Ross Burtonhttp://www.burtonini.com/blogA potted account of Ross' lifeen60Ross BurtonGoogle Map Hackingcomputers/gmaps-2005-07-14-16-40http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/gmaps-2005-07-14-16-40I'm very late to this, but I've done a bit of a hack to mix Google Maps and the GnomeWorldWide ... I'm very late to this, but I've done a bit of a hack to mix Google Maps and the GnomeWorldWide map, the results of which can be seen here. The next step is to extract more data from the wiki page, such as the name of the person, and add this information to the markers.

NP: Schoolhouse Funk, DJ Shadow

]]>/computers2005-07-14T15:40:00ZBack Homelife/back-2005-07-14-15-50http://www.burtonini.com/blog/life/back-2005-07-14-15-50As many have noticed, I'm back from Debconf already. It was a flying visit mostly taken up with meetings, so ... As many have noticed, I'm back from Debconf already. It was a flying visit mostly taken up with meetings, so I didn't get to meet anyone new really. However, Scott still holds the record for flying visits: a single day at GUADEC, and he flew by Learjet. Obviously, I suck at both being at Debconf and flying visits.

The weather in Finland appears to be a secret they keep from the world, I'm sure on the weather reports you never hear of Helsinki being in the 30s. They probably tell everyone Finland is always cold and dark to keep the tourists away from their beaches.

For anyone else out there with a new ThinkPad which throws a hissy fit when it resumes with SectorNotFound errors, the solution is to turn off the Hard Drive Pre-Desktop Area (or something like that) in the BIOS, under Security. Good old Matthew Garrett has a patch and I presume it will reach mainline kernels shortly. Now suspend/resume fails for other reasons, but Matthew knows about those too.

Da Boss Matthew introduced me to Iittala whilst on a wander around Helsinki to find food, a contemporary Finnish design store selling homeware (cups, vases, etc). Very cool stuff.

Helsink airport is a terrible, terrible place, for two main reasons. One: there are no power points in the lounge which is not good as I only had 5% charge left. Two: the Stockman sells a large amount of Iittala stuff... A surprisingly low number of Euros later I bought two espresso cups and a large bowl.

Very, very cool.

Now I best get on with work, I'm away in Cornwall all next week and have a huge patch to review.

NP: Asia Borninch, DJ Shadow

]]>/life2005-07-14T14:50:00ZSound Juicer "The Most Dangerous Narcotic" 2.11.4computers/sound-juicer/sj-2.11.4http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer/sj-2.11.4Sound Juicer "The Most Dangerous Narcotic" 2.11.4 is out. Tarballs are available on burtonini.com , or from the GNOME FTP ... Sound Juicer "The Most Dangerous Narcotic" 2.11.4 is out. Tarballs are available on burtonini.com, or from the GNOME FTP servers.

Again, another cool release with nice new features. Everyone give it a go, and see what you think of the new interface.

  • Thread the extracting pipeline for faster rips
  • Add a volume control when playing (Ronald Bultje)
  • Remove the progress dialog (Raj M Madhan)
  • Register our custom icons as stock so themes can set them (Luca Cavalli)
  • Use Disc instead of CD in the menu
  • Disable Play button when extracting (Raj)
  • Set the pipeline to NULL when cancelling (Raj)
  • Use gnome-common (Ali Akcaagac)

Thanks to the translators: Adam Weinberger (en_CA), Francisco Javier F. Serrador (es), Frank Arnold (de), Michiel Sikkes (nl), Miloslav Trmac (cs), Paisa Seeluangsawat (th), Priit Laes (et), Takeshi AIHANA (ja), and Tommi Vainikainen (fi).

NP: Brain Freeze, DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist

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