the Arduino-IDE and prefer a larger IDE and work on a Mac, someone has integrated the Arduino toolchain into XCode.

Pushing the Limits of Self-Programming Artificial Intelligence | Primary Objects. Some people really have very strange hobbies.

Disinformation: Wall in Captivity - taz.de. So I don't forget and can look it up later, linked here again. Background information on the current demolition action at the East Side Gallery - and somewhat more detailed than previously in the press or from the official authorities in Berlin.

Getting Started with nRF24L01+ on Arduino | maniacbug. Wireless connections for Arduinos that do not directly involve TCP and the Internet - just simple data transfer via 2.4GHz radio. Bookmarked for later.

GT.M. And since I'm at it, here's the third open source Mumps implementation. This one was once commercial and became free in 2000. So it has quite a few years under its belt and is not some hobby project by some enthusiasts, but is indeed commercially operated (e.g. for licenses on systems other than Linux and OpenVMS). If you read through the description, they've thrown the whole collection of buzzwords at the tool. Ok, for a language that simply maps its database as global variables into the programs, STM is so to speak already built-in. Even if that might be a bit of a cheat.

Mumps. Yes, yet another implementation that seems to even implement some of the archaic job controls and other obscure artifacts. Well, since NoSQL, Mumps is probably respectable again. However, you have to compile this yourself, as there are no binaries directly available for OSX.

Mumps/II MultiDimensional and Hierarchical Toolkit. Yes, I'm back to absurd programming languages and found a Mumps that is open source and runs on various systems. I don't know what I'll do with it, but it will have to be something painful.