Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries from September 2015

-digraph ownership { -rankdir = LR; -"Aller Holding A/s" -> "910119877" [label="100%"] -"910119877" -> "998689015" [label="100%"] -"998689015" -> "958033540" [label="99%"] -"974530600" -> "958033540" [label="1%"] -"958033540" [label="AS DAGBLADET"] -"998689015" [label="Berner Media Holding AS"] -"974530600" [label="Dagbladets Stiftelse"] -"910119877" [label="Aller Media AS"] -} -

@@ -920,6 +897,8 @@ willing to accept the terms or pay the price.

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diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 9f77f0a71e..477f484f67 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,57 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Book cover for the Free Culture book finally done + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Book_cover_for_the_Free_Culture_book_finally_done.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Book_cover_for_the_Free_Culture_book_finally_done.html + Thu, 3 Sep 2015 21:00:00 +0200 + Creating a good looking book cover proved harder than I expected. +I wanted to create a cover looking similar to the original cover of +the +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Free +Culture</a> book we are translating to Norwegian, and I wanted it in +vector format for high resolution printing. But my inkscape knowledge +were not nearly good enough to pull that off. + +But thanks to the great inkscape community, I was able to wrap up +the cover yesterday evening. I asked on the +<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/%23inkscape">#inkscape IRC channel</a> +on Freenode for help and clues, and Marc Jeanmougin (Mc-) volunteered +to try to recreate it based on the PDF of the cover from the HTML +version. Not only did he create a +<a href="https://marc.jeanmougin.fr/share/copy1.svg ">SVG document with +the original and his vector version side by side</a>, he even provided +an <a href="https://marc.jeanmougin.fr/share/out-1.ogv">instruction +video</a> explaining how he did it</a>. But the instruction video is +not easy to follow for an untrained inkscape user. The video is a +recording on how he did it, and he is obviously very experienced as +the menu selections are very quick and he mentioned on IRC that he did +use some keyboard shortcuts that can't be seen on the video, but it +give a good idea about the inkscape operations to use to create the +stripes with the embossed copyright sign in the center. + +I took his SVG file, copied the vector image and re-sized it to fit +on the cover I was drawing. I am happy with the end result, and the +current english version look like this: + +<img src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2015-09-03-free-culture-cover.png" width="70%" align="center"/> + +I am not quite sure about the text on the back, but guess it will +do. I picked three quotes from the official site for the book, and +hope it will work to trigger the interest of potential readers. The +Norwegian cover will look the same, but with the texts and bar code +replaced with the Norwegian version. + +The book is very close to being ready for publication, and I expect +to upload the final draft to Lulu in the next few days and order a +final proof reading copy to verify that everything look like it should +before allowing everyone to order their own copy of Free Culture, in +English or Norwegian BokmÃ¥l. I'm waiting to give the the productive +proof readers a chance to complete their work. + + + In my hand, a pocket book edition of the Norwegian Free Culture book! http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/In_my_hand__a_pocket_book_edition_of_the_Norwegian_Free_Culture_book_.html @@ -746,79 +797,5 @@ innholdet. - - Graphing the Norwegian company ownership structure - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Graphing_the_Norwegian_company_ownership_structure.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Graphing_the_Norwegian_company_ownership_structure.html - Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:00:00 +0200 - It is a bit work to figure out the ownership structure of companies -in Norway. The information is publicly available, but one need to -recursively look up ownership for all owners to figure out the complete -ownership graph of a given set of companies. To save me the work in -the future, I wrote a script to do this automatically, outputting the -ownership structure using the Graphviz/dotty format. The data source -is web scraping from <a href="http://www.proff.no/">Proff</a>, because -I failed to find a useful source directly from the official keepers of -the ownership data, <a href="http://www.brreg.no/">BrÃ¸nnÃ¸ysundsregistrene</a>. - -To get an ownership graph for a set of companies, fetch -<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/brreg-norway-ownership-graph">the code from git</a> and run it using the organisation number. I'm -using the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet as an example here, as its -ownership structure is very simple: - -<pre> -% time ./bin/eierskap-dotty 958033540 > dagbladet.dot - -real 0m2.841s -user 0m0.184s -sys 0m0.036s -% -</pre> - -The script accept several organisation numbers on the command line, -allowing a cluster of companies to be graphed in the same image. The -resulting dot file for the example above look like this. The edges -are labeled with the ownership percentage, and the nodes uses the -organisation number as their name and the name as the label: - -<pre> -digraph ownership { -rankdir = LR; -"Aller Holding A/s" -> "910119877" [label="100%"] -"910119877" -> "998689015" [label="100%"] -"998689015" -> "958033540" [label="99%"] -"974530600" -> "958033540" [label="1%"] -"958033540" [label="AS DAGBLADET"] -"998689015" [label="Berner Media Holding AS"] -"974530600" [label="Dagbladets Stiftelse"] -"910119877" [label="Aller Media AS"] -} -</pre> - -To view the ownership graph, run "<tt>dotty dagbladet.dot</tt>" or -convert it to a PNG using "<tt>dot -T png dagbladet.dot > -dagbladet.png</tt>". The result can be seen below: - -<img src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2015-06-15-ownership-graphs-norway-dagbladet.png" width="80%"> - -Note that I suspect the "Aller Holding A/S" entry to be incorrect -data in the official ownership register, as that name is not -registered in the official company register for Norway. The ownership -register is sensitive to typos and there seem to be no strict checking -of the ownership links. - -Let me know if you improve the script or find better data sources. -The code is licensed according to GPL 2 or newer. - -Update 2015-06-15: Since the initial post I've been told that -"<a href="http://www.proff.dk/firma/carl-allers-etablissement-aktieselskab/kÃ¸benhavn-v/hovedkontorer/13624518-3/">Aller -Holding A/S</a>" is a Danish company, which explain why it did not -have a Norwegian organisation number. I've also been told that there -is a <a href="http://www.brreg.no/automatiske/webservices/">web -services API available</a> from BrÃ¸nnÃ¸ysundsregistrene, for those -willing to accept the terms or pay the price. - - - diff --git a/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html b/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html index 07621f2810..0a977d6323 100644 --- a/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html +++ b/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ and remove the failing query. Nothing big, but very annoying.

