Tag Archives: course

Ignorance is bliss – why it’s hard to stop drinking

If I hadn’t known the difference between being under the influence and sober, I wouldn’t care much for drinking – and I guess most of you readers wouldn’t too. That’s the key idea. That’s why we have alcoholics, drug addicts, … Read more

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Compiling Mustache.java jar on Windows

I’m a Java rookie. I did a basic Java course in college back in the day (even got an A!) but I’m totally clueless now. I finally figured out how to compile Mustacha.java into a working jar (running jar out-of-the-box … Read more

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Thai Airways has competition, they’re called ‘Bangkok Airways’

Having mostly used Thai Airways for my Thailand-and-about travels I was sceptical at first about other airline companies for my cross-the-border day trip to Cambodia. Still my choice landed on Bangkok Airways for their reasonable 9000 baht price. I did … Read more

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I have a secret blog

I have a secret blog. There I write everything I dare not say on behalf of myself. It’s an outlet for my emotions and feelings, both dark and light. Let me tell you this: I encourage everyone to have a … Read more

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Google phasing out iGoogle and screwing up

So iGoogle is being phased out (service stops at the 1st of November 2013) and of course with my luck I’m being quite “dependant” on it. It’s not an essential service but it’s mighty handy to keep me updated on … Read more

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Adobe Dreamweaver CS6, not yet good enough

I hate with a passion the bad markup Adobe has contributed with by making [some high number] of users create websites using Dreamweaver (yes people are using in company settings, even on corporate sites). I decided to try Adobe Dreamweaver … Read more

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The problem of having to do something you don’t want to do

I’m usually good at answering my own questions or at least come to reasonable solutions, but here I’m stumbling. Of course the ultimate solution would be to somehow avoid doing what you don’t want to do, but that can’t be … Read more

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Open-source driven by egoism? Reflections after reading Linus Torvald interview

Linux creator Linus Torvalds claims the open-source boom is highly driven by egoism and the desire to “put your own trademark” into things (code). Unfortunately I can’t find the article with the Torvalds interview at the moment. I’ve been thinking … Read more

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Ken Doherty and bow-ties

Ken Doherty is really something. Last week in Thailand he was complaining China should have been docked a frame because Liang Wenbo forgot to wear his bow-tie, of course he came across as a whiny, grumpy old man. Today he … Read more

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