Archive for the ‘Open Future’ Category

Microsoft IE Javascript support added

Posted: 24th February 2010 by Gert in Interwebs, Open Future

There, after spending a while figuring out why
if ( something.indexOf(select_groups[i]) == -1 ) {
threw an error; I was finally able to restore IE support. (poor misguided souls needn’t miss out on the Javascript goodies)
Apparently (Try to wrap your brain around this) the javascript version in IE doesnt support Array.indexOf()! All other browsers do, just not [...]

I wrote this Gnu Screen guide in December ‘08 with the previous incarnation of linux.com in mind. January 2009 however, linux.com started on its new and exciting path as a community site and the article just sat on my machine, waiting. So I decided to publish it on my blog in a four part series [...]

Open-Future Launch Party

Posted: 1st December 2009 by Gert in Open Future

Im happy to say we re having our Launch Party on 12/07/09 at the Oude Abdij in our home town of Kortenberg!

We spent an exciting period of setting up the tools and servers and are now Ready to come out and Party

Open-Future Launch Party – Making Open Source work for You!
Date: 7/12/2009
Location: Oude [...]

I wrote this Gnu Screen guide in December ‘08 with the previous incarnation of linux.com in mind. January 2009 however, linux.com started on its new and exciting path as a community site and the article just sat on my machine, waiting. So I decided to publish it on my blog in a four part series [...]

I wrote this Gnu Screen guide in December ‘08 with the previous incarnation of linux.com in mind. January 2009 however, linux.com started on its new and exciting path as a community site and the article just sat on my machine, waiting. So I decided to publish it on my blog in a four part series [...]

Picture Of The Day

Posted: 16th November 2009 by Gert in Interwebs, Open Future

We re trying a Picture of the Day effort with some of the Open-Future peeps..
Post one picture each day. Of Anything.
* Take a picture using your phone. (No recycling, a fresh picture each day!)
* Post it to twitter/Identica
* Mention the #PictureOfTheDay tag in the message.
Picture of the Day
Feel free to join in!

Gnu Screen ; an invaluable tool!

Posted: 10th November 2009 by Gert in Linux, Open Future

I wrote this Gnu Screen guide in December ‘08 with the previous incarnation of linux.com in mind. January 2009 however, linux.com started on its new and exciting path as a community site and the article just sat on my machine, waiting. So I decided to publish it on my blog in a five part series [...]

Mobile Barcoder

Posted: 11th October 2009 by Gert in Interwebs, Open Future

Mozilla Firefox has a Great plug-in (One amongst many) called Mobile Barcoder 0.2.0.
Its basically the solution for that moment when you find an article you want to read, but want to read it on your mobile instead of your laptop. But dont want to type that long URL. Simple solution.. Make a QR code out [...]

My new & bright Open Future

Posted: 7th October 2009 by Gert in Open Future

After a strenuous 9 weeks (check the earlier blog post for some frustrations) I am happy to announce that I will be working for Open Future as of tomorrow, Oct 8th, o9!

Who Where What?
Well, we re Belgiums new Open Source company, joining the ranks of the very few other open source oriented businesses with the [...]

Karmic Koala – Totem Smurf mode

Posted: 5th October 2009 by Gert in Linux, Open Future, Planet

After recently installing the Koala, moving my data over to the new install & installing the packages from the list I exported earlier, I noticed that totem had apparently switched to smurf mode. Smurf mode asin everything utterly blue. (Even Hellboy – bit hard not to notice, everyone & thing blue)
After some annoying moments, I [...]