Category Archives: Software

Apocalypse Cancelled

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Anders K. Madsen

It really is true! When something’s too good to be true, it’s not! … Or whatever… In this case it’s Microsoft’s (deliberately?) half-assed implementation of ODF rendering my previous predictions of doom and destruction more than just a little inaccurate. … Continue reading →

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It’s the end of the world!

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Anders K. Madsen

Yup — it’s here, I’m sure. Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 now supports ODF out of the box and has the option of using ODF as the default format. And just to add to that hell-freezes-over feeling, Office 2007 SP2 finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Linux, MacOS X, Rant, Software, Windows | 3 Comments

Emulation as something new

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Anders K. Madsen

Politiken has an article about how the EU wants to develop an emulator — KEEP (Keeping Emulation Environments Portable — in order to preserve video game history. (Original article in danish; Google translation.) According to the project description it should … Continue reading →

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Bricksmith / kristianbust.dk

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Steffen

I recently stumbled upon a Lego Cad like program called Bricksmith, see [0]. It’s good fun, but like all Cad programs ( i presume) not easy to use at first. It’s mac only, alas. But some of you (i hope … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3 (on OS X) — Special Characters Bug

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Anders K. Madsen

During my recent contact with an English company, I’ve had to use the pound sign (£) a lot, which has uncovered a bug in Firefox 3 — at least I think it is… Using the danish keyboard layout the pound … Continue reading →

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