I have updated a couple of my Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) installations to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) but not yet my primary laptop. I was about to do that tonight (isn’t starting something at 22:00 a grea idea?) but the upgrade procedure showed me the message below, making me postpone the upgrade and write this blog post… Continue reading To upgrade or not to upgrade?
SourceForge replaces part of its platform with hosted applications
As project administrator for a couple of SourceForge projects I recently received an e-mail about the upcoming deprecation of multiple applications that are part of the SourceForge platform: The following applications are due to be deprecated, replaced by high-quality Open Source applications we have in our Hosted Apps offering: TaskManager will be replaced by TaskFreak!,… Continue reading SourceForge replaces part of its platform with hosted applications
Touch screen monitor arriving this week
Last summer I outlined the components needed to build a kitchen computer but I never created one. (If you know Swedish you can read my blog post Köksdator?) One of my requirements was a touch screen interface. Right now an LG L1510SF touch screen monitor is in the mail, heading my way! I actually have… Continue reading Touch screen monitor arriving this week
The C++ cut is the deepest
When you hear me speaking about C++, you probably notice the passion. I might expose a similar passion when I pinpoint some of Java’s weaknesses. Maybe I do sound like “Dick” in the article Java is Slow! at The Daily WTF? From GW-BASIC on my first computer I went through QBasic, QuickBasic, QuickC and Turbo… Continue reading The C++ cut is the deepest
Network printer power-on when needed
My FreeBSD server is now equipped with a TellStick for control of 433.92 Mhz wireless remote switches. Our home is not (yet 🙂 fully controlled by remote switches but we have a few of them now. One of the features I wanted was to control some lights but for some reason the TellStick in the… Continue reading Network printer power-on when needed
Moving IMAP accounts from Courier to Google Mail
I ran imapsync on my mail server like this to move a couple of accounts away from my server: imapsync –syncinternaldates –host1 localhost –user1 user –password1 secret –host2 imap.gmail.com –port2 993 –ssl2 –user2 [email protected] –password2 secret –authmech1 LOGIN –authmech2 LOGIN –split2 100 (WordPress is a bit too clever, so — above means two hyphens. Sorry.)… Continue reading Moving IMAP accounts from Courier to Google Mail
Looking at Scala and Groovy
When people and companies realize what a dead end Java has gotten into, I want to be prepared for the alternatives. Java will become the dinosaur language like COBOL, but it will not be replaced by a single programming language but with a mix of languages. Several of these languages will, for many reasons, run… Continue reading Looking at Scala and Groovy
Spotify Mixer DJ Software
This is not a new idea. A Swedish forum has a discussion thread Dj:a med Spotify that suggested the same thing months ago. With both despotify and libspotify available, someone with time and interest could make something like UltraMixer but with Spotify as the main source of music. A DJ with this application would have… Continue reading Spotify Mixer DJ Software
SSL certificate anguish revisted
About one year and one month ago I wrote about SSL certificate anguish. Recently the certificate has expired so I wanted to create a new one. Unfortunately the apache2-ssl-certificate tool went missing and as my server runs Ubuntu 8.04.2 (Hardy) it’s simply not there! I did this to create the new self-signed certificate: Download the… Continue reading SSL certificate anguish revisted
MySQL, the new Cinderella
Oracle tried to buy MySQL. Sun bought MySQL. Oracle buys Sun. MySQL will become Cinderella with the ugly stepmother Oracle mistreating her.