Wichteln, aka, random christmas presents!
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Why i hate the apple mighty mouse
I’ve been explaining myself a lot lately for my deep hate for the apple mighty mouse, so here is are a few points on why i hate it. Scroll wheel gets dirty and is hard to clean I have never had a mouse with a scrollwheel before where the wheel needed cleaning. Apple doesnt give [...]
Default paramater values with python
Default argument values for functions are a nice shortcut in python. They save you from writing many wrapper functions and make the code more readable and also easier to use. They can be used wrong though: >>> def foo(a=[]): … a.append(‘bar’) … return a … >>> foo() ['bar'] >>> foo() ['bar', 'bar'] Like described in [...]
Vim remap ex-mode key
I’ve become in the habit to miss shift-a in vim (edit at end of line), and instead pressing shift-q which brings you to the ex-mode. To get out of that, you need to type the command “visual“. Quite long and annoying. Quick look at the help pointed me to the vimrc_example.vim (:help vimrc_example.vim). And this [...]
Having fun with IRC daemons
Sooo.. after a talk with my boss, I decided to implement one of the things he once did. An IRC server module which on connect gives you a random 3L1t3 hackers handle. 1245 -!- Code-dUde [] has joined #darkwired 1245 -!- fast-Fate [] has joined #darkwired 1245 -!- wet-chillA [] has joined #darkwired 1245 -!- [...]
New IRC daemon
Today I switched the IRC Daemon on darkwired. From old unreal to the shiny new inspircd. Inspircd is pretty easy to configure although it is a pretty big config, it is quite easy to understand and it did not take long to get it up and running. Big plus on that one! Ofcourse no first [...]
Germans and my Name
Germans are used to Johann I guess… But alas, my name is still Johan without the second n.
Violation
I am in violation of german law: http://kismac.de/
My German phone number
Keeping up with the one post per month… I present: My new German Mobile phone number! 0049 17696209986 Still using my old P900 for this. My dutch number is out of service until I find a good phone for it. (switching Sim’s once in a while) using a way back old phone for my dutch [...]
ReST experience
I’ve been playing with Restructured Text for a bit, and it was a very pleasant experience, unlike latex. ReST has a nice readable source, and the source file itself is very suited for distribution. When needed you can convert it to HTML and latex. ReST is very suited for HTML, and as it is one [...]