Februar 2005 - Posts

• Adobe Actobat 7

  No idea how old this news it, but I stumbled on it by accident: Adobe have release version 7 of their Acrobat line of products.  Here's how to get it. Posted Feb 28 2005, 04:04 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: Computers

• Kellar's Keep played through!

  My girlfriend Tatjana and I finished playing Kellar's Keep yesterday.  Next we'll tackle Return of the Witch Lord, but we'll change some of the rules since I think the game is too easy. Posted Feb 28 2005, 10:08 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: Gaming

• Community Server source code

  Telligent Systems have release the source code of their Community Server.  Get it here. Posted Feb 26 2005, 11:40 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: Programming

• Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet

  The first version of Hamlet I saw was Kenneth Branagh's movie.  At first the 2 hour version, a couple of weeks later the 4 hour version.  I was blown away.  Ever since I started buying DVDs a couple of years ago, I wanted to have one of this great movie.  No luck so far - until now, that is: http://www.kenbranagh.com/ reports that the movie will be released on dvd in 2006. Sounds good.  One more reason to hope that 2006 comes soon ... Posted Feb 25 2005, 08:55 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: The elusive DVD

• Discrimination of EU Citizens in Austria

  I'm gutted.  Angry.  Disappointed. Austria is recently pushing digital signatures, which is a good thing imo.  The EasyBank, my financial instition, is helping the push by refunding the cost for a bank card with digital signature ability, a card reader and a certificate.  As I'm always wanting to be at the forefront of the digital revolution, I ordered such a card, and made an appointment with the bank to register a certificate.  All I needed was my new bank card and an "Amtliches Lichtbildausweis" (government-issued identity document with photograph).  So far so good. I grabbed my Belgian ID Card (which is a government-issued identity document with photograph and has the same validity as a passport in the European Union) and went to the bank.  They said "we're terribly sorry, but the a-trust program we use to create certificates accepts only Austrian Driving Licences and international Passports".  So I didn't get my certificate - my Belgian ID Card was not acceptable, and neither was my Belgian Driving Licence. So how was that again with the equality of all EU citizens in all EU countries? Angrily yours, Dirk   Posted Feb 24 2005, 09:33 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: Miscellaneous

• Songs Against War

  A couple of songs against war: Peter Gabriel - Signal To Noise (from the Up album) R.E.M - Final Straw (from the Around The Sun album) Queen - Hammer To Fall (from the Works album) Sting - Russians Roger Waters - The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range (from the Amused to Death album) Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (from the Brothers In Arms album) Posted Feb 23 2005, 11:13 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: Miscellaneous

• Star Wars : Dark Nest I : Joiner King revealed

  The official Star Wars web site has a short news item about the upcoming novel Joiner King, the first book in the Dark Nest trilogy.  I'm sure the story will not be quite as dramatic as the synopsis wants us to believe (my favorite gripe about the New Jedi Order) but the cover looks, well, very alien. Needless to say, I preordered my copy on Amazon some months ago ;-) Posted Feb 23 2005, 08:20 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: Star Wars

• Blade Runner : Special Edition

  Blade Runner: the mother of all cyberpunk, dark future and product placement movies.  One of those classics which, even if you never watch it, you ought to have at least standing on your dvd shelf ;-).  Anyway, there's a "Special Edition" in the works.  Not to be confused with the 1992 Director's Cut, the Special Edition will feature a better transfer, better sound, and (more) changes by Ridley Scott.  BRMovie.com tells us that the project is currently on hold. Posted Feb 22 2005, 08:37 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: The elusive DVD

• Small Gods

  For a refreshing, cynical view on religions and holy writings, be sure to check out Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Small Gods (ISBN 0552138908). Previous knowledge of the Discworld series is not required, since the book's chronological place is about 100 years before the first Discworld novel. Posted Feb 21 2005, 12:02 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: Let's get metaphysical

• Let's get metaphysical

  "Let's get Metaphysical" is the title of an instrumental piece on David Gilmour's solo record About Face.  I like instrumental music, so I play this piece every now and then.  Makes a good name for a blog category, I'd say. Posted Feb 21 2005, 12:00 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: Let's get metaphysical

• Pink Floyd: Pulse

  I guess everybody knows Pink Floyd.  If you don't, I'd say that getting to know Pink Floyd is an excellent opportunity for getting to know some good music. Pink Floyd released a double live cd of their Division Bell tour called "Pulse".  Or "p.u.l.s.e" for the purists.  It was a groundbreaking albums in terms of sound quality on a live album, and I have since compared every other live album's sound quality to the benchmark set by Pulse.  Now the really frustrating thing is that there is no DVD version of Pulse.  There was a VHS and a VCD of it, but no DVD.  Fans have been waiting for a Pulse DVD for years.  I think it was somewhere during 2004 that news emerged that Pink Floyd were working on a DVD version.  The release was set for December 2004, then March 2005, and now it has been pushed back again to "the middle of 2005", according to Brain Damage. I will believe this when I have the dvd in my hands, and my guess is that'll be roundabout December 2005.  In time for the xmas shopping boom ... Posted Feb 21 2005, 11:29 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: The elusive DVD, Music

• Hello World

  Hello Everybody! Telligent Systems have released Community Server 1.0, so I installed it on my asp.net web account, and started blogging.  I hope you will enjoy reading it ;-) Posted Feb 21 2005, 11:26 by Dirk with no comments Filed under: Miscellaneous