Today I want to write about semantic versioning or Semver. Not only because it's fun - which it totally is - but also because I actually ran into problems with it at work. Basically semantic versioning is a standard which defines how version strings of software should look like. This becomes especially important if you plan to upload your software to some kind of repository, but it can also be handy for things like automated deployment or the likes. Also using semantic versioning allows people to get some extra information about the program they are about to install just from looking at the version string.

Ever heard of libre.fm? Well it’s about time then. Basically libre.fm is a music sharing and streaming service, powered by free software. But not only can you find freedom under the hood, all the songs available on libre.fm have to be free-licensed.

LiveScience posted a nice article by Christy Dena on the image of robots in our society. In my opinion it only scratches on the surface of this topic, but it is a good read nonetheless. How could it not be? It features the word “human-robot interaction researchers”.

Time to get artsy. As this website is called monochromatic.cc, let's reduce the colors for this post.

The funny thing about black and white pictures is, that although we take something away (the colors) - the pictures gain in expression. Well, at least some pictures do. Thomas and I went throu...

Just a simple wallpaper I made back in the day when I was still using Arch Linux.

Actually it’s pretty much the only wallpaper I ever made. It’s really simple and I got the idea from someone’s post in the Arch Linux forums. The post is probably still around there somewhere but I’m too lazy to di...

First of all let us say: We at monochromatic.cc welcome our future robot overlords.

We are lucky that, at least for now, present day robots are satisfied with building cars, disarming bombs, vacuuming our houses and … playing some heavy metal.

This might be the answer to the question, what robot...

Some impressions from my trip to Alaska and Canada back in 2009.