Tag Archives: planet-ubuntu

24hour timelapse with webcam

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

I have a Logitech HD Webcam C270 at work. It has 1280×720 resolution, works out-of-the box in *buntu Linux. Nice. As I’ve recently found timelapse shooting, I wanted to try how it works with webcam where the battery power will … Continue reading →

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Time lapse photography: Frost flowers

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

Time lapse photography is a method of creating films by taking a series of photos with constant interval, for example one minute, and then combining them together as a movie. I was sick a while ago. The first day I … Continue reading →

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Meego and Qt after Microsoft & Nokia: a summary of “facts”

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

Updated 2011-02-17: added FLOSS@WP7 You know the story, Nokia announced their co-operation with Microsoft. Here’s a summary of what’s been said by people who know about these things. MEEGO@NOKIA: Under the new strategy, MeeGo becomes an open-source, mobile operating system … Continue reading →

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Get what’s your own. Facebook data download test.

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

Please share this to your friends by clicking THIS – they will appreciate it! In October Facebook announced that they will make all user data downloadable. This means that you now can download a single .zip file with all your … Continue reading →

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Diaspora review – first experiences UPDATED

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

Diaspora, the privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network (project) has now released it’s source code, as expected. HURRAY!!!!!! Read more at Diaspora Blog. I was able to register to one of the installations people have made today, … Continue reading →

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