Plex Home Theater 1.3.0 Debian build
I have updated my build of Plex Home Theater to the lastest release 1.3.0. As before, here is a source package, and a binary build for amd64, ready to be used on Debian/jessie or...
PiwigoPress release 2.24
PiwigoPress is a WordPress plugin that allows inclusion of photos from any (open) Piwigo photo gallery. I am happy to announce that the former maintainer vpiwigo agreed handing over maintenance to me, and allowed...
Home Made WordPress OpenGraph hacking
Nowadays, with the HalfLife of Facebook and Google+ taking over our reality, the need for Open Graph tags in our blog posts are getting a necessity. Several WordPress plugins try to help the user...
Systemd use cases
Although I am a strong opponent of systemd, I couldn’t resist laughing on that wonderful post/graphic of one of my fellow Debian Developers on the systemd matter, included here, but originally posted here: Good...
Movie: Almanya – Welcome to Germany
The (not so new – 2011) movie “Almanya – Welcome to Germany” (IMdB, 日本のサイト) took me by surprise. A comedy that ingeniously plays with common cliches about Turkish immigrants in German, but never drops...
Gaiman/Mattotti’s Hansel & Gretel
Old time favorite of all, one of the most famous tales has found a new interpretation, both in textual as well as graphical sense. The great “Hansel & Gretel” by Neil Gaiman (text) and...
ptex2pdf v0.5
ptex2pdfを更新した。角藤さんのおかけで、Windowsでuptexを使う時、「command_line_encoding」を「utf8」に設定する修正点。 明日からTeX Liveのバーションがアップされるつもりだ。CTANにもアップした。ダウンロードは「ptex2pdf-0.5.zip」、lua scriptだけ欲しかったら、こっち：「ptex2pdf.lua」 使い方等のため、特別のページを見て下さい：/software-projects/ptex2pdf.
Plex Home Theater 1.2.3 Debian build
I have updated my build of Plex Home Theater to the lastest release 1.2.3. This post is outdated, please see Plex tag for the most recent release! As before, here is a source package,...
Kobo firmware 3.11.0, kobohack, and nickel patching
After a period of silence, and the presentation of the the Kobo H2O (which unfortunately is not sold in Japan by now, grrr, I want to have one!), a new firmware. Kobo jumped from...
Lord of the Rings – Deluxe Edition
After many many years, I finally upgraded my copy of the Lord of the Rings. My old one, a paperback edition was worn out, carried around the world a few times, studied several times....
Debian/TeX Live for jessie 2014.20141024-1
The freeze day for the next stable release of Debian, jessie, is approaching, and so I did a last pull from tlnet. Together with the recently (build from current svn sources), this will (probably)...
Trigger warnings, Debian’s CoC, and all that
Several times I have written about recent developments within the Debian community. Today, in light of the recent months of repeated discussions, bans, proposals, I am reminded of the apparent spread of “trigger warning”...
Debian package for Plex Home Theater PHT 1.2.2 (source/binary)
I have finally found the energy to determine the list of build dependencies and made a proper Debian source package for Plex Home Theater. Here is now a source package, and a binary build...
Sony VAIO Touchpad toggling
Often traveling on trains and flights, I am used to type a lot during these time. Unfortunately, my Vaio Pro13 is a bit fragile, means that under normal typing, the weight of my hands...
Japan’s missing workforce
Much has been written and proposed about the decreasing workforce in Japan. Immigration has been blown from the table by Abe’s government, despite the recommendation from its own committee. I will not add much...
CafeOBJ in Debian
After close to a month of waiting, our CafeOBJ packages have finally entered Debian! Not having all the build architectures at hand for testing, there have been a lot of build-failures, especially due to...
