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2022-01-07 — added Andrzej Sapkowski to comet and meteor literature page
2020-04-18 — all the content related to origami moved to brand new page at origami.kosmulski.org
2020-03-23 — first update in a long time. Fixed some broken links, updated envelopener article, added a link to my origami interview in The Fold, uploaded slides from my presentation about origami design at CfC 2, and added Kornel Makuszyński to comet and meteor poem page
2018-12-09 — added some new links to my origami resources published outside of this page and Stanisław Barańczak to comet and meteor poem page
2018-03-27 — added scans of volumes 8-10 of the 1909 complete edition of Juliusz Słowacki’s works
2018-03-24 — many new models added to Origami — Architecture, Origami Boxes and Origami Convention pics.
2018-03-22 — migrated the page to HTTPS (finally!). Some updates to Makalu assembly tips and IT presentations and a few other minor updates here and there.
2017-01-07 — added two new origami articles with tips on assembling wireframe modular models: Makalu and FIT (Five Intersecting Tetrahedra).
2016-11-26 — added a new section: Origami Boxes as well as some new models in Tessellations and Single-sheet geometric models.
2016-10-21 — added crease pattern for pinwheel with color change.
2016-10-19 — added new images of origami tessellations as well as several new tessellation CPs and folding instructions.
2016-10-07 — new images of my models at origami exhibitions and some design works in progress.
2016-10-05 — added some new origami corrugations.
2016-10-04 — videos of me speaking at two recent IT conferences (Devoxx.PL and Confitura) added to presentations
2016-09-16 — my new post, Are code reviews worth your time?, is published on Allegro Tech Blog.
2016-05-28 — a new Articles section added in origami. It contains links to some older texts I wrote as well as a new article, Envelopeners: usage and care.
2016-04-23 — two new dog house models added to Origami — Architecture.
2016-04-17 — new section, Corrugations, added to origami page.
2016-02-16 — I released under free licenses three texts I published in Tygodnik Powszechny in recent years (all in Polish): Pingiwn, który zmienił świat, Z wyziewów ziemi i gniewu bogów and Spokojnie, to tylko bolid.
2016-02-16 — my new post, Books you should read: The Pragmatic Programmer, is published on Allegro Tech Blog.
2016-01-02 — added tips for assembling Robert J. Lang’s Makalu woven polyhedron.
2015-12-10 — my new post, “V” for Viable, is published on Allegro Tech Blog.
2015-12-03 — new section Tessellations added to origami page along with a number of models which I had only put on flickr but not on this page before. On this page some crease patterns are also included, in particular for my super-pineapple tessellation and Saturn tessellation.
2015-10-16 — my new post, Gambling at work, is published on Allegro Tech Blog.
2015-07-27 — my article Introducing Building Block Units was published in The Fold.
2015-07-22 — added instructions for the new Woven Slit Module (WSM) along with usage examples in the newly added section Cubes and cuboids. This section was added, and matching pictures moved from Balls and polyhedra, due to the growing number of cubes in the collection which made the page too long.
2015-07-19 — two new sections added to origami page: Single-sheet geometric models and Origami-related images. Crease patterns for Bumpy Octahedron and Name Plate were added as well. Some additional references related to independent discovery by others of the SEU and StEM units were added.
2015-07-06 — new section Modular tessellations added to origami page.
2015-07-01 — I created a flickr profile for my origami.
2015-06-27 — added PDF instructions (more readable than photographs) for the two basic tiles (A1 and A2), B8 tile and several different connection methods for the Building Block Unit.
2015-06-20 — added instructions for the Outdoor Origami Meeting Module (OOMM) along with usage examples in Spiky balls.
2015-05-10 — added Möbius band and 2×2×1 box to Origami — Miscellaneous as well as crease pattern for D19 BBU tile.
2015-04-26 — added Sears (Willis) Tower to Origami — Architecture.
2015-04-19 — updates in CV and feedback pages.
2015-04-11 — I’ll be speaking about Why software developers should care about deployment and monitoring at Devoxx PL in Kraków.
2015-04-01 — added new section: Origami — Tangles with three new models from Robert Lang’s Himalaya series: Gasherbrum, Makalu and Annapurna plus Five Intersecting Tetrahedra moved over from Spiky Balls section. All these models are also featured in 3D anaglyphs of origami.
2015-03-24 — extended the instructions for the Building Block Units (step by step instructions for two basic tiles, added some variants, improved folding instructions).
