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 
Archive for May, 2006
Berry Creek Falls Trail
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006Network card stopped working after upgrade from OpenSuSE 10.0 to 10.1
Friday, May 26th, 2006Last 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 network device. Weird, cause it has been working for months without problems.
My machine is Shuttle SN95G5 with nForce3 chipset and Marvell 8001 Gigabit Ethernet adapter. After upgrade it tries to load sk98lin module (SysKonnect???) and it fails with following message: “Csk98lin: Could not read VPD data. sk98lin: probe of … failed with error -5″
Picasa for Linux
Friday, May 26th, 2006Picasa 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. But it’s not a Windows emulator; instead, it provides a Windows API middleware layer that enables Windows programs to run on Linux without the slowing effects of OS emulation or a virtual machine.
Ania & Greg’s Wedding
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
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
Monday, May 22nd, 2006OpenLaszlo 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 as a single source file, or factored into multiple files that define reusable classes and libraries.
TortoiseSVN
Friday, May 19th, 2006
TortoiseSVN is a really easy-to-use version control / source control client under a GPL license!
Features of TortoiseSVN/Subversion:
Senate Extension of U.S. Visa Waiver Program to Poland
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
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 Releases AJAX Framework
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
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 browsers and platforms, and JavaScript’s lack of modularity makes sharing, testing, and reusing AJAX components difficult and fragile.
GWT lets you avoid many of these headaches while offering your users the same dynamic, standards-compliant experience. You write your front end in the Java programming language, and the GWT compiler converts your Java classes to browser-compliant JavaScript and HTML.
Canon vs Nikon DSLR for beginners
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
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
Happy Birthday Oliwia!
Monday, May 15th, 2006Last Friday we celebrated Oliwia’s 25th birthday.
