Archives for July 2007

feedreader, sucking at the vessels of information

This neat little graphic above is a feed icon. Usually it’s orange, but I like mine in purple. Now, that we got that right, I’ll explain what a feed is, why it is useful and how you can take advantage of it. News-feeds are generated by a lot of websites. It makes reading news or [...]

the victim and the mob

This reminds me a lot of the mob torturing the defenseless victim, a lot like it is these days. Think of it when you outnumber someone, think of how it would be if that would be you. Of course these insects are just “doing their job”. It’s not fun for them, it’s work. Their duty [...]

Gobby, no more lonely typing

Gobby is a multi user text editor for Windows and Linux. It works with a server/client principe. (One user opens a server, other users join as clients. There is a dedicated version too.) Gobby allows you to edit a document with more users at once. This can be used for many things like writings essays, [...]

Santa Croce 588

Santa Croce 588 is another comic done by Mei-ing Nieuwland aka ming85 on deviantART. Once more a world, not reachable for humans, but located in our reality, is the background of the story. It takes place in the beautiful city Venice. Ming even added some pages that explain by what she got inspired and other [...]

Inkscape, illustration for everyone

Inkscape is a standard conform vector graphic editor. It has basic functions and is a very good tool for illustration. It’s not as advanced as Illustrator or Freehand, but you can create some very good pictures with it. Examples from my gallery: devotion, powerstation, both created with Inkscape. Links: inkscape.org