Excursion in Distraction
22 Jul '104 min read

The Garbage Garbage Collector of Python

Two years ago we started our journey to write what would become an enterprise server software in the Python language. Over time we’ve done some pretty nutty things that wouldn’t have been made if the Python VM wasn’t crap. The reason we started with Python was…

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25 Mar '104 min read

Setting up Redmine

About one and a half years ago I got tired of using Trac and started looking for alternatives. There were (are?) a lot of issues with Trac, but one of the more visible usability problems is that you write filters in SQL. As I’m accustomed to filters in a fire…

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15 Mar '105 min read

Androidified

The non-smart-phone world seems so distant now after being connected to The Hive around the clock for a little more than a year with the HTC Dream/Android G1. It’s not the best of phones, but it was the first and I can’t really say any other Android-based…

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24 Jun '093 min read

Batteries and Apple

In 2006 my girlfriend bought herself a MacBook, one of those white ones, pretty, easy to use, and all was well. About two years later the laptop started acting weird. It shut down even though there was still a lot of charge left in the battery and other…

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11 Feb '092 min read

Android + Last.fm = best thing since sliced bread!

Installed the Last.FM player on my Android yesterday and I suddenly knew that I had just taken a leap into the future.The days of myPod’s and other digital music players are reaching their end. I realise that while writing this, millions of people sit in front…

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