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2014 @@ -288,17 +290,17 @@ and remove the failing query. Nothing big, but very annoying.

diff --git a/blog/listadmin__the_quick_way_to_moderate_mailman_lists___nice_free_software.html b/blog/listadmin__the_quick_way_to_moderate_mailman_lists___nice_free_software.html index fe84cfda51..fbc709a888 100644 --- a/blog/listadmin__the_quick_way_to_moderate_mailman_lists___nice_free_software.html +++ b/blog/listadmin__the_quick_way_to_moderate_mailman_lists___nice_free_software.html @@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ sure why.

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diff --git a/blog/sitemap.xml b/blog/sitemap.xml index 8bd00f25b2..b2df4f33e1 100644 --- a/blog/sitemap.xml +++ b/blog/sitemap.xml @@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ 0.50 weekly + + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Book_cover_for_the_Free_Culture_book_finally_done.html + 0.50 + weekly + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Broken_hard_link_handling_with_sshfs.html 0.50 diff --git a/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html b/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html index 4ee34eeac4..5ddb3e8fc6 100644 --- a/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html +++ b/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html @@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ with parallel booting enabled by default.

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2014 @@ -306,17 +308,17 @@ with parallel booting enabled by default.

diff --git a/blog/tags/3d-printer/index.html b/blog/tags/3d-printer/index.html index 82d58349dd..fd33f1dc4e 100644 --- a/blog/tags/3d-printer/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/3d-printer/index.html @@ -622,6 +622,8 @@ hÃ¥per det ikke gÃ¥r tapt pÃ¥ samme vis.

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2014 @@ -838,17 +840,17 @@ hÃ¥per det ikke gÃ¥r tapt pÃ¥ samme vis.

diff --git a/blog/tags/amiga/index.html b/blog/tags/amiga/index.html index 61ea42c243..b261d9fdf2 100644 --- a/blog/tags/amiga/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/amiga/index.html @@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ pakke. Kanskje Aros kunne vÃ¦rt interessant for et NUUG-foredrag?

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2014 @@ -292,17 +294,17 @@ pakke. Kanskje Aros kunne vÃ¦rt interessant for et NUUG-foredrag?

diff --git a/blog/tags/aros/index.html b/blog/tags/aros/index.html index c6b8aa93ab..7acd9a1321 100644 --- a/blog/tags/aros/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/aros/index.html @@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ pakke. Kanskje Aros kunne vÃ¦rt interessant for et NUUG-foredrag?

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2014 @@ -292,17 +294,17 @@ pakke. Kanskje Aros kunne vÃ¦rt interessant for et NUUG-foredrag?

diff --git a/blog/tags/bankid/index.html b/blog/tags/bankid/index.html index 29b6c137f4..0242187038 100644 --- a/blog/tags/bankid/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/bankid/index.html @@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ til BankID-modellen.

