Melastmohican's Blog

On Memorial Day we went to BigBasin for a hike. This trail was estimated for 6 hours. We did it in less than 5:30. I must admit that my feet were quite sore that evening but I was carrying my photo gear and tripod

Last night I decided to update my desktop machine to SuSE 10.1. Update process crashed once during uninstallation of packages but second run was successful. Almost, when I checked in the morning it could not get updates from internet. It looks like there are problems with NIC card. I rebooted and I did not have [...]

Picasa is a free software download from Google. Now available for Linux!
So, how does it work? Picasa for Linux runs the current Windows version of Picasa using a carefully tested version of Wine, an open-source implementation of the Windows application-programming interface (API). Wine runs on top of the X Window System and Linux or Unix. [...]

Last saturday I went to Sonoma for a weeding of my friends, Ania and Greg. Wether was great so reception was held in nice rented house in Glen Ellen next to Benzinger Winery.

OpenLaszlo is an open source platform for creating zero-install web applications with the user interface capabilities of desktop client software.
OpenLaszlo programs are written in XML and JavaScript and transparently compiled to Flash and soon DHTML. The OpenLaszlo APIs provide animation, layout, data binding, server communication, and declarative UI. An OpenLaszlo application can be as short [...]

TortoiseSVN is a really easy-to-use version control / source control client under a GPL license!
Features of TortoiseSVN/Subversion:
Windows Shell (Explorer) integration. Can be used without any IDE.
Icon overlays show immediately which files/folders need to be uploaded (committed) to the database.
Easy to use dialogs for version control operations.
The UI is available in different languages.
Global revision numbers. You [...]

Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today joined Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) in announcing the Senate’s unanimous passage of their amendment that would extend the U.S. Visa Waiver program to Poland. The provision was accepted today as part of the immigration legislation pending on the Senate floor.

Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don’t speak browser quirks as a second language. Writing dynamic web applications today is a tedious and error-prone process; you spend 90% of your time working around subtle incompatabilities between web [...]

Recently two people asked me about my advice on buying their first DSLR. I am Canon user for last 15 years and practically I have no experience with Nikon cameras. I think that at the entry level difference are probably not significant.
Later I found blog article dealing with this subject: Considering an entry level camera

Last Friday we celebrated Oliwia’s 25th birthday.