Debian and systemd – heading for the abyss?
There have been many discussion about which init system Debian should use. I have myself tried to stay away from that particular discussion. I am not a fan of systemd, but I consider myself...
Debian/Linux on Sony VAIO Pro 13
I recently wanted to order a new laptop from work, and due to the ignorance of Lenovo I couldn’t get my preferred Thinkpad T41 in time for the end of the financial year. So...
Kobo Glo kobohack-j 140315
A new release of the kobohack-j package brings updates to freetype (2.5.3), sqlite (3.8.2.1), dosfstools (3.0.26), and libpng (1.6.10). The hack part sees the addition of busybox (1.22.1), as well as updates to gdb...
クライミング 三宅島 第二日
三宅島の第二日に冨賀浜へクライミング行ってきた。前の日のPO壁のクライミングはすごくよかったし、夕食も二次会も朝食も美味しかったし、高い望みで第二日へ。朝食の前超元気な友達は早早く起きて、島の一周にした。
クライミング 三宅島 第一日
先週末の三連休の予定は三宅島だった。2週間前東京の友達と一緒アイスクライミングへ行くつもりだったけど、風邪の為諦めた。その代わりに三連休石川県の僕らはあまり行けない場所を選んだ。
3 Year After – Memories from the Earthquake
Three years have passed since the big earthquake, followed by an enormous tsunami, hit the north-eastern coast of Japan, destroying the lives and livelihood of thousands of people. It also set of the biggest...
Howard Norman – I Hate to Leave this Beautiful Place
Once again a book that I bought inspired by the NPR’s Book Concierge for 2013 is Howard Norman‘s autobiographic collection of memories named I Hate to Leave this Beautiful Place. Born to a mixture...
Karen Russell – Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Another book that I bought inspired by the NPR’s Book Concierge for 2013 is Karen Russell’s collection of short stories named Vampires in the Lemon Grove. Karen Russell is one of the young new...
PDF is not eBook
Nowadays the eBooks market contributes a ever growing share to publishers revenue. According to the BookStats report 2013, it constitutes about 20% of the whole book market in the US (source: Association of American...
Debian/TeX Live 2013.20140314-1
Another month, another upload of Debian/TeX Live packages has hit the Debian servers this moment, and will find its way around the globe in the next hours. The new version is based on tlnet...
Publish or Perish – typography where are you going?
Publish or Perish is a well known phrase describing the life of us scientists at the university – publish as much and as quickly as possible, or you perish! Many things have been written...
Power of TeX – music scores
I often post about TeX and related things, updates of Debian packages, support programs etc. This time I want to present a nice project that exhibits the power and versatility of TeX and its...
Language confusion
I have lived about 2.5 years in Italy, more specific in Siena. And till today I have many good friends there. During my time in Italy I learned quite a bit of Italian, or...
Too stupid for airplane games – syllogism versus logic
During the long flight from Narita to Vienna I spent some time with a game called “Brain Teaser”. Math, general knowledge was ok, but in the section of analytic I failed badly. Let us...