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2014 @@ -698,17 +700,17 @@ til BankID-modellen.

diff --git a/blog/tags/bitcoin/index.html b/blog/tags/bitcoin/index.html index decba59f71..9c323a0777 100644 --- a/blog/tags/bitcoin/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/bitcoin/index.html @@ -603,6 +603,8 @@ donations to the address

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diff --git a/blog/tags/bootsystem/index.html b/blog/tags/bootsystem/index.html index bff7b5acd9..4b498009f6 100644 --- a/blog/tags/bootsystem/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/bootsystem/index.html @@ -1191,6 +1191,8 @@ insserv'. Will need to test if that work. :)

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2014 @@ -1407,17 +1409,17 @@ insserv'. Will need to test if that work. :)

diff --git a/blog/tags/bsa/index.html b/blog/tags/bsa/index.html index 7f642197ec..d443c0fe52 100644 --- a/blog/tags/bsa/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/bsa/index.html @@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ pÃ¥ Slashdot.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/chrpath/index.html b/blog/tags/chrpath/index.html index bb57c206be..9491afc988 100644 --- a/blog/tags/chrpath/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/chrpath/index.html @@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ include a testsuite check.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/debian edu/index.html b/blog/tags/debian edu/index.html index a40a906446..3f46f89a6b 100644 --- a/blog/tags/debian edu/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/debian edu/index.html @@ -14618,6 +14618,8 @@ be the only one fitting our needs. :/

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diff --git a/blog/tags/debian/index.html b/blog/tags/debian/index.html index de685bdf08..ebdf64d283 100644 --- a/blog/tags/debian/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/debian/index.html @@ -9144,6 +9144,8 @@ be the only one fitting our needs. :/

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diff --git a/blog/tags/digistan/index.html b/blog/tags/digistan/index.html index 5039b8aa25..ada13c553d 100644 --- a/blog/tags/digistan/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/digistan/index.html @@ -1263,6 +1263,8 @@ produkter basert pÃ¥ standarden.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/dld/index.html b/blog/tags/dld/index.html index b344ba7b1b..2484689bf1 100644 --- a/blog/tags/dld/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/dld/index.html @@ -1404,6 +1404,8 @@ fÃ¥r snart se om det stemmer.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/docbook/docbook.rss b/blog/tags/docbook/docbook.rss index 543e082fdf..aea09ce4b2 100644 --- a/blog/tags/docbook/docbook.rss +++ b/blog/tags/docbook/docbook.rss @@ -6,6 +6,57 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Book cover for the Free Culture book finally done + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Book_cover_for_the_Free_Culture_book_finally_done.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Book_cover_for_the_Free_Culture_book_finally_done.html + Thu, 3 Sep 2015 21:00:00 +0200 + Creating a good looking book cover proved harder than I expected. +I wanted to create a cover looking similar to the original cover of +the +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Free +Culture</a> book we are translating to Norwegian, and I wanted it in +vector format for high resolution printing. But my inkscape knowledge +were not nearly good enough to pull that off. + +But thanks to the great inkscape community, I was able to wrap up +the cover yesterday evening. I asked on the +<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/%23inkscape">#inkscape IRC channel</a> +on Freenode for help and clues, and Marc Jeanmougin (Mc-) volunteered +to try to recreate it based on the PDF of the cover from the HTML +version. Not only did he create a +<a href="https://marc.jeanmougin.fr/share/copy1.svg ">SVG document with +the original and his vector version side by side</a>, he even provided +an <a href="https://marc.jeanmougin.fr/share/out-1.ogv">instruction +video</a> explaining how he did it</a>. But the instruction video is +not easy to follow for an untrained inkscape user. The video is a +recording on how he did it, and he is obviously very experienced as +the menu selections are very quick and he mentioned on IRC that he did +use some keyboard shortcuts that can't be seen on the video, but it +give a good idea about the inkscape operations to use to create the +stripes with the embossed copyright sign in the center. + +I took his SVG file, copied the vector image and re-sized it to fit +on the cover I was drawing. I am happy with the end result, and the +current english version look like this: + +<img src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2015-09-03-free-culture-cover.png" width="70%" align="center"/> + +I am not quite sure about the text on the back, but guess it will +do. I picked three quotes from the official site for the book, and +hope it will work to trigger the interest of potential readers. The +Norwegian cover will look the same, but with the texts and bar code +replaced with the Norwegian version. + +The book is very close to being ready for publication, and I expect +to upload the final draft to Lulu in the next few days and order a +final proof reading copy to verify that everything look like it should +before allowing everyone to order their own copy of Free Culture, in +English or Norwegian BokmÃ¥l. I'm waiting to give the the productive +proof readers a chance to complete their work. + + + In my hand, a pocket book edition of the Norwegian Free Culture book! http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/In_my_hand__a_pocket_book_edition_of_the_Norwegian_Free_Culture_book_.html diff --git a/blog/tags/docbook/index.html b/blog/tags/docbook/index.html index 22958f9d2c..179a4e3512 100644 --- a/blog/tags/docbook/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/docbook/index.html @@ -20,6 +20,69 @@

Entries tagged "docbook".

