The Way Back

The other day I watched “The Way Back” – a movie, allegedly inspired by real events, about a group of people who escaped a Soviet Gulag camp in Siberia back 1940s and walked their way to India.  I’ve heard nothing of this film until a friend recommended it – no trailer, no nothing.  When I read … Continue reading The Way Back

I’m not following anyone on Twitter. Or do I?

Twitter, it seems, is going through some rough times. I’ve seen plenty of Twitter fail whale in my time. But today there is something new.  My Twitter feed is empty with a message that I’m not following anyone.  Even though a counter to the right of the message shows that I’m following quite a few … Continue reading I’m not following anyone on Twitter. Or do I?

Fedora 15 : Gnome3, here we go again

As you probably know, Fedora 15 was released yesterday.  I’ve been waiting for this release with a big worry in my heart.  While I did, of course, want to have a look at the new service manager systemd and enjoy the power management improvements, I had my doubts about Gnome3.   My doubts were based … Continue reading Fedora 15 : Gnome3, here we go again

Day in brief

GitHub: mamchenkov created branch master at mamchenkov/Color-Image-Generator http://bit.ly/kV6jqz # GitHub: mamchenkov created repository Color-Image-Generator http://bit.ly/m502Jf # Google Picasa thumbnails in the sidebar of my blog are now clickable. Thanks to all of you who bugged me about it. :) http://bit.ly/ldQvDK # #sometimesyouhaveto punch people in the face # #sometimesyouhaveto walk away from a fight # … Continue reading Day in brief

Color Image Generator

Today, I had to create a simplistic tool for one of my side projects.  What I needed was a quick way to create an image of a specific size, filled with specific color.  If it was just for me, I could have survived with the Linux command line, of course.  But there are other, non-technical … Continue reading Color Image Generator