Solar roof: update
Guess it’s about time to post some update to my photovoltaic roof thingy. The generator is now running for 6 months, without any downtime, and produced ~700 kWh during that period. Right now, that’s...
View ArticleGermany leads in installed photovoltaic power generation
Via Russel Coker of Debian fame, the Boston Globe reports that 55 percent of the world’s installed photovoltaic power is in: Germany. Yay! With my solar roof contributing, if even only the tiniest...
View ArticleBlog migration
Having changed my employer, I found it appropriate to move away from the blogs.sun.com company facility. I liked the WordPress engine the most, so I’m here now – with the help of this little XSLT...
View ArticleFOSDEM 2009
As usual, FOSDEM was a blast. Sadly I missed the Friday beer event this year, due to my current over-loadedness I went to Brussels (very early) Saturday morning. Gave a little talk about what I...
View ArticleGoing to FOSDEM ’10
I’m actually even presenting!Filed under: OpenOffice.org, Personal Tagged: fosdem
View ArticleA festival this time
Was in Gelsenkirchen again this year, for what seems to be the rock festival hitting the sweet spot between band relevance (i.e. not entirely arcane or unknown), and size (i.e. you don’t need to walk...
View ArticleEMail, and the Unix desktop – A rant
So this is about a long-term gripe I have, working (mostly) from a Linux desktop since well over 15 years now – and that is, getting email to work as “it’s supposed to be”. Which is a royal pain in the...
View ArticleTurning points and cornerstones 2013
Life has again been busy around here, so this post will be a bit longer. Event-wise, this year so far was packed with good stuff for me, let me therefore pick a few cornerstones: After the habitual...
View ArticleMobility
I had mentioned plans for it earlier, and in fact already pondered the idea on and off while being at the old house: Do I really need a car? And as a corollary: Do I need my own car? The answer started...
View ArticleHappy Birthday LibreOffice!
In a nice culmination of a month packed with family festivities and a gorgeous community event (our 2014 LibreOffice conference), today is the day that the LibreOffice project turns 4 years!...
View ArticleBack full-steam on LibreOffice!
After a 1.5 year stint in Linux virtualization and cluster file systems (thanks SUSE for the exciting times – btw, they’re hiring!), I’m most happy to report today a return to fulltime LibreOffice...
View ArticleStatement on the RMS situation
On Monday September 16th, Richard Stallman, long-time president and founder of the FSF, has resigned from both his position at the FSF, and the MIT. There’s a plethora of reporting around that – if...
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