Pro Git book now available
The Pro Git book, written by Scott Chacon and published by [Apress](http://apress.com/) is [now available](http://progit.org) for free. A printed version will be released [soon](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430218339?ie=UTF8&tag=prgi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1430218339).
Scott also [published](http://github.com/progit/progit) the "source code" of the book under a [Creative Commons license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/).
New Project: Visualization of the Best-Fit Placement Heuristic
Often one has to solve the problem of arranging objects so that they use as less room as possible. In the days before Christmas, for example, people try to utilize the expensive wrapping paper fully in order to save to money for a second roll. Depending on the arrangement of the presents this may work, or not. In the industry, a can factory tries to stamp different sized cans out of a roll of sheet metal. To minimize the waste (and to save money) the company has to think about the cutting of the metal sheet.
Both of these examples describe a problem known as the [two-dimensional cutting stock problem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_stock_problem).
Projects Moved to Github
Just want to let you know that I've moved the repositories of some of my projects to [github](http://github.com/simonboots). I think they are better off there as they are here.
The [project](/projects) pages have already been updated.
More projects coming soon...
Still Alive
It's been almost 2 months since I last wrote something on this blog. Don't worry, I'm still alive. 
The last few weeks I've been busy writing my bachelor's thesis and that's why I had to neglect some things. One of them was keeping this blog updated.
Fortunately, this is over now and I hope to find some more time to write blog posts again.
