I finally became a photo.net subscriber. I don’t use the site much, but I like the idea of a non-commercial photo site supported by its users. I’ve found photo.net no longer requires a PayPal account to pay the fee, so it’s easier to subscribe now. BTW, do you know who is Philip Greenspun, the photo.net… Continue reading photo.net subscriber
Lučec — vnučec
Yesterday we attended Christmas performance of a 3-generation family band Lučec – vnučec. They feature an interesting sound made by various old instruments, most notably vielles, manufactured by the band leader Jiří Košík. We really enjoyed it.
Unforgiven
The famous Clint Eastwood’s movie Unforgiven went on Czech TV recently and I was pleased to watch it again. The classic Western themes of violence producing even more violence, guilt, pride, love, and seduction of money are performed here in an excellent way. Recommended.
Another European loss
Last week, Chinese prime minister visited Czech Republic. On the press meeting, apparent manipulation was used to disallow Czech journalists to ask real questions. Communists couldn’t do it better. Government of an E.U. country is afraid of its citizens to ask questions! Even worse, they are clearly afraid of questions related to human rights and… Continue reading Another European loss
Lisp Blosxom
There’s an interesting project for us running their weblogs on Lisp servers. Too bad I’ve got absolutely no time to contribute now. 🙁
Epson devices on Linux
I’ve added information on running the Epson Perfection 2480 Photo scanner and Epson Stylus Photo R220 printer on Linux to my small Linux hardware page. If you find those small pages useful, please consider sharing pieces of your knowledge on Internet as well, it can help to many people. My Linux hardware pages are almost… Continue reading Epson devices on Linux
Sony DSC-R1 on dpreview
Sony DSC-R1 full review is now available on dpreview.com too. Sony DSC-R1 seems to be a very interesting camera for an advanced amateur with limited budget. When I first read Sony DSC-R1 announcement, it was clear to me that device fixes all major imperfections I experience with my Olympus C-2100 UZ camera. Too bad I… Continue reading Sony DSC-R1 on dpreview
Trouble with printing
Today I had to print something. My aging DeskJet refused to print it in sufficient quality again. I had to use another printer connected to a Windows machine. That meant an interesting challenge to print a Czech OpenOffice.org document on Windows. OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 PDF export produced a document with Czech characters missing. This can be… Continue reading Trouble with printing
Anybody interested in a legal action against Czech spammers?
Today, I’ve received several pieces of spam from the web domain psychokineze.cz alias webovestudio.cz. Their IP apparently comes from the range allocated to Casablanca INT, s.r.o. This is not the first time I’ve received spam from Casablanca INT, s.r.o. Last time I complained to them, they refused to take any action to stop spamming by… Continue reading Anybody interested in a legal action against Czech spammers?
Debian or Ubuntu?
Ubuntu fixes the most important problem of Debian: its slow release process. Now, about half a year after the latest Debian release, I already move slowly from stable to testing and unstable. Not without reason, most often because new software versions fix bugs of their older versions in stable. More frequent operating system distribution releases… Continue reading Debian or Ubuntu?