Montag April 25, 2005
The best zoo in the world
Last Saturday my wife and I went to Burger's Zoo (Netherlands). I don't know if it really is the best zoo in the whole world, but at least I can say that it is the best zoo I have seen so far. I really like it there a lot! I always prefer watching animals in open nature instead of seeing them in captivity, but on the other hand I see some need in zoos. Zoos can help to preserve species that are close to getting extinct. In addition, zoos can help to raise funds for nature preserve programs and educate people about the beauties of the nature.
Compared to most other zoos, Burger's Zoo tries to keep the animals in environments that are very similar to their natural habitats. According to the brochure of the zoo, some areas even have their own food chains. The hightlights of the zoo are Burger's Bush, Burger's Ocean, and Burger's Desert. My wife was totally fascinated by the flying fox/fruit bat that was first flying around the tree tops of the rainforest in Burger's Bush and then hanging from one of the large trees. I personally like all the little lizards that crawl on the trees everywhere around you. The zoo brochure says that the rainforest in the building produces 20 tons (!!) of "green material" (leaves, plants, etc.) every year!
Burger's Ocean is a lot of fun, too. It is similar to the aquarium in Monterey and Boston, but it is just one part of the whole zoo. The coolest thing is the tunnel where rays "fly" over/across your head. I'd love to hear what other zoos you can recommend!
( Apr 25 2005, 05:31:06 PM CEST )
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Some OpenOffice.org case studies in PDF format ...
Here are some OpenOffice.org case studies in PDF format.
( Apr 25 2005, 05:14:55 PM CEST )
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Where to get StarOffice patches
Since the question came up, the latest StarOffice patches can be found here.
( Apr 25 2005, 03:28:29 PM CEST )
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Just switch! - Statistical Package for StarOffice
Today I want to show you a StarOffice add-on that we are using within Sun. It is NOT available as a product, but if you think something like this is useful, we might make it externally available at some point. Just give me feedback!
As I mentioned in my last blog entry, the StarOffice API is pretty powerful. The API allows adding very sophisticated add-on components written in C++, Java or Basic. The statistical package that I show here was developed using the Java technology. The following screenshot, for example, shows how one calls the linear regression function:
You have to select the data ranges ...
... choose the graph types that should be included ...
... and define the output area ...
The final result looks like this:
As I said before, the statistical package is just an internal tool at the moment, but I'd love to hear your feedback anyway!
( Apr 25 2005, 11:30:09 AM CEST )
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"NetBeans is almost there. 4.1 offers serious competition ..."
"NetBeans IDE 4.1 Release Candidate is now available for download and with its advanced J2EE and EJB support, it offers some serious competition to the commercial products."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 25 2005, 11:28:14 AM CEST )
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"New IE7 Information Announced"
"They have finally added proper PNG support and have fixed numerous CSS bugs."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 25 2005, 11:24:30 AM CEST )
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"Camino 0.8.4 Release Candidate"
"A release candidate build of Camino 0.8.4 is available for testing."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 25 2005, 11:24:15 AM CEST )
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"Mozilla Cairo Vector Graphics Update"
"Robert "roc" O'Callahan has posted an update on the work to move Mozilla's graphics infrastructure to Cairo. Formerly known as Xr or Xr/Xc, Cairo is a cross-platform open-source vector graphics library. According to roc, migrating to Cairo will "give us modern 2D graphics capabilities (such as filling, stroking and clipping to paths, general affine transforms, and ubiquitious support for alpha transparency)." Cairo can send its output to a number of different backends, making it suitable for producing graphics for both screen and print. By utilising the Glitz library, Cairo can draw hardware-accelerated graphics with OpenGL, allowing Mozilla to take advantage of modern 3D display hardware."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 25 2005, 11:14:50 AM CEST )
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