2015-03-22 — added instructions for the Building Block family of units along with usage examples in the newly created Origami — Architecture section as well as in Fractals, Balls and polyhedra, Spiky balls, Miscellaneous and 3D anaglyph images of origami.
2015-02-09 — images of new origami models made from Simple Edge Unit and Sturdy Edge Module and some improvements to these modules’ descriptions. New models include: StEM icosahedron with inverted spikes and SEU icosidodecahedron in Balls and polyhedra, SEU Sonobe spiked pentakis dodecahedron in Spiky balls and a spoked wheel in Miscellaneous. The latter is a new idea and I haven't seen anything similar elsewhere so far. Two images of the above mentioned models were also added to 3D anaglyphs.
2015-02-06 — my new post, High performance with low level tools, is published on Allegro Tech Blog. Added a link to the index of my posts in Allegro Tech in the menu.
2015-02-01 — added instructions for missing connector units in Pyramid Vertex family of modules
2015-01-31 — added instructions for the Pyramid Vertex Module along with some early usage examples in Origami — Balls and polyhedra, Origami — Spiky balls and 3D anaglyph images of origami
2015-01-16 — after searching for prior art of origam units I designed, I found out that two had been published before by others. Added appropriate credit on Swallowtail Module page and in the description of spiked icosahedron from custom / Moreno unit. Also added information to Sturdy Edge Module page about a similar but not identical unit published elsewhere.
2015-01-04 — extended instructions for folding the Sturdy Edge Module and added six new origami models made with it to Balls and polyhedra (truncated cuboctahedron, icosahedron with inverted spikes), Spiky balls (two variants of spiked icosahedron), Planars (octahedron with inverted spikes) and Fractals (Menger Sponge).
2014-12-09 — my new post, How to migrate to Java 8, is published on Allegro Tech Blog.
2014-12-07 — my sister's-in-law PhD thesis about Maximus the Confessor was published in book form earlier this year.
2014-12-06 — added instructions for the Simple Edge Unit and Sturdy Edge Module along with some early usage examples in Origami — Balls and polyhedra, Origami — Spiky balls and Origami — Miscellaneous
2014-11-17 — added truncated icosahedron from Tomoko Fuse's Open Frame I unit to Origami — Balls and polyhedra.
2014-10-08 — my article about memory management in the Java Virtual Machine, The memory game, is published on the Allegro Tech Blog.
2014-08-23 — added truncated cube and truncated cuboctahedron made with the Super Simple Isosceles Triangle Unit to Origami — Balls and polyhedra and spiked rhombicosidodecahedron (made from the same unit) to Origami — Spiky balls. Updated JavaScript on page and minor updates to CV.
2013-09-20 — After 9 years of existence at hektor.umcs.lublin.pl (and a few earlier locations since 1996), my page is now moving to its own domain, michal.kosmulski.org
2013-08-22 — added truncated octahedron from Tomoko Fuse's Open Frame I unit (bow-tie motif) to Origami — Balls and polyhedra
2013-06-25 — added instructions for the Swallowtail Module and a picture of a cube made using this module to Origami — business card models
2013-06-02 — added level 2 Menger Sponge to Origami — business card origami and to 3D anaglyph images of origami
2013-02-20 — Spokojnie, to tylko bolid (short article about the Chelyabinsk meteor event; in Polish) is published in Tygodnik Powszechny 8 (3320)
2013-02-17 — added a new subpage: newest posts about meteorites from the Polish internet [in Polish language]
2012-12-03 — updated CV due to new position with Newspoint.
2012-11-25 — added rhombicosidodecahedron (little turtle module) to Origami — Spiky balls
2012-11-06 — added cigar/nanotube to Origami — Miscellaneous and 3D images of the Intersection of Five Tetrahedra to 3D anaglyph images of origami, some fixes in dangling links found all over the origami section
2012-09-18 — added several Ksiądz Marek to comet and meteor poem page
2012-08-07 — added several poems by Czesław Miłosz to comet and meteor poem page
2012-07-03 — a new section is now online: computing-related presentations
2011-10-18 — Pingwin, który zmienił świat (article about the 20th anniversary of Linux; in Polish) has recently been published in Tygodnik Powszechny 43 (3250); full text will be re-published under a free licence on this page after some time
2011-07-17 — Z wyziewów ziemi i gniewu bogów (article about meteorites; in Polish) has recently been published in Tygodnik Powszechny 28 (3235); full text will be re-published under a free licence on this page after some time
2011-06-23 — a new section is now online: 3D anaglyph images of origami
2011-06-01 — added decorated rhombicuboctahedron to Origami — Balls and polyhedra and two models to Origami — Spiky balls
2011-05-25 — information about file paths in Ubuntu/Kubuntu added to Creating custom keyboard layouts ...
