Year: 2011

Pantone Inc and Open Source

I came across an interesting paragraph in Wikipedia page on Pantone Inc.

Pantone asserts that their lists of color numbers and pigment values are the intellectual property of Pantone and free use of the list is not allowed. This is frequently held as a reason why Pantone colors cannot be supported in Open Source software such as GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) and are not often found in low-cost software.

Day in brief – 2011-09-16

  • Getting Started on the Google+ API – Google+ Platform Blog http://t.co/7MgxwaxE #
  • @MiKandiStore Boobies are awesome. That's all I can think about. :) #
  • @jasonclarke check the nearest pharmacy for a pregnancy test ;) #
  • @KarthikDot so true! Non-committed code is like an itch. It doesn't go away until I commit. :) #
  • @vesti_news а есть ли хоть какая-нибудь мало-мальская надежда когда-нибудь увидеть мобильную версию вашего сайта? #
  • OK, my bad. Apparently @vesti_news do have a mobile version of the site and even an Android app. Mobile version doesn't kick in by itself. #
  • Colleague, yesterday: it would have taken them much less time to find Osama bin Laden, if he was on @foursquare . #
  • New note : kibo – A simple JavaScript library for handling keyboard events – GitHub http://t.co/6BhzfWvY #
  • @jasonclarke Good to hear that. That's probably just the end of the week. Everybody is tired… #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/tYgHyg9S Drive Recklessly #
  • Shared: The world's funniest analogies http://t.co/towFkPzd #
  • New note : Create an iPhone app from your WordPress Blog http://t.co/0GXqvw8p #
  • Cruel animal testing: от работы кони дохнут. #
  • Shared: Adam Young: Group Delegation in Unix http://t.co/OnZ04x8g #
  • Shared: Don't Study the Video Game, Study the Gamer http://t.co/EcBp5eE1 #
  • Unicode Character 'PILE OF POO' (U+1F4A9) http://t.co/Xc0hLYv7 #
  • RIM/BlackBerry is so screwed… It's like watching a train crash in slow motion. But without slow motion. http://t.co/M0GEOTFO #
  • New note : hub – teach git about GitHub http://t.co/au6tks0s #
  • @lufandever мужик, у тебя штаны порвались! :) #
  • Urban Dictionary: Fergasm http://t.co/ZHcKElvY #

Russian heavy bands

A few days ago I was enjoying a company of people who organize events in Cyprus.  In particular, they are bringing musicians and singers.  Of course, everyone at the table was asked who would they like to see and who they would pay money for.  To my shame, I don’t follow the music scene in Russia at all.  All the bands that I’ve listened to when I was living there are way too old now.  And I have no idea who is doing what nowadays.  So, I couldn’t really answer the question.  That’s not a big problem anyway, since the kind of music that I listen to is probably not something many people would be interested in in the first place.

I spent some time getting familiar with the current state of the Russian music and I have to say that I am positively surprised.  There are plenty of bands that play hard and heavy alternative music that I am a fan off.  I’ve created a new YouTube playlist – Russian heavy bands – which I populated with a few tunes that I liked.  I will keep this thing around and when and if I come across something worthy, I’ll add it there.  So feel free to subscribe, share, and bookmark.  Also, if you have any suggestions, please comment.  Thanks.

Here is a little preview of what’s going to be in the playlist:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yW1n8iuoDU]