In The working class of computer art GOTO80 talks about demoscene parties: What is the point? Well, I really like the freedom of the copy party. Think of it as a hackerspace disco with lots of man-beer and old music. There’s no money and no bullshit. You don’t have to network with the right people …
Category Archives: Technology
PHPUnit + Growl
Laurent built a Growl notifier for PHPUnit test results so that you can see red/green as a Growl notification on your Mac.
sl and sl: Useless/useful
The command ls lists files in current directory in many ways. Misspelling it as sl is common. Common enough to make an ASCII joke about it. Linux distribution Debian packages sl as this ASCII joke. Today, Trivium pointed to a much better and brand-new sl. sl takes the most common use of Unix ls, to …
Get pman: man pages for PHP functions
This link post is quite irrelevant should you never be using PHP. Therefore, I categorized it. Published in 2010, Unix manual pages for PHP functions is still a useful tip. A decade of using Python, and you don’t ask yourself where the argument goes in a function you use daily. Experienced PHP developers look at …
TBD Hackathon 2012 participant report
I spent the weekend at TBD 2012 Hackathon in a coffee shop in Malmö. I know part of the organizing team, and it was nearby, so I joined in, for the feeling of the fast-paced making. Update: If you met me at the hackathon, say hello in the comments. Or on Twitter, I’m olleolleolle. Kthxbye! …
Instead of a feed reader or social media or anything digital
You could use German hacker Christian Neukirchen’s Trivium to replace social media and feed-reading. Save time, effort, irritation. This would apply if you were a computer geek with eclectic and narrow cultural tastes.
A dated project report
Just found a draft of an electronics project report of mine, made in 2009: After the construction of the Smapler, I came away with no soldering station. Dlade kept it, he liked it that much. So a few days after that, I went and bought a station kind of like it, at Electrokit in Malmö. …
CoffeeScript gives you other problems
When using CoffeeScript, you get other problems. Nice for a change. I guess it’s like when Java hackers do a bit of Scala. A taste of someone else’s headaches.
Floor builders at Forskningsavdelningen
Floor builders, a photo by olleolleolle on Flickr. This is during the floor mat installation. So, we are very near to completion of this very nice new room. Next up is adding smart furniture and good storage. Take note: This floor can be cleaned.
Painting walls at Forskningsavdelningen
Paint, a photo by olleolleolle on Flickr. We have new digs, and they are becoming so grand and beautiful. I just want to share images with you. In this image, you can see that there is no floor. That is now no longer the case.