TeXworks・日本語・ptex2pdf・設定
TeXworksで簡単に日本語のドキュメントを使えるための案内。「ptex2pdf.lua」という新しいスクリプトを作成した。このスクリプトでTeXworksの設定が出来るはずだ。
上高地アイスクライミング：ミルキーウェイ
普通のソフトアイスのアイスクライミングの代わりに上高地の本物を登ってきました。昔々アイスクリームが大好きな僕はよく「ウインのアイスクライミング」をやった。「ウインのアイスクライミング」という事は結構大変な労力だ
Writing a nautilus-sendto extension for calling user defined scripts
Using nautilus-sendto extensions, the nautilus-sendto program allows sending selected objects to various targets, like mail programs, removable devices, bluetooth tools etc. Unfortunately it is not possible to easily add targets to this menu. There...
No security awareness on HostPapa
I recently moved and consolidated the web presence (photos, blog, etc), see this , to www.hostpapa.eu. Up till a few days ago they provided sftp, that is secure ftp upload options. This has been...
Enjoying Lake Biwa 琵琶湖
Last weekend was a special weekend out of many reasons, one of it was that I could attend a so called “Liederabend”, an evening of songs from Brahms, performed by a friend of mine...
Piwigo support for Shotwell
Finally done, uploading event comments from Shotwell to Piwigo. My favorite photo editor and management program is Shotwell, written for the GNOME desktop but usable under any desktop environment. For my web gallery I...
Ume garden in Minabe
Minabe in Wakayama-ken (和歌山県みなべ町) is famous for its Ume trees. The Umeboshi from Minabe are paticularly famous. The second day of our trip around Minabe was dedicated to the Ume garden 梅林 there. For...
Around Shirahama
The area around Shirahama 白浜 in the south of Wakayama-ken 和歌山県 not only boasts a warm and friendly climate, but also spectacular scenery and excellent Ume. Last weekend I could spend two days in this...
Murakami 1Q84
I just finished another book of Murakami Haruki, 1Q84. It is a spectacular book, more than 1000 pages (published in print in three volumes), which I couldn’t stop reading. The tension never stops, the...
Carreg Cennen Castle, Wales
During my stay (for work) in Swansea I explored this beautiful castle ruin and its surroundings a bit. Unfortunately it was a rainy day, so the photos are a bit dull.
Gower Peninsula
Six years ago I visited a colleague in Swansea, Wales, and for a full week we were working without a break. It happened that besides the university campus I didn’t see anything else. Now...
Cheating Amazon Japan
Amazon advertises that the Kindle with 3G can access the store and the purchased books in more than 100 (or 150) countries of the world (see http://client0.cellmaps.com/viewer.html). Well, unless you buy a Kindle in...
Ice climbing Yukawa ・湯川でアイスクライミング
Ice climbing from Ishikawa always means a long trip, as we have lots of snow, but not lots of ice. In January I went ice climbing to Yukawa, a nice place in Nagano-ken near...
Panorama Knife
Some time ago a friend posted a link to a nice new product of Switzerland, shaping a knife like the panorama of the swiss alps. The project is called Panorama Knife. Of course I...
Adding Japanese language to an eTrex 30 unit
Recently a friend of mine obtained a Garmin eTrex30 in the normal, that is not Japanese variant. Though my friend’s English is excellent, while mountaineering one normally prefers to work in one’s native language....
