Driven by the curiosity for GNOME 3.0 and a little bit fed up with the Ubuntu installation on my GPU laptop I decided to install F15 on that machine. All my other PC’s are running F12 or F13, which are…
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Fedora 15 and CUDA
Tagged with: CUDA, F15, GPGPU, GPU, Graphics processing unit, Linux, nouveau driver, video driver
Posted in computer, programming
Posted in computer, programming
Tsuboi Award
Yesterday I was awarded with the Tsuboi Award of the Geodetic Society of Japan, which is an incredible honour. Thus, I’d like to use this platform to thank all people who supported my research as well as helped me with…
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Jūminhyō for foreigners in Japan
This morning I went to the local city hall to extent my foreigner registration card. During the (really short) waiting time I saw a poster on the wall that announced that from summer 2012 foreigner will be managed in the…
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Check the meals on your next flight in advance
Did you regret being booked on a certain airline because of their food? Have you ever been served something in coach class that is barely eatable? Here‘s a nice collection of pictures showing what is served in First, Business and…
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Insect super hero beverages
Vending machines in our office were equipped newly this week and some of the slots were replaced with seasonal “specials”. One the new beverages is dedicated to the Kamen Rider Series, named Kamen Cider. I am totally unaware concerning all…
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Watch end titles
Each commercial movie has end titles, but when broadcasted on TV they are often cut out or shortened. In cinemas they are still displayed in full length, but every time in went to a movie theater in Europe I noticed…
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Ballistic shots
Have you ever wondered what exactly happens when bullets penetrate various objects? A few people around the world have started to take ultra-high speed pictures of such scenes just before, during or after the bullet hits the target. Thereby, Alan…
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The Millennium series by Stieg Larsson
A few months ago I read the first book of the millennium series (i.e. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo“) and on my last business trip I bought the second book named “The Girl Who Played with Fire”. As expected…
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