2005/08
2005-08-31
Sfnet juhlii
SFNET juhlii 20-vuotistaivaltaan 15.10.2005. Lisätietoja SFNET20 blogista.
20:15 - /Bits and PCs
Useful EU page
I found a useful web page, Your Europe about things a person or a company needs to know about living, working and doing business in other EU countries.
18:08 - /Hehku - Glow
Banaanikärpäset astianpesuaineessa
Tyhmät banaanikärpäset luulevat että sitruunanhajuinen astianpesuaine on jotakin syötävää ja niinpä kipuavat pullon sisään, hukkuvat ja kuolevat.
14:27 - /Vaahto - Foam
2005-08-20
Näkymä
Näkymä Malminkartanon täyttömäeltä on uskomaton. Koko kaupunki tuntuu levittäytyvän jalkojen juureen.
09:31 - /Hehku - Glow
2005-08-19
Shoe selection
I have so far been happier with one pair of discount Eccos in a 'wrong' colour than with couple of pairs of cheap canvas shoes, and the price difference is tiny or non-existing.
19:03 - /Opittua - Learned in life
2005-08-18
Error about start-stop-daemon
An error such as "Stopping web server: apache/etc/init.d/apache: line 59: start-stop-daemon: command not found" can also result from forgetting to use sudo.
12:39 - /Bits and PCs
The Valley of the Shadow - Two Communities in the American Civil War
If you are interested in life during the American civil war, check out The Valley of the Shadow which is an interesting site on two communities before, during ,and after the war.
2005-08-17
Cultured meat
There is an organization called New Harvest. They promote research for cultured meat.
22:12 - /Hehku - Glow
2005-08-16
CD cases
Never submit to the temptation of 'temporarily' putting a cd into a wrong case. It's tough to find the right cd if you forget to undo it.
18:48 - /Opittua - Learned in life
Amazing
The floor at my workroom is amazing: You can drop a coin or a ring onto it and the dropped thing will bounce to about 50 cm.
16:36 - /Hehku - Glow
Remote "co-workers"
Having a bunch of remote "co-workers" one can contact for advice is a wonderful thing.
Bodom murders
The trial for Lake Bodom murders started today. It's a bit scary that something that old is being dealt in a trial. I am not sure I trust the facts to remain unmuddled during such a long time.
10:00 - /Vaahto - Foam
Numbers are boring
Or rather, googling for numbers between 10 and 4 seems to yield mostly boring results.
09:45 - /Sense of Wonder
2005-08-15
20 uudelleenasennusta
Törmäsin ircissä tänään tyypiin joka sanoi asentaneensa Debian stablen uusiksi 20 kertaa koska oli saanut sen jotenkin juntturaan kerta toisensa jälkeen. Öh. Windows-maailma opettaa selvästi ihmisiä suhtautumaan kummasti tietokoneisiinsa.
17:06 - /Bits and PCs
Orchid got a new home
My orchid with four keikis got a new home on Saturday. I'm delighted.
10:15 - /Hehku - Glow
2005-08-13
Blank keyboard with 105 keys
I would like to try a blank 105-key keyboard to see what's it like to type Finnish on it. Any idea if such thing exists? I didn't find one with googling.
11:25 - /Bits and PCs
2005-08-12
You know you might be a geek...
...when you hear a song where they sing "what's in it for me, I really gotta know" and think "I know what init is for me: something damn important".
17:01 - /Random Generator
2005-08-11
Salesform
A friend of mine, Tanda has written a small script currently called Salesform that produces invoices with the kind of reference number Finnish banks accept. I should take it out for a spin someday and maybe after that see if it can be turned into a payment module for OSCommerce.
20:09 - /Bits and PCs
Violetti
Vuosien kaapissaolon jälkeen olen valmis myöntämään että kyllä violetti on minusta väri ylitse muiden.
Hah, pitäisikö vielä värjätä joka ikinen valkoinen tai pinkki vaate violetiksi...
10:29 - /Hehku - Glow
2005-08-09
2005-08-08
Non-random randomness
I'm suspecting my irssi random away messages are not even nearly random. I should look into it.
11:36 - /Bits and PCs
Everyman's right
Everyman's right delights me repeatedly. I can hardly imagine Finland without it.
09:46 - /Hehku - Glow
Punaherukoita - ja jokamiehen oikeudet
Kävelylenkiltä löytyi tänään villejä punaherukoita. Onkohan jokamiehen oikeuksien rikkomista mennä metsään ja istuttaa pensas?
09:19 - /Sense of Wonder
Folding ladder - an exercise in engineering
Just how small and light (and how) could one make a 2 metres tall folding ladder, strong enough to support 70 kg of weight?
09:16 - /Random Generator
2005-08-06
The joy of shopping for clothes
Today for the probably first time in my life I experienced the joy of shopping for clothing. I found 6 nice looking garments for total of 6 euros from UFF sale, didn't try any of them on before buying them. The result: 3 garments that are usable as such, two require small fixes (new top button, replacing or removing the shoulder pads) and one does not look nice on me but the fabric can be used for something. No skirts amongst my finds unfortunately but two very nice dresses.
12:49 - /Hehku - Glow
2005-08-05
Fiction to interact with
Spider and the Web (aka tangle) and The Space Under the Window might be my two favourite pieces of interactive fiction. Both are also playable online as java applets.
Blessed silence
The night was delightfully absent of machine sounds as the firewall went to sleep as well.
08:40 - /Hehku - Glow
White doves
When I got out of the house this morning I saw two white doves. If I were more of a mystic, I might consider them as a sign of some sort.
08:36 - /Sense of Wonder
2005-08-04
Have you seen these people?
If you happen to know following people, please send them my greetings and tell them I would gladly hear of them again.
- Jonas Carlsson (yes, a very common name), last known e-mail address m92jca@txfs1.hfb.se (no longer working)
- Martijn Buster, last know e-mail address buster@math.rug.nl (no longer working)
23:17 - /Sense of Wonder
2005-08-03
Migraine
Migraine is probably one of the most efficient way to stop me from being efficient. I can deal the pain, but the 'light' effect keeps me from doing anything useful very well as I cannot see very well when I have it.
Edit: It seems to be fading now, only after 20 minutes. Maybe the one eye integration thing actually works. Also seems like the vision in my left eye is really blurry compared to the vision in my right eye. More so than I remembered. Maybe I should get my vision checked again.
16:32 - /Vaahto - Foam
2005-08-02
The Attack of the Monster Case
The computer room seems to have been taken over by a large aluminium tower case designed to hold 11 hard disks. I think it's a bit of an overkill for home use, but that's probably only because it's not mine. I suspect this monster will acquire bodyparts soon.
18:50 - /Bits and PCs
Ei hymyillä passikuvassa
Näemmä ensi vuodesta lähtien passikuvassa ei saa enää hymyillä. Jotenkin muutenkin tuo biometrinen passi vaikuttaa huonolta idealta.
07:11 - /Vaahto - Foam