He did it again! Not satisfied with libwpd and libwpg, Fridrich “uberdedicated” Strba started libwps (that’s for Microsoft Works) integration with OpenOffice.org.

This metric is debatable, there are duplicated and imported code, the result is different to sloccount and KOffice 2.0 is still in heavy development, but what Ohloh at the moment says about KOffice: it’s worth USD 14,053,618 (256 Person Years) and its activity is still increasing:

Next time your candidate claims a deep knowledge of programming, ask him/her why the following line can reverse the bits in a 8-bit byte, along with an explanation why it needs 64-bit arithmetic:

This is the follow-up to the first part of my writing on memory efficient DOM implementation for KOffice. Now my intention is to find out whether real-time compression can help to further reduce the memory consumption.

The November edition of LinuxUser features, among others, a review of six alternatives to OpenOffice: Applixware, Siag Office, Softmaker Office, Thinkfree Office, Gnome Office and of course our beloved KOffice.

A known problem with KOffice applications is the inability to cope with very large data (e.g. bug #59510). This is often related to filters, e.g. when you are importing Excel documents (see bug #85372). Fortunately, as I wrote there, this has been solved already as the filter now can produce large d...

is Bug of the Month’s bug #666, which even prompts warning 666.

(the beauty of configurable desktop environment)

Just for fun, I told one guy:

Another visually appealed style I would like to feature is Polyester from mart. It joins another interesting KDE styles with also interesting names (remember Liquid, Keramik, Plastik?). Polyester has a matching window decoration and some choices of color schemes.

Tagliatelle with Bolognese sauce and parmesan cheese? C’mon, that you can get easily in a ristorante next door. Let’s make something new. Here is tagliatelle with orak-arik or scrambled vegetables.

Serenity by Maxilys is a unique style in a sense that the widgets do not have the common bevels used to give the 3-d illusion. Instead, almost everything is painted with a kind of color gradient.

No doubt I love fish. Since many Europeans will eat fish on Friday, here is another one: ikan bumbu kecap or fish in soy sauce.

Still not bored with my cuisine mumbo-jumbo? Here is another one: pisang goreng or banana fritters. This lovely snack can be found virtually anywhere in my country with virtually zero effort. But, it is also easy to make, probably with virtually no skill at all.

Agar-agar – made from algae – is always good for dessert. For the European readers (from planetkde.org), in case you don’t know it yet, you can get this from most asian shops or order it online. A small package of 9 g agar powder should be enough for the whole family. Add slices of fruits, pour some...

Pepes ikan is always tasty. The fish is wrapped in banana leaves (here in Europe, fall back to aluminium foil) and then steamed for some time (see the complete recipe). It is not difficult to prepare, and any fresh fish will do just fine. Delicious!

Still have some vegetables in the fridge? Then prepare gado-gado (something you’d miss it quickly when you’re abroad), vegetable salad served with peanut sauce. It does not follow a strict recipe, so should be very easy. If you are really in hurry, peanut butter may even help. And for the vegetarian...

So here is another 80r1n6 c00k1n6: mi goreng spesial pakai tahu+ayam+telur, roughly means fried noodles with tofu, chicken and egg. So easy to prepare you can do it blindfolded 🙂

Just to show off my l4m3 c00k1n6 ski11z:

LyX 1.4.3 has been released. This is the third in 1.4 series and contains some bug fixes. I’ve been using 1.3 for some time but recently decided to jump to 1.4.

A philosophy professor walks in to give his class their final. Placing his chair on his desk the professor instructs the class, “Using every applicable thing you’ve learned in this course, prove to me that this chair DOES NOT EXIST.”

Update: finally I settle with a Motorola w205, a simple mobile phone without any unnecessary gimmicks.

Normally we tend to admire those who can spot the small details that others will not even bother to notice. But sometimes it can be a different situation:

Update: don’t fancy compiling/testing the code? See the short video clip.

How to make an ariya Ingredients: 1 part pride 5 parts crazyiness 5 parts beauty Method: Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Top it off with a sprinkle of fitness and enjoy! Personality cocktail