PiwigoPress release 2.31
I just pushed a new release of PiwigoPress (, WordPress plugin dir) to the WordPress servers. This release incorporates new features for the sidebar widget, and better interoperability with some Piwigo galleries. The new...
Kobo Glo and GloHD firmware 3.17.3 mega update (KSM, nickel patch, ssh, fonts)
I have updated my mega-update for Kobo to the latest firmware 3.17.3. Additionally, I have not built (and tested) updates for both Mark4 hardware (Glo) and Mark6 hardware (GloHD). Please see the for details...
Kobo Japanese Dictionary Enhancer 1.1
Lots of releases in quick succession – the new brings multi-dictionary support and merged translation support. Using the Wadoku project’s edict2 database we can now add also German translations. Looking at the numbers, we...
Plex Home Theater 1.4.1 updated for Debian/sid
Debian/sid is going through a big restructuring with the switch to a new gcc and libstc++. Furthermore, libcec3 is now the default. So I have updated my PHT builds for Debian/sid to build and...
Kobo Japanese Dictionary Enhancer 1.0
I have just released a wastly improved new version of the . It allows you to enhance the Kobo Japanese dictionary with English translations. The new version provides now 326064 translated entries, which covers...
Debian/TeX Live complete update
Triggered by all the bugs around I spent my weekend instead of mountaineering with crawling through the TeX Live history for changes and fixes to dvipdfm-x. Thanks to 角藤さん for his hints, I have...
Work-Life Balance at Amazon
Having had personal contact with Amazon employees, and having read the NYT article Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace, I have only a few things to say: Most Japanese companies have...
The sins of the past – adding Cyrillic glyphs without renaming fonts
The URW Base35 fonts are a great set of fonts, available for free as in free software. They have been part of various distributions and systems since long time. Big thanks to URW for...
Introduction to CafeOBJ in English and Japanese
Thanks to Takahiro Seino we are now having a gentle introduction to CafeOBJ for beginners, in both English and Japanese, available. Please head over to the CafeOBJ web site for details, or jump directly...
Kobo GloHD firmware 3.17.0 mega update (KSM, nickel patch, ssh, fonts)
As with all the previous versions, I have prepared a mega update for the Kobo firmware 3.17.0. Big warning for a start – this is for Mark6 hardware, thus GloHD only. The update includes...
QMapShack – GPS and Maps on Linux
In one of the comments on my last post on , a friendly reader from my home country pointed me at QMapShack as a replacement for QuoVadis. I have been using QuoVadis now for...
Updating my dual-boot Linux laptop to Windows 10
Ok, I have to admit, I still have Windows on my laptop. I do about 90% of my work on the Linux (Debian) side, but there are some applications where I don’t have an...
Debian/TeX Live 2015.20150810-1
For those who are starving for some updates while the big gcc5 transitions brings the rest of Debian/sid to a halt, here is some fresh meat, a new TeX Live checkout. Nothing spectacular new...
Japanese-English dictionary for Kobo
Since ever the Kobo firmwares also allowed downloading of a bunch of dictionaries, most of which I don’t need. As I am fluent in most languages I read and write, the only real dictionary...
Upgrading my eReader – Kobo GloHD
After long time of dear service, I have decided to exchange my Kobo Glo to a new device, the Kob GloHD. The reasons are simple: higher resolution, better reading quality. While the photos are...
ePub editor Sigil landed in Debian
Long long time ago I wanted to have Sigil, an epub editor, to appear in Debian. There was a packaging wishlist bug from back in 2010 with intermittent activities. But thanks to concerted effort,...
