Just a few minutes ago the python blogging engine Zine, codename “Aldus”, was released.

Initially called TextPress, the project has come a long way already. Despite being a 0.1 release, it is quite powerful already. It is incredibly easy to write plugins for it. This is due to both, the clever design of the code and the choice of programming language (python). It is even easier to customize it’s look with a theme. You basically just need to change a CSS file.

I have been using the development versions for over a year already for several blogs and I am happy to see the first stable release. This blog is itself powered by Zine and I am looking forward to upgrading to the new version.

For further reference, see the official project page at:
zine.pocoo.org

Merry Christmas to all of you!

One of my favorite games, Savage 2, is now available with no cost involved.

It has quite a unique gameplay and cannot be classified as belonging to a specific genre. The game is made up like this: There’s two teams fighting each other: humans and beasts. Each team has a headquarter the other team aims to destroy. (No surprises so far.) Each team has one commander and a bunch of “normal” players. The commander views the game from bird’s eye perspective like in Warcraft 3. The units he sees are partially under his control. The other units of his team are played by actual players. The players play in either first or third person mode.

It is a very strategic game and often one genius idea has a heavy influence on the outcome of the match. There’s quite a few more aspects I like about the game, but I don’t want to make this posting too long.

Just head over to the downloads section and get it for your architecture (Available for Windows, Linux 32 & 64 bit, OSX).

(I usually don’t do advertising for commercial products, but this one is an exception since it’s one of the better games for linux.)

I have seen quite a few logos that look very similar or almost identical to the ubuntu logo. Let’s make a contest out of this and see who finds the most similar graphic.

This is the logo we all know:

The well-known logo of the Microsoft Alumni Network:

My current favorite (just discovered): The logo of Pool Invest:

These are my candidates. Can you find others? (Logos of ubuntu derivates do not count!)

(Please note: The logos linked in this blogpost are trademarks of their respective owners. I am neither responsible for, nor affiliated with any of them. I am just linking them so you can have a good laugh. I am also not responsible for any of the content the linked websites contain. I am not implying that somebody copied or stole someone else’s property.)