Confessions of a Mac convert
July 21st, 2008
First off, my apologies to both of my astute readers, who quickly realised that it’s been a long time since I blurbed anything to teh intertubes. I was having a vacation, this time almost for real, using computer only an hour or... Read more »
Fun with marble coaster
July 10th, 2008
Ok, I won’t start reviewing toys. But let this be an exception. Seldom I have encountered such a great piece of design and engineering in reasonable price as with Quercetti Skyrail series. Not only for kids (Samuel plays an hour or two... Read more »
Taking stuff back (pro Emacs)
July 10th, 2007
Few years ago I ranted about Eclipse and how wonderful technology it is. However, Eclipse tool support doesn’t come as quickly as that for Emacs (or vi, for that matter) when it comes to not-so-enterprisey technologies. I was astounded by Dmitry Galinsky’s... Read more »
Attending RailsConf Europe '07
June 19th, 2007
W00t! To uphold my image of being a professional, I am forced to maintain my composure, visit bathroom later and 17.times { jump.frantically } there. I’m happy as a clam! My employer sent me to RailsConf ‘07 to learn what’s rad with... Read more »
Honest Finnishmen
June 18th, 2007
A common myth is that Finnish people are honest. Before you grab that bag of rotten tomatoes and start looking for my home address, I’d like you to ponder the following concept for a split second: An honest, second-hand car salesman Note... Read more »
Simple way of improving your software quality
March 5th, 2007
Recently I was frustrated by the design of my pet project. It had most of the features I needed, but I thought to stop for a while and try to see what I would think of it as a user – more... Read more »
Germans are punctual after all
November 27th, 2006
I just looove automated translation. Computers doing things they are inherently unable to, but yet they keep on trying. Still, automated translation does help sometimes, and as an additional benefit you get laughs with somewhat improved(?) understanding of the original text. Verfügbarkeit:... Read more »
Uusi työtuoli
October 3rd, 2006
Sain juuri selkävaivojeni vuoksi uuden X2 ihmetuolin. Kornista nimestä huolimatta tuoli tuntuu hyvältä. Erityistä siinä on istumatason takaosa, jonka voi halutessaan kallistaa alas. Tällöin selkäranka ei lepää tuolin päällä, vaan lepää vapaasti jalkojen varassa, jolloin selkä pääsee samalla venymään hieman enemmän. Tuolissa... Read more »