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Awesome details

Posted on Monday January 30, 2012 by Ruben

I like small details in software. Here’s a nice one I spotted the other day: The Amazon Kindle app for iPad changes its background depending on the hour of the day. It even has some very nice effects, for instance, … Continue reading →

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Mono at FOSDEM 2012: Schedule announced!

Posted on Wednesday January 18, 2012 by Ruben

The schedule for the Mono devroom at FOSDEM 2012 has been finalized: (11:00 – 11:45) Enough Debian packaging knowledge to hurt yourselves slightly less than you do already (Jo Shields) (12:00 – 13:00) Mono – State of the Union (Miguel … Continue reading →

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Mono @ FOSDEM 2012: we still need talks!

Posted on Thursday December 22, 2011 by Ruben

Mono hackers of the world, if you are planning on attending FOSDEM 2012, be aware that there is still a call for presentations up for the Mono Devroom. Go submit your talks now, you have until the end of the … Continue reading →

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On F-Spot maintainership

Posted on Thursday December 22, 2011 by Ruben

From the category of news I’ve been planning to send out for months, yet never got round to doing: With life work getting in the way, it’s been impossible for me to further maintain F-Spot. Fortunately, Stephen Shaw has offered … Continue reading →

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As seen in an Amsterdam bar

Posted on Monday December 12, 2011 by Ruben

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As seen in a Berlin hotel

Posted on Friday November 25, 2011 by Ruben

As seen in a Berlin hotel: Whoever made these things needs to re-read his usability 101 book.

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Mono Developer Room at FOSDEM 2012: CFP

Posted on Thursday November 24, 2011 by Ruben

Great news! There will be a third edition of the Mono devroom @ FOSDEM. The event will take place on Feb 4 and Feb 5. We have the devroom the entire afternoon, for 6 hours (from 13:00 till 19:00). As … Continue reading →

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Quarter of a century

Posted on Monday September 26, 2011 by Ruben

As of today I’ve passed the mark of 25 years of existence. And what a ride it has been: Started out as one cell, then gained about 1m78 in height. Went from illiterate and unknowing to a university degree and a slightly … Continue reading →

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Surviving on OS X when you’re used to the terminal

Posted on Sunday September 18, 2011 by Ruben

If you’ve spent some portion of your life with Linux on your computer, you’ve undoubtably discovered the usefulness of the Linux command line. Sometimes it’s just quicker to get something done by pulling up a terminal and entering a one-liner. … Continue reading →

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Zipper, an insanely simple zipfile creator for node.js.

Posted on Friday September 16, 2011 by Ruben

Earlier this week I needed a way to create zip files with node.js. I was shocked to find out that no such thing exists (prove me wrong interwebs!). Some hacks later, zipper was born: Zipper, an insanely simple zipfile creator … Continue reading →

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