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Archive for February, 2009

planet.openismus.com and Trainees

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Over the last month or so our two trainees, David King and Michael (not Mathias) Hasselmann have made good progress getting familiar with GTK+ and associated tools on Linux. They are on an intensive schedule, but they have the time to learn how things really work, so they don’t have to feel that any part [...]


Glom 1.8 bug fixes. Ubuntu packages

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Over the last few months we (Openismus) fixed several nasty regressions in Glom 1.8 compared to 1.6. The latest release is fairly usable. We really must set up some LDTP testing scripts or suchlike to catch these regressions before our .0 releases.
The Openismus PPA has updated packages for Ubuntu Intrepid, based on Iain Lane’s packages. [...]


Inefficient Crèche/Kindergarten Allocation in Munich

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

It’s hard to find a place in a Crèche (Kinderkrippe) or Kindergarten in Munich. As far as I can tell, this is how it works:

Every family puts their child on the waiting list at 50 Crèches. That’s 50 separate waiting lists. Each family needs different hours – such as half-day or full-day.
Every Crèche therefore [...]