Perhaps your next programming language? Thorn. (A JVM scripting language.) John Field’s talk at JAOO in Ã…rhus 2009 is about that. Here is the interesting blurb from that page: Scripting languages are justifiably popular because of their support for rapid and exploratory development. However, scripts are notoriously hard to compose and to evolve. Additionallly, though …
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stop press – Nina von Rüdiger and Joc Koljonen create manga album named Oblivion High
Watch a 30-seconds teaser video for the soon-to-be-released manga (comic book, you know) Oblivion High. Yes, Nina, that perky web-and-illustration person you met when I used to live in Stockholm, sometimes with Jonas Bohlin nearby, or Joc Koljonen. That Nina. Yes, it appears this is a real Japanese-style teen romance manga set in Upplands Väsby, …
Annals of HTTP headers
I got a weird header from my local Apache 2.2.4 today. X-Pad: avoid browser bug These guys could tell me what it was: In six cases the HTTP message “X-Pad: avoid browser bug” was sent. This was an unannounced change to Apache version 1.2b9 which provided a fix for a bug in Netscape versions 2.x, …
Insulted!
I was just insulted. By a paperback. The book that insulted me was “Five equations that changed the world” by a Dr. Michael Guillen in 1995. His psychologizing take on Newton’s youth was demeaning to the reader’s intellectual capacity, and after having experienced the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson, which contains quite a lot of …
Began running
Just found an old unblogged note from August 27: Today I went for a run in Fælledparken, with my training buddy, PM. This is a completely new experience for me: sports that I have elected to perform myself. I’m beat! Exhausted. Sweating. We ran from my house to the park, footfalls synchronized. After a couple …
How to support the Danish National Homeless Soccer Team
These guys need a 125 000 DKK to go to South Africa and represent Denmark. This is how to support the National Homeless Soccer Team: SMS the word BOLD to 1277, and you send them 50 DKK (exception: Tele2 customers) Send their Danish bank an amount: 9541-101 61 908 Buy a sponsorship at 20 000 …
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My buddy Dennis releasing new novel
All ye readers who yearn to learn Danish, here is the novel you could read: Brøndjætten by Dennis Gade Kofod. I’ll hook you up with a copy, if needed. Danish paper Politiken’s book section is happy about Dennis’ new book — his second novel — and the text concludes: Dennis Gade Kofod er født i …
Book hint
I was given a book tip the other day. Pablo Henrik Llambias: *A.P.O.L.L.O.N.* Danish sci-fi. It had something to do with *T.E.R.R.A.*, a title of which I know nothing. These could be interesting to read. Perhaps.
Back home!
I am back in Copenhagen, at my desk. Back? Yes, for the last 14 days, me and my wife have been in transit: Sweden, Finland, and Estonia have been well visited. I should type up a real report on this, but Everyday Life (that lovely thing) makes me focus on getting back on track again. …
Copenhagen garden houses
I have recently been to two parties at “koloni-haver” here in Copenhagen. This is my account of the local colour these visits provided. Also, this is where I try to describe the Scandinavian idea of tending a garden in a club. A koloni-have (“colony garden”, a garden lot with a wee house, organized in a …