+ Book cover for the Free Culture book finally done +

+ 3rd September 2015 +

Creating a good looking book cover proved harder than I expected. +I wanted to create a cover looking similar to the original cover of +the +Free +Culture book we are translating to Norwegian, and I wanted it in +vector format for high resolution printing. But my inkscape knowledge +were not nearly good enough to pull that off. + +

But thanks to the great inkscape community, I was able to wrap up +the cover yesterday evening. I asked on the +#inkscape IRC channel +on Freenode for help and clues, and Marc Jeanmougin (Mc-) volunteered +to try to recreate it based on the PDF of the cover from the HTML +version. Not only did he create a +SVG document with +the original and his vector version side by side, he even provided +an instruction +video explaining how he did it. But the instruction video is +not easy to follow for an untrained inkscape user. The video is a +recording on how he did it, and he is obviously very experienced as +the menu selections are very quick and he mentioned on IRC that he did +use some keyboard shortcuts that can't be seen on the video, but it +give a good idea about the inkscape operations to use to create the +stripes with the embossed copyright sign in the center.

+ +

I took his SVG file, copied the vector image and re-sized it to fit +on the cover I was drawing. I am happy with the end result, and the +current english version look like this:

+ +

I am not quite sure about the text on the back, but guess it will +do. I picked three quotes from the official site for the book, and +hope it will work to trigger the interest of potential readers. The +Norwegian cover will look the same, but with the texts and bar code +replaced with the Norwegian version.

+ +

The book is very close to being ready for publication, and I expect +to upload the final draft to Lulu in the next few days and order a +final proof reading copy to verify that everything look like it should +before allowing everyone to order their own copy of Free Culture, in +English or Norwegian BokmÃ¥l. I'm waiting to give the the productive +proof readers a chance to complete their work.

+ +

+ + + Tags: docbook, english, freeculture. + + +

In my hand, a pocket book edition of the Norwegian Free Culture book! @@ -1178,6 +1241,8 @@ slik at du kan oppdatere direkte.

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2014 @@ -1394,17 +1459,17 @@ slik at du kan oppdatere direkte.

diff --git a/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser/index.html b/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser/index.html index cb2b2fc715..9640d69fa9 100644 --- a/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser/index.html @@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ en liste med stasjoner pÃ¥ samme format som PriserVedStasjoner.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/english/english.rss b/blog/tags/english/english.rss index 8d4b822ddf..17f3443a47 100644 --- a/blog/tags/english/english.rss +++ b/blog/tags/english/english.rss @@ -6,6 +6,57 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Book cover for the Free Culture book finally done + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Book_cover_for_the_Free_Culture_book_finally_done.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Book_cover_for_the_Free_Culture_book_finally_done.html + Thu, 3 Sep 2015 21:00:00 +0200 + Creating a good looking book cover proved harder than I expected. +I wanted to create a cover looking similar to the original cover of +the +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Free +Culture</a> book we are translating to Norwegian, and I wanted it in +vector format for high resolution printing. But my inkscape knowledge +were not nearly good enough to pull that off. + +But thanks to the great inkscape community, I was able to wrap up +the cover yesterday evening. I asked on the +<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/%23inkscape">#inkscape IRC channel</a> +on Freenode for help and clues, and Marc Jeanmougin (Mc-) volunteered +to try to recreate it based on the PDF of the cover from the HTML +version. Not only did he create a +<a href="https://marc.jeanmougin.fr/share/copy1.svg ">SVG document with +the original and his vector version side by side</a>, he even provided +an <a href="https://marc.jeanmougin.fr/share/out-1.ogv">instruction +video</a> explaining how he did it</a>. But the instruction video is +not easy to follow for an untrained inkscape user. The video is a +recording on how he did it, and he is obviously very experienced as +the menu selections are very quick and he mentioned on IRC that he did +use some keyboard shortcuts that can't be seen on the video, but it +give a good idea about the inkscape operations to use to create the +stripes with the embossed copyright sign in the center. + +I took his SVG file, copied the vector image and re-sized it to fit +on the cover I was drawing. I am happy with the end result, and the +current english version look like this: + +<img src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2015-09-03-free-culture-cover.png" width="70%" align="center"/> + +I am not quite sure about the text on the back, but guess it will +do. I picked three quotes from the official site for the book, and +hope it will work to trigger the interest of potential readers. The +Norwegian cover will look the same, but with the texts and bar code +replaced with the Norwegian version. + +The book is very close to being ready for publication, and I expect +to upload the final draft to Lulu in the next few days and order a +final proof reading copy to verify that everything look like it should +before allowing everyone to order their own copy of Free Culture, in +English or Norwegian BokmÃ¥l. I'm waiting to give the the productive +proof readers a chance to complete their work. + + + In my hand, a pocket book edition of the Norwegian Free Culture book! http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/In_my_hand__a_pocket_book_edition_of_the_Norwegian_Free_Culture_book_.html diff --git a/blog/tags/english/index.html b/blog/tags/english/index.html index a8e27b1a0c..b7f38dcb84 100644 --- a/blog/tags/english/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/english/index.html @@ -20,6 +20,69 @@

Entries tagged "english".

