Monthly Archives: August 2004

If you think about Windows Longhorn, what do you think about? You should be thinking about WinFS, Indigo and Avalon. WinFS being the database-like layer on top of the NTFS filesystem (“make finding files as fast as finding websites on Google”); Indigo being the new all-in communication package; and Avalon being the new vector-based graphicsContinue reading “Microsoft, Are You Crazy?”

It’s the holiday period so I ordered a lot of books over the last few weeks. I already talked about “Free As In Freedom”:http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2004/08/12/free-software-the-religion and earlier a tiny bit about “Eats, Shoots & Leaves”:http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2004/06/07/capostrophe. A couple of days ago my pre-ordered book by “Joel Spolsky”:http://www.joelonsoftware.com arrived. The one with the 5-line title. I’m not kidding:Continue reading “Some Books”

I want to study in a foreign country for a while. So far, “Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland)”:http://www.tcd.ie looks most attractive to me. Mainly because our university has an exchange programme with them and because it’s an English-speaking country which is a must for me, because I want to improve my English. There are three waysContinue reading “Trinity College”

I just found this very intersting test report: “Legibility and readability on the World Wide Web”. A couple of Argentian researchers did a test with 123 American people. Among others they tested what fonts they could read the fastest and most accurate; what the optimum number of characters per line is; and what’s the bestContinue reading “Text Legibility and Readability on the Web”

I’ve been using Java seriously for about 2–3 years. When using an IDE like Eclipse I can be very productive, I can probably code faster in Java using Eclipse than in any other language (including PHP and Python), debugging is easy, errors can be found quickly and easily. But as any platform does to someContinue reading “Why Java Sucks”

I just went into town to buy myself a new bag, some CDs and possibly other stuff. First I shopped for a school bag. The store I was in (V&D) has a special section for high-school students at this time of year. On one hand I don’t like to be seen there, being a universityContinue reading “Town Visit”

I just finished reading “Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman’s Crusade for Free Software” (Amazon link). Not because I’m a symapthiser, but because I thought that either I didn’t understand the motivation behind free software well, or that I heartly disagreed with its standpoint. I bought the book to challenge myself and see if IContinue reading “Free Software, The Religion”

Alright, I’ve spent two weeks in England a week ago or so. We traveled to the UK by boat (mostly at night). The first day, when we arrived there, we started with a breakfast of sausages, bacon, toast and eggs. Sweeeet (well, not really; sweet I mean. OK, it’s sweet, but not taste-ish sweet. YouContinue reading “Random Thoughts On England”