Oh no, yet another blog…
Yeah, I know. I hope I’ll have something worth reading from time to time. We’ll see…
View ArticleXMLizing PDF
PDF has been around for some time and is widely used. Lately, with buying Macromedia, Adobe’s strategy towards PDF changes more and more, and IMO not in a good direction. The “open” standard is...
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OpenExpo in Berne, Switzerland
Various open source projects will be represented at the OpenExpo in Berne (12./13. March 2008), among them the Apache projects FOP, Lenya and OfBiz. It’s a good opportunity to get in touch with people...
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Still waiting for the perfect notebook…
I’ve got a 4 year old IBM ThinkPad X31 which served me very well. But it’s time now for a new notebook. I want something as small as my X31. It should be affordable but ideally have a better display....
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Travelling to ApacheCon – something’s wrong
I’ve been to Amsterdam a number of times and will go there again for ApacheCon EU 2008. I always took the train or night train. So, nine days before departure I look again into the best way to get...
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5-minute breaks in Balconia
The Clematis on my balcony is in full bloom again. In the background, mount Pilatus still has a little bit of snow. But it’s getting less every day. On days like today, it is really hard after a...
View ArticleSo Mars is now called PDFXML
Matthew Hardy announced a new prerelease of the PDFXML Plug-in für Adobe Acrobat 9. PDFXML used to be called Mars and is a XML-friendly representation of PDF (borrowing heavily on SVG). Now only the...
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