Category Archives: in English

Evo Misbehaving After Upgrade to Jessie

Posted on 27-08-2015 by Максим Отставнов

If your Evolution mail client—after upgrading to Debian Jessie (i. e. up to v. 3.12.9)—"loses" some messages received through IMAP, check its local Junk directory for a remote IMAP server, even if you cannot remember configuring local spam filtering. Continue reading … Continue reading →

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To boot FreeDOS with a 1920x1200 monitor...

Posted on 18-08-2015 by Максим Отставнов

...I have managed not. Just placed a bug report, hope it looks not too stupid.

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OpenDocument to epub

Posted on 27-12-2014 by Максим Отставнов

Here are the OpenFoundation notes on conversion to epub. Neither Calibre nor Writer2xhtml succeeded in converting a complex ODM document with detached automatically generated images (see details) to e-book formats. eLAIX did the trick with some manual intervention still required.

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Aki Kuro(da)

Posted on 07-10-2014 by Максим Отставнов

Aki Kuroda from the video above and Aki Kuro from the video below turn out to be one and the same.

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Novi Novog: Philips Glasses

Posted on 11-09-2014 by Максим Отставнов

Andrei somehow discovered that the paranoic Tsyganochka playing as the soundtrack seems to be Novi Novog’s Philips Glasses from Solos (FWM 53) CD—which piece he believes is an homage to Philip Glass, while I suspect is just named after a … Continue reading →

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Killing usability together

Posted on 04-09-2014 by Максим Отставнов
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They gave a new meaning to the words “wheeled lyre”

Posted on 03-09-2014 by Максим Отставнов
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Why seven notes in octave

Posted on 30-08-2014 by Максим Отставнов

The diatonic scale is the least populated Pythagorean scale to include every interval found in the chromatic scale.

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Victor Wagner considered English

Posted on 31-03-2014 by Максим Отставнов

Friendly interface considered harmful by Victor Wagner is available at Nubis Novem. Одной из моих немногих журналистских/редакторских удач в изданиях ИД «Компьютерра» стала публикация небольшой заметки Виктора Вагнера «О вреде дружественных интерфейсов» в «Домашнем компьютере» в 2002 г. На их … Continue reading →

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ProgFun is back

Posted on 25-03-2014 by Максим Отставнов

In about a month, on April 25, 2014, the next iteration of Functional Programming Principles read by Prof. Martin Odersky starts on Coursera. Regular college or university students contemplating participation should by all means follow their mentors’ advice. Mine is … Continue reading →

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