+ Book cover for the Free Culture book finally done +

+ 3rd September 2015 +

+ +

I took his SVG file, copied the vector image and re-sized it to fit +on the cover I was drawing. I am happy with the end result, and the +current english version look like this:

+ +

+ + + Tags: docbook, english, freeculture. + + +

In my hand, a pocket book edition of the Norwegian Free Culture book! @@ -23406,6 +23469,8 @@ be the only one fitting our needs. :/

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diff --git a/blog/tags/fiksgatami/index.html b/blog/tags/fiksgatami/index.html index 32c9be8960..c7e022203f 100644 --- a/blog/tags/fiksgatami/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/fiksgatami/index.html @@ -1356,6 +1356,8 @@ med dem. Dette blir bra.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/fildeling/index.html b/blog/tags/fildeling/index.html index 792d96391a..2dd09a3a34 100644 --- a/blog/tags/fildeling/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/fildeling/index.html @@ -649,6 +649,8 @@ og fildeling av slike filer er fullt ut lovlig.

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2014 @@ -865,17 +867,17 @@ og fildeling av slike filer er fullt ut lovlig.

diff --git a/blog/tags/freeculture/freeculture.rss b/blog/tags/freeculture/freeculture.rss index 4a8f42b2dc..8a7ac4e0d7 100644 --- a/blog/tags/freeculture/freeculture.rss +++ b/blog/tags/freeculture/freeculture.rss @@ -6,6 +6,57 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Book cover for the Free Culture book finally done + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Book_cover_for_the_Free_Culture_book_finally_done.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Book_cover_for_the_Free_Culture_book_finally_done.html + Thu, 3 Sep 2015 21:00:00 +0200 + Creating a good looking book cover proved harder than I expected. +I wanted to create a cover looking similar to the original cover of +the +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Free +Culture</a> book we are translating to Norwegian, and I wanted it in +vector format for high resolution printing. But my inkscape knowledge +were not nearly good enough to pull that off. + +But thanks to the great inkscape community, I was able to wrap up +the cover yesterday evening. I asked on the +<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/%23inkscape">#inkscape IRC channel</a> +on Freenode for help and clues, and Marc Jeanmougin (Mc-) volunteered +to try to recreate it based on the PDF of the cover from the HTML +version. Not only did he create a +<a href="https://marc.jeanmougin.fr/share/copy1.svg ">SVG document with +the original and his vector version side by side</a>, he even provided +an <a href="https://marc.jeanmougin.fr/share/out-1.ogv">instruction +video</a> explaining how he did it</a>. But the instruction video is +not easy to follow for an untrained inkscape user. The video is a +recording on how he did it, and he is obviously very experienced as +the menu selections are very quick and he mentioned on IRC that he did +use some keyboard shortcuts that can't be seen on the video, but it +give a good idea about the inkscape operations to use to create the +stripes with the embossed copyright sign in the center. + +I took his SVG file, copied the vector image and re-sized it to fit +on the cover I was drawing. I am happy with the end result, and the +current english version look like this: + +<img src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2015-09-03-free-culture-cover.png" width="70%" align="center"/> + +I am not quite sure about the text on the back, but guess it will +do. I picked three quotes from the official site for the book, and +hope it will work to trigger the interest of potential readers. The +Norwegian cover will look the same, but with the texts and bar code +replaced with the Norwegian version. + +The book is very close to being ready for publication, and I expect +to upload the final draft to Lulu in the next few days and order a +final proof reading copy to verify that everything look like it should +before allowing everyone to order their own copy of Free Culture, in +English or Norwegian BokmÃ¥l. I'm waiting to give the the productive +proof readers a chance to complete their work. + + + In my hand, a pocket book edition of the Norwegian Free Culture book! http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/In_my_hand__a_pocket_book_edition_of_the_Norwegian_Free_Culture_book_.html diff --git a/blog/tags/freeculture/index.html b/blog/tags/freeculture/index.html index aabd078ecf..0984d1ae5d 100644 --- a/blog/tags/freeculture/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/freeculture/index.html @@ -20,6 +20,69 @@

Entries tagged "freeculture".

