A FISH SHELL installation resonantly led me down a wormhole of new information. Hyperlinks are the greatest thing ever invented – but can also be somewhat of a time consumer :-D I decided to install the fish shell. I’ve tried it before a long time ago, so thought it would Read more…
THE DANISH REJSEKORT is an electronic payment system used in most danish public transportation systems like buses, trains and subways. Its an electronic card that comes in two variants: an anonymous edition where you manually deposit fare money by a kiosk system. The second edition is personalized and offers an Read more…
THE ELECTROLUX ULTRASILENCER vacuum cleaner (model ZUSORIGDB+). The Machine It definitely is a very beautiful and streamlined machine, and it has a very high degree of quality feel to it. The hose, pipe and handlebar is very good quality, makes no noise and is very comfortable to handle. The power Read more…
GETTING PROPRIETARY ELECTRONICS to work on Linux can be a hassle sometimes. More often that not, companies develops controller software for Windows only, or at best for Windows and Mac OS, but neglects to support the Linux platform. Then us that enjoy the freedom and wonders of Linux is often Read more…
FOR THE 2013 Formula-1 season I though I would treat my self with buying the official live timing app: ‘F1 Timing App 2013’ by Soft Pauer Limited. At season start it costed around €22 – a hole lot of money of a one season app. So I had high expectations, Read more…
OMG, I DON’T know how to run properly :-O. That was my realization when I attended a 5 hour training course in barefoot running this weekend, hosted by Claus Rasmussen (Posemand.dk). “What?!” you might say. “Running is a no-brainer, just get up, place one leg in front of the other Read more…
BAREFOOT RUNNING HAS become quite popular, and now I have joined in on this running trend. Last summer I saw Martin Toft running in his fivefinger shoes. They looked weird :-D but I was also quite intrigued of the concept of down to basics running. Martin seems to be quite Read more…
I FOLDED A thousand paper cranes. Japanese legend believes the cranes will grant you a wish. The daughter of a couple of friends of mine, were up for confirmation, and so a gift of long life and good health seemed like a good idea ;-) A few of them was Read more…
INTERRUPTIONS AT WORK is a frequent occurrence but generally its not a big problem. This time however the unavoidable loss of focus on what you was doing before, gave an unpleasant surprise. I was adding some new functionality and had just written the following: switch (state) { case Step3: configuration.length Read more…
THE-CAMP 2009 WAS the third time I’ve dedicated a week of my summer vacation at TheCamp. As mentioned in previous posts (TheCamp 2008 and TheCamp 2007) its a week where nerds meet to have fun, eat lots of food, drink beers and hack with ones own projects at will. This Read more…