Coding Passion

Reviving Pitchfork

Christian Decker — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:12:00 +0000

Quite some time ago I posted a tutorial on how to install the Web MPD frontend Pitchfork (Archive.org version since the original page is empty), and shortly afterwards I had to discover that the project apparently died. But in my opinion it’s incredibly sad if such a large codebase is lost, so I just created a [...]

Playing D&D on Microsoft Surface

Christian Decker — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:36:21 +0000

When Microsoft first unveiled their Surface Project I thought, like so many, “Nice toy but what will it actually be used for?”. Well I just came across a nice Video of a Project by Carnegie Mellon University playing D&D on Surface. I’m a huge fan of RPGs and this ranges among the coolest accessories I’ve [...]

How to fix Google Buzz

Christian Decker — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:10:14 +0000

While I’m not quite sure on what to think about Google Buzz, just like I was ambivalent when it came to Twitter, I am quite sure that there is room for improvement. And I’m not the only one, there is an entire site dedicated to Digg style improvement idea collection called How To Fix Google [...]

ShowRSS down

Christian Decker — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:16:43 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Broadcatching because it allows me to catch up with the latest news and watch my favorite shows when I got time, and not when they are scheduled, and a nice side effect is that I don’t need to own a TV. When I wanted to find out if there is something [...]

Distro-Upgrading from openSuSE 11.1 to 11.2

Christian Decker — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:58:51 +0000

One of the features I always envied the Ubuntu people for is the ability to do a distro upgrade without tearing down my whole system and doing the CD-Dance. While that may still be needed from time to time to ensure a nice and compact system, it is just incredibly time consuming. With the latest version [...]