+ Book cover for the Free Culture book finally done +

+ 3rd September 2015 +

+ +

I took his SVG file, copied the vector image and re-sized it to fit +on the cover I was drawing. I am happy with the end result, and the +current english version look like this:

+ +

+ + + Tags: docbook, english, freeculture. + + +

In my hand, a pocket book edition of the Norwegian Free Culture book! @@ -1297,6 +1360,8 @@ slik at du kan oppdatere direkte.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/freedombox/index.html b/blog/tags/freedombox/index.html index e2d40ce60e..ed37de5870 100644 --- a/blog/tags/freedombox/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/freedombox/index.html @@ -950,6 +950,8 @@ default password is 'secret'.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/frikanalen/index.html b/blog/tags/frikanalen/index.html index eaf05096d3..09e7a9bcf7 100644 --- a/blog/tags/frikanalen/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/frikanalen/index.html @@ -1335,6 +1335,8 @@ NUUG lykkes med Ã¥ fÃ¥ ut sine opptak med like stor suksess.

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2014 @@ -1551,17 +1553,17 @@ NUUG lykkes med Ã¥ fÃ¥ ut sine opptak med like stor suksess.

diff --git a/blog/tags/h264/index.html b/blog/tags/h264/index.html index e55ec0f219..63c65e6325 100644 --- a/blog/tags/h264/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/h264/index.html @@ -2522,6 +2522,8 @@ sure hope it was using the announced Ogg Theora support. :)

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2014 @@ -2738,17 +2740,17 @@ sure hope it was using the announced Ogg Theora support. :)

diff --git a/blog/tags/intervju/index.html b/blog/tags/intervju/index.html index d746d29320..eedc69e108 100644 --- a/blog/tags/intervju/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/intervju/index.html @@ -5144,6 +5144,8 @@ veldig bra utvalg av gratis spill som er av hÃ¸y kvalitet. Veldig lett

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2014 @@ -5360,17 +5362,17 @@ veldig bra utvalg av gratis spill som er av hÃ¸y kvalitet. Veldig lett

diff --git a/blog/tags/isenkram/index.html b/blog/tags/isenkram/index.html index 21bcca2d05..b0ceb9685c 100644 --- a/blog/tags/isenkram/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/isenkram/index.html @@ -1061,6 +1061,8 @@ please send me an email. :)

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2014 @@ -1277,17 +1279,17 @@ please send me an email. :)

diff --git a/blog/tags/kart/index.html b/blog/tags/kart/index.html index 46c5b50292..b2f23aeb20 100644 --- a/blog/tags/kart/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/kart/index.html @@ -1426,6 +1426,8 @@ det viser at behovet for fribruks-sjÃ¸kart er til stedet.

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2014 @@ -1642,17 +1644,17 @@ det viser at behovet for fribruks-sjÃ¸kart er til stedet.

diff --git a/blog/tags/ldap/index.html b/blog/tags/ldap/index.html index 26956edd9d..f03cd3e9c9 100644 --- a/blog/tags/ldap/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/ldap/index.html @@ -1066,6 +1066,8 @@ new IETF work group?

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diff --git a/blog/tags/lenker/index.html b/blog/tags/lenker/index.html index 015b5f72c1..88e0191629 100644 --- a/blog/tags/lenker/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/lenker/index.html @@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ Word 2007 hÃ¥ndterer ODF dÃ¥rlig

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2014 @@ -877,17 +879,17 @@ Word 2007 hÃ¥ndterer ODF dÃ¥rlig

diff --git a/blog/tags/lsdvd/index.html b/blog/tags/lsdvd/index.html index 7d7f62658a..eedea0ca23 100644 --- a/blog/tags/lsdvd/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/lsdvd/index.html @@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ list. :)

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diff --git a/blog/tags/ltsp/index.html b/blog/tags/ltsp/index.html index 0113150e0a..b27d649ba5 100644 --- a/blog/tags/ltsp/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/ltsp/index.html @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ of these cards.

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2014 @@ -297,17 +299,17 @@ of these cards.

diff --git a/blog/tags/mesh network/index.html b/blog/tags/mesh network/index.html index 1f7bb4f1c7..31539c2b4c 100644 --- a/blog/tags/mesh network/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/mesh network/index.html @@ -731,6 +731,8 @@ mesh system.

