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Workrave 1.9.0 released
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by

This release contains the following: Fixed transparency of tray icon on Linux, new alternate activity moniting for Windows, improved 64 bit & Vista support, exercises are now randomized, the language can now be selected in the preferences (Windows), the option 'Start Workrave when Windows starts' has been added to the preferences, extended DBUS support on Unix, initial OSX port, networking support can now be enabled without accepting incoming connections from other Workraves, a sound has been added that indicates a next step...

Workrave 1.8.5 released
Posted on September 29th, 2007 by

Task manager is never blocked by Workrave, workaround for focus loss on Vista, Vanja Cvelbar translated Workrave into Slovenian, fixed breaks that have 'suspend timer when inactive' disabled, improved Windows responsiveness under high load, mode menu fixed, Gnome applet no longer 'hangs', Gnome applet no longer crashes Workrave, fixed crashes during startup on Windows, fixed 'end-of-microbreak' sound, fixed bug in multi-head support where Workrave showed multiple windows on a single screen, fixed locking on Gnome with xscreensaver installed. Many thanks to Ray Satiro...

Launched Festisite's Personalized Money Generator
Posted on April 13th, 2007 by

I launched another gimmick, fun for use on your blog or for handing out: Festisite's Personalized Money Generator . Go ahead, and slap your own photograph on a dollar bill... other than that, festisite.com more or less restructures several poem related web pages from dotsphinx.com .

Workrave 1.8.4 released
Posted on March 4th, 2007 by

This version contains many new translations: Italian (Eraldo Girardi), Chinese (Tao Wei), Slovak (Peter Tuharsky), Greek (Prokopis Prokopidis), Turkish (Enver Altin), Japanese (Masanobu Yokota), Bulgarian (Ivan Dimov), Hungarian (Ory Mate). Furthermore, more polish on the applets was done (e.g. vertical applet support), and the usual bug fixing.

MapMSG extension: Crop circles
Posted on March 3rd, 2007 by

Today I added an extension to the MapMSG.com site. Next to smoke signals, you can now also craft your own crop circles...

MapMSG -- crop circles
MapMSG unleashed
Posted on February 2nd, 2007 by

I released a new site...

Signalling using land marks is an ancient form of communication. Compare this to e-mail, hardly available for half a century and already collapsing by spam.Forget about boring e-cards with flashy animations. Instead, send a unique satellite-visible message, originating from your own house...

Enter: MapMSG.com

MapMSG -- smoke signals
Workrave 1.8.3 released
Posted on May 13th, 2006 by

New Swedish and Catalan translations, updates to Czech translation. Workrave no longer consumes 100% CPU is if a break is started while the screen is locked. Fixed a bug that could cause breaks to stop running when 'Suspend timer while inactive' was disabled. Added support for storing configuration in a .ini file, and for configuring the data storage directory (this can be used to run Workrave from a memory stick). GNOME screen saver support added. The applet popup...

Bean Bag Strikes Back!
Posted on March 4th, 2006 by

I have been toying with this idea of a bean bag juggling humans instead of the other way around for a couple of years now. It occured to me ever since a friend of mine asked me if I would draw a logo for a juggling convention, which I declined due to lack of both time and inspiration. After the opportunity passed by, this idea popped us. I finally got around towards actually realizing it, but then in the form of...

Workrave 1.8.2 released
Posted on January 28th, 2006 by

Version 1.8.2 mainly contains bug fixes: fixed a crash when using a third party gtk+ runtime, fixed a bug that caused status windows to be disabled when the micro-break timer was hidden, translation fixes and better hibernate/standby support on Unix.

Workrave 1.8.1 released
Posted on July 31st, 2005 by

A bug sneaked into version 1.8.0 that would make Workrave crash when the blocking mode was set to none. Version 1.8.1 contains a fix for this bug.