Category: Open Source


  • I’ve never been a fan of Alexa or Google Home. The devices seem cool, but the companies backing these devices are less cool… However, there’s this open source platform: Open Voice Operating System that seems like a good candidate for a personal assistant that doesn’t harvest information about you. There is a device, the Mycroft…

  • OpenJPEG

    This is a reference on how openjpeg codecs are implemented, and how to use them. In this context, a codec is a piece of software which understands how to implement specific parts of the jpeg2000 standard. OpenJPEG Design From the user’s perspective, to create jpeg2000 files with openjpeg, you have to take the following steps.…

  • This is a reference for the file format of jpeg2000 files. Not everything is specified here, unfortunately you would need the purchase the ISO standard or read source code for everything. But I’ll accept edits if you want to add anything here. JPEG 2000 files (extension .jp2 or .jpx) are constructed via a series of…