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2014 @@ -947,17 +949,17 @@ mesh system.

diff --git a/blog/tags/multimedia/index.html b/blog/tags/multimedia/index.html index 7a3260f965..478996c80e 100644 --- a/blog/tags/multimedia/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/multimedia/index.html @@ -3157,6 +3157,8 @@ be the only one fitting our needs. :/

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2014 @@ -3373,17 +3375,17 @@ be the only one fitting our needs. :/

diff --git a/blog/tags/norsk/index.html b/blog/tags/norsk/index.html index fd5d4119c3..c0d87478e2 100644 --- a/blog/tags/norsk/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/norsk/index.html @@ -22705,6 +22705,8 @@ forsÃ¸k.

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2014 @@ -22921,17 +22923,17 @@ forsÃ¸k.

diff --git a/blog/tags/nuug/index.html b/blog/tags/nuug/index.html index 932d977273..66cf0743a3 100644 --- a/blog/tags/nuug/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/nuug/index.html @@ -12188,6 +12188,8 @@ hÃ¥per det ikke gÃ¥r tapt pÃ¥ samme vis.

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2014 @@ -12404,17 +12406,17 @@ hÃ¥per det ikke gÃ¥r tapt pÃ¥ samme vis.

diff --git a/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn/index.html b/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn/index.html index 2e768a616f..b274e20aba 100644 --- a/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn/index.html @@ -2136,6 +2136,8 @@ til Ã¥ levere hver uke. Har ikke undersÃ¸kt noen av de andre.

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2014 @@ -2352,17 +2354,17 @@ til Ã¥ levere hver uke. Har ikke undersÃ¸kt noen av de andre.

diff --git a/blog/tags/open311/index.html b/blog/tags/open311/index.html index b3686cebd3..64a978cec9 100644 --- a/blog/tags/open311/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/open311/index.html @@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ work like the free software project communities I am used to.

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2014 @@ -392,17 +394,17 @@ work like the free software project communities I am used to.

diff --git a/blog/tags/opphavsrett/index.html b/blog/tags/opphavsrett/index.html index 16d35b3508..0d42b4defe 100644 --- a/blog/tags/opphavsrett/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/opphavsrett/index.html @@ -6101,6 +6101,8 @@ database.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/personvern/index.html b/blog/tags/personvern/index.html index 4eeb4a9c57..5605908310 100644 --- a/blog/tags/personvern/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/personvern/index.html @@ -7652,6 +7652,8 @@ kontanter for noen dager siden.

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2014 @@ -7868,17 +7870,17 @@ kontanter for noen dager siden.

diff --git a/blog/tags/raid/index.html b/blog/tags/raid/index.html index 53c1da74ac..d8c855503f 100644 --- a/blog/tags/raid/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/raid/index.html @@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ disk(s) is failing when the RAID is running short on disks.

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2014 @@ -333,17 +335,17 @@ disk(s) is failing when the RAID is running short on disks.

diff --git a/blog/tags/reactos/index.html b/blog/tags/reactos/index.html index d17f19d514..2dee8fd90b 100644 --- a/blog/tags/reactos/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/reactos/index.html @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ image.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/reprap/index.html b/blog/tags/reprap/index.html index 01daf65dcc..633d4a7e7a 100644 --- a/blog/tags/reprap/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/reprap/index.html @@ -543,6 +543,8 @@ hÃ¥per det ikke gÃ¥r tapt pÃ¥ samme vis.

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2014 @@ -759,17 +761,17 @@ hÃ¥per det ikke gÃ¥r tapt pÃ¥ samme vis.

diff --git a/blog/tags/rfid/index.html b/blog/tags/rfid/index.html index 9845dbe9b2..c3b3d4d26b 100644 --- a/blog/tags/rfid/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/rfid/index.html @@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ mer om de nye biometriske passene.

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2014 @@ -663,17 +665,17 @@ mer om de nye biometriske passene.

diff --git a/blog/tags/robot/index.html b/blog/tags/robot/index.html index 5b1601e901..2103ca7bf7 100644 --- a/blog/tags/robot/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/robot/index.html @@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ firmwaren. :)

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2014 @@ -697,17 +699,17 @@ firmwaren. :)

diff --git a/blog/tags/rss/index.html b/blog/tags/rss/index.html index efcd1dbed4..89eea9c1bf 100644 --- a/blog/tags/rss/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/rss/index.html @@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ forsÃ¸k.

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2014 @@ -286,17 +288,17 @@ forsÃ¸k.

diff --git a/blog/tags/ruter/index.html b/blog/tags/ruter/index.html index 5064452217..74cbeea99a 100644 --- a/blog/tags/ruter/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/ruter/index.html @@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ OsloomrÃ¥det.

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2014 @@ -440,17 +442,17 @@ OsloomrÃ¥det.

diff --git a/blog/tags/scraperwiki/index.html b/blog/tags/scraperwiki/index.html index 0553801f00..99996055a4 100644 --- a/blog/tags/scraperwiki/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/scraperwiki/index.html @@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ av Ã¥ dele informasjon med andre uten bruksbegresninger.

