Tag Archives: software

Diaspora experiences, part II

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

After playing around with Diaspora for a day or two, some new quick thoughts. The Start In April/May, four students announced that they will build an open-source social network. People were able to donate money for that. Very quickly they got … Continue reading →

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Quick review: Single file online photo galleries

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

I wanted to write a quick review of photo gallery software that need only one file in the image folder. It means they’re extremely easy to install, maintain and move to other places. However I was only able to find … Continue reading →

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GPS (+Heart Rate) trackers for Linux

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

I’ve been recently playing with GPS devices on Linux (for example i-gotU gt-120, and the linux software to download tracks). I’ve also been discussing gps+heart rate data storage options. The obvious choice is (ex-Nokia) Sports Tracker and it didn’t even … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Finland & community effort

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

Happened last Wednesday, the day before the release of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS at Ubuntu-fi teams IRC channel (#ubuntu-fi-tiimit @ Freenode). Someone organizing the Ubuntufest release party at Tampere, Finland on 5th of May (Akademy 2010 will also be there … Continue reading →

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FoxtrotGPS – we can dance if we want to!

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

The news are out now – tangoGPS has been forked. tangogps is an easy to use, fast and lightweight mapping application for use with or without GPS. (tangoGPS web site) FoxtrotGPS is an offshoot of Marcus Bauer’s excellent tangoGPS application, … Continue reading →

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