Random person on IRC says: Did you know that there is a Kummeli joke about swedish people where this one guy says “Olle, Olle, Olle” And, I wish I knew how to include this video right here, but I can’t be arsed to find out, so follow this link, it’s safe for work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leRsWGF3mSc.
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Lipogram, a neat word
Lipogram. Stories told sans lots of chars. Inspiring. Blogged with Flock Tags: words
I always wondered what Portland Oregon looked like
Blogged with Flock Tags: portland
Nordic Game Jam 2008 coming up
I got this fine email from the organizers of Nordic Game Jam. I thought I’d share it here, since it might be of local hackerly interest. Update: The entrance fee is totally low, at 200 DKK. (26.8 EUR, or 39.5 USD) Dear all, For the third year in a row: Check out the program for …
Web hacking Øresund, a local computer get-together
Folks, I live in Malmö, Sweden. Update: Web Hacking Oresund web page. And I like hanging out, making stuff. So, I set up a Facebook group called “Web Hacking Øresund”. (yeah, yeah, silo-of-content, and all, I’ll go and set up an Upcoming Event for it, instead). The concept: meet up, checking out the stuff you’ve …
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Annals of IKEA usage
If you live close to an IKEA, do this: ask for a membership card in “IKEA Family” when at the checkout. Next time you get to the place on a weekday evening, enjoy a free coffee. And, try to stay away from that place on weekends, anyway.
Munge Address Book with RubyOSA
require “rubygems” require ‘rbosa’ require “fastercsv” abook = OSA.app(‘Address Book’) folks = [] abook.people.each do |guy| folks.push([ guy.first_name, guy.last_name, guy.emails.map { |e| e.value }.join(‘;’)].to_csv ) end puts folks
A locksmith hint from Malmö
Life hint: Do not insert the wrong key in the lock, you could fiddle the tumblers of the lock, so that the lock no longer fits your key. Life hint for Swedes: hitta.se search for “lÃ¥ssmed” and a location like “Malmö,” and you can also see the many locksmiths near my home. Abba LÃ¥s-specialisten was …
Ruby’s most important library in dark waters: Trouble, opportunity
Trans is thinking of forking dormant project ruby-libxml. You a C hacker with XML and Ruby love? Join his crusade to save the libxml bindings. Seriously.
Tough choices in life
Tough choices in life Originally uploaded by sebilden My new amazing workplace in Malmö, Sweden (the new town I am moving to) has regular “Swedish” brewed coffee. But, if they had better coffee machinery, we might not be able to say “we need to go out for a coffee”. My wise previous co-worker Stefan said …