Archive for category Fun
Shit happens… fireworks campaign
The yearly dutch campaign to prevent fireworks victims among young people has launched today. The campaign has a new site and slogan “Shit Happens”. A hilarious video is the centerpiece of the web site, but it can be doubted whether this is actually going to be an effective one… it is too funny to be [...]
Posted: 7 December, 2009 in Fun.
Tags: asshole, fireworks, movie, newyear, victim
Comments: 2
Using the Wiimote as a pointing device
What does a Nintendo wireless controller have to do with Slackware? Well… you’d be surprised! On october 4th I am running a presentation about “A history of Slackware development” as part of T-DOSE (fyi: T-DOSE is a free and yearly event held in The Netherlands to promote use and development of Open Source Software). One [...]
Posted: 7 September, 2009 in Fun, Me, Slackware, Software.
Tags: buetooth, pointer, presentation, wii
Comments: 2
Calculating PI
The Internet is full of “one-liners” and if you search a bit, you can find many. A one-liner typically means (a chain of) commands that produce useful results quickly. I came across a nice one-liner just now. The “binary calculator” or bc is a powerful UNIX tool. Calculating the value of PI with an arbitrary [...]
Posted: 18 March, 2009 in Fun, Software.
Tags: math, oneliner
Comments: 3