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2014 @@ -375,17 +377,17 @@ av Ã¥ dele informasjon med andre uten bruksbegresninger.

diff --git a/blog/tags/sikkerhet/index.html b/blog/tags/sikkerhet/index.html index 71611d6961..69ac364da1 100644 --- a/blog/tags/sikkerhet/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/sikkerhet/index.html @@ -3140,6 +3140,8 @@ betydelige.

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2014 @@ -3356,17 +3358,17 @@ betydelige.

diff --git a/blog/tags/sitesummary/index.html b/blog/tags/sitesummary/index.html index 3c219bfd23..ffb4da3c85 100644 --- a/blog/tags/sitesummary/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/sitesummary/index.html @@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ everything is taken care of.

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2014 @@ -491,17 +493,17 @@ everything is taken care of.

diff --git a/blog/tags/skepsis/index.html b/blog/tags/skepsis/index.html index b6e200fee5..ff3f72a676 100644 --- a/blog/tags/skepsis/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/skepsis/index.html @@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ skyskrapere. Takke meg til en tur til mÃ¥nen.

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2014 @@ -624,17 +626,17 @@ skyskrapere. Takke meg til en tur til mÃ¥nen.

diff --git a/blog/tags/standard/index.html b/blog/tags/standard/index.html index e9f39b0c7a..7949c32d87 100644 --- a/blog/tags/standard/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/standard/index.html @@ -4468,6 +4468,8 @@ Kjenner kun til ufullstendige lÃ¸sninger for slikt.

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2014 @@ -4684,17 +4686,17 @@ Kjenner kun til ufullstendige lÃ¸sninger for slikt.

diff --git a/blog/tags/stavekontroll/index.html b/blog/tags/stavekontroll/index.html index 204c92d489..176df2328a 100644 --- a/blog/tags/stavekontroll/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/stavekontroll/index.html @@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ stavekontrollen.

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2014 @@ -470,17 +472,17 @@ stavekontrollen.

diff --git a/blog/tags/stortinget/index.html b/blog/tags/stortinget/index.html index ad66453755..0e70d0eebf 100644 --- a/blog/tags/stortinget/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/stortinget/index.html @@ -851,6 +851,8 @@ at vi i NUUG har fÃ¥tt operativ en norsk utgave av

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2014 @@ -1067,17 +1069,17 @@ at vi i NUUG har fÃ¥tt operativ en norsk utgave av

diff --git a/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html b/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html index 6572dd45ef..4722fcb243 100644 --- a/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html @@ -2595,6 +2595,8 @@ automatisk over i spesialkartet.

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2014 @@ -2811,17 +2813,17 @@ automatisk over i spesialkartet.

diff --git a/blog/tags/sysadmin/index.html b/blog/tags/sysadmin/index.html index 7c2b5fb20d..3182896638 100644 --- a/blog/tags/sysadmin/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/sysadmin/index.html @@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ and DHCP updates I wanted to do.

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2014 @@ -444,17 +446,17 @@ and DHCP updates I wanted to do.

diff --git a/blog/tags/usenix/index.html b/blog/tags/usenix/index.html index 0b6969f3a4..c55131ae0a 100644 --- a/blog/tags/usenix/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/usenix/index.html @@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ for other sites to consider too?

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diff --git a/blog/tags/valg/index.html b/blog/tags/valg/index.html index 448ba0823c..21377a94a9 100644 --- a/blog/tags/valg/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/valg/index.html @@ -957,6 +957,8 @@ inneholdt i Iran hvis de ikke hadde hemmelige valg?

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2014 @@ -1173,17 +1175,17 @@ inneholdt i Iran hvis de ikke hadde hemmelige valg?

diff --git a/blog/tags/video/index.html b/blog/tags/video/index.html index 3ebdcace47..1193d73ca4 100644 --- a/blog/tags/video/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/video/index.html @@ -4676,6 +4676,8 @@ larger stick as well.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/vitenskap/index.html b/blog/tags/vitenskap/index.html index 88e62f5d04..d87393e145 100644 --- a/blog/tags/vitenskap/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/vitenskap/index.html @@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ skyskrapere. Takke meg til en tur til mÃ¥nen.

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September (1)

2014 @@ -627,17 +629,17 @@ skyskrapere. Takke meg til en tur til mÃ¥nen.

diff --git a/blog/tags/web/index.html b/blog/tags/web/index.html index 70b7f00468..5c22970e3b 100644 --- a/blog/tags/web/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/web/index.html @@ -3450,6 +3450,8 @@ be the only one fitting our needs. :/

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