Seashore is like good old paint shop pro for macs. It’s not photoshop by a long shot but i don’t think it aims to be and for some simple photo resizing, cropping and a bit of retouching it actually does a great job. Especially considering it’s open source and only at version 0.1.8 at the time of this writing. Word of warning; the website looks a bit off-putting but at least the icon is rather charming.
…and Open XML becomes the One True Office Format? O how i love these little prophecies; Cringely - Killer Apps
I just upgraded my Plazesmap Wordpress plugin to version 0.4 which upgrades the Google Maps API used to version 2. This will allow better satellite photos and map data where Google started offering these (parts of europe for instance).
Het Parool: Kleine ondernemers die inkomstenbelasting betalen, krijgen een flinke meevaller. Zij mogen voortaan negen procent van hun inkomen belastingvrij ontvangen.
Leuke verkiezingsstunt Joop maar ik ga nog steeds geen CDA stemmen. Anyway… toch bedankt.
As my previous post suggests the web dev community site Vitamin just launched and one of the first articles offers some tips for my favorite text editor: TextMate.
Whee! Spread Firefox
EUROPA - IDABC - Germany freezes development of its employment portal:
On 25 February 2004, the German Federal Labour Office (Arbeitsamt) announced it was freezing its job portal development plans due to skyrocketing costs. Although the original costs were evaluated at EUR 65 million, new estimates indicate the portal would cost EUR 165 million up to 2008.
Yikes! Asking 65 million for a portal is bad enough but planning it so badly you end paying 165 is almost unimaginable. I admit planning It projects is hard but this is just silly.