Monthly Archive for May, 2008
If your router doesn’t have a build-in feature to update dynamic DNS records you will have to use a software client that runs on one of your computers. The Linux tool ddclient already comes packaged in the Ubuntu repository and very easy to install. See also DynDNS’ knowledge base artcicle.
apt-get install ddclient
nano /etc/ddclient.conf
/etc/ddclient.conf:
daemon=600 (more)
The Halloween season reminded me of a film series on television I really enjoyed when I was a kid. This series was called Der Phantastische Film (The Fantastic Film) and was broadcasted on ZDF, one of the major public stations in Germany. Back then there were only a hand full of channels available: three public (more)
Last Sunday we treated ourselves to a multimedia performance at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with Frans Lanting’s LIFE: A Journey Through Time. Frans Lanting is a Dutch-born nature photographer specializing in wildlife photography whose award-winning, respected work has been frequently published in the National Geographic, GEO or the German Stern magazines. A Journey Through Time (more)
I just read that David Sylvian will contribute to the winter issue of the Visionaire “magazine”. Visionaire is a “multi-format album of fashion and art” produced in a very limited edition. Every issue comes in a very special, one-of-its-kind format and packaging. It’s published three times a year and looks like something I would really (more)
Today I discovered another crazy Oakley design for very special people that made me laugh. I would love to try this outfit! I think it would be a great fit on the bike. But at a price of $500 it’s not very affordable for us mortals. If you can rent tuxes, why isn’t there (more)
Dave at grain edit posted a series of classic covers of the Latvian magazine Jaunā Gaita:
After the second World War many Latvian writers were relocated to different areas of the world. Many ended up in Great Britain, Canada and the USA. Living in these new lands they began their own periodicals and publication houses. A (more)
About a week ago we watched our last film at the 10th annual Maryland Film Festival, and it took me about a week to write down some of my impressions. If you read any of my last blog entries: I hope you enjoyed reading them and could discover something you might enjoy as much as (more)
I think I might have found the next two great filmmakers of our time. I can see a great future for both Ronald and Mary Bronstein. If they manage to continue the unique path they began with Frownland and Yeast.
When I first saw Frownland last year it quickly became one of my favorite films of (more)