2011-02-06 — added poems by Przybyszewski, by Wyspiański, De profundis, Duchów walka and Jak powstał ten wiersz to comet and meteor poem page
2010-10-11 — the section on folding Five Intersecting Tetrahedra in Origami — Spiky balls was expanded; full and updated text of Jak się nie dać zamknąć [PL] is now available under a free license.
2010-09-27 — added Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod and Grażyna to comet and meteor poem page
2010-06-12 — new models in Origami — Balls and polyhedra and Business card origami, poems Kwiaty Polskie and Emir Rzewuski added to comet and meteor poem page
2010-05-25 — added Jak się nie dać zamknąć (in Polish) to Computing–Published Articles
2010-02-16 — added three new models to Origami — Balls and polyhedra and one model to Origami — Spiky balls
2010-02-15 — added two models to Origami — Balls and polyhedra
2010-02-13 — added instructions for the Trapezoid Edge Module (TEM), two sample models to Origami — Balls and polyhedra and one to Origami — Miscellaneous
2010-02-08 — added four new models to Origami — Balls and polyhedra and one model to Origami — Spiky balls
2010-02-07 — added two new origami models to each of: Balls and polyhedra, Spiky balls and Miscellaneous as well as one new model to Planars
2010-01-24 — added some new poems related to comets and meteors
2010-01-10 — added a new subpage: anthology of references to comets, meteors and related phenomena in literature [in Polish language]
2009-11-15 — fixing dead links and minor updates in all sections of the page; unfortunately some pages with diagrams of different origami units seem to be permanently gone: these dead links are left as they are for the moment; the rather anachronistic version of Słowacki's biography without Polish characters was removed
2008-06-07 — a new section is now online: Business card origami
2007-12-09 — added two new models to Origami–Balls and polyhedra
2007-09-15 — added a "Printable version" link to the menu
2007-08-19 — added a page containing my CV; added some proprietary software to the list of software projects I have participated in
2007-06-13 — added scans from volumes 5-7 (Dramas) to the page with scans from Juliusz Słowacki's Complete Works
2007-04-01 — added scans from the fourth volume (Król-Duch) to the page with scans from Juliusz Słowacki's Complete Works
2007-03-14 — added a page with scans from Juliusz Słowacki's Complete Works published in 1909 (Polish and English image descriptions are available)
2007-01-03 — added a picture of Seymchan to Collection–Meteorites
2006-12-03 — added FIT (Five Intersecting Tetrahedra) and some tips on folding this model to Origami–Spiky balls
2006-10-15 — added the spiked snub dodecahedron to Origami–Spiky balls
2006-09-24 — a new section describing the use of Compose key was added to Creating custom keyboard layouts ...
2006-07-05 — added five new models to Origami–Balls and polyhedra and one new model to Origami–Spiky balls
2006-01-25 — added a new section: Origami–Folding instructions. At the moment, only instructions for the Oxi module are available.
2005-07-31 — added five new models to Origami–Balls and polyhedra
2005-04-14 — added Cryproc to Software
2005-01-05 — added A Kommander Crash Course to Computing–Published Articles
2004-11-22 — added Set CD-ROM Speed to Software
2004-11-21 — added Kuote (KDE Fish Applet) to Software
2004-11-16 — added Kommander File Properties Plugin to Software and Torus to Origami–Miscellaneous
2004-11-07 — starting today, articles will be released under free documentation licenses (CC Attribution-ShareAlike and GNU FDL) after thirty days from their first publication
2004-11-04 — added Dodecahedron with pentagonal pyramids... to Origami–Balls and polyhedra
2004-11-02 — added Introduction to Unicode — Using Unicode in Linux to Computing–Published Articles
2004-10-01 — page moved to a new server; Please update your bookmarks and links
2004-09-29 — added Nuclear mushroom cloud, Bottle and Klein bottle to Origami–Miscellaneous and Buckyball to Origami–Balls and polyhedra
2004-09-18 — added Formatting documents with OpenOffice.org Writer macros to Computing–Published Articles and Spiked pentakisdodecahedron to Origami–Spiky balls
2004-09-08 — a completely new version of the page is now online