http://namakajiri.net/complog experiences with computers. updated infrequently. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:54:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://namakajiri.net/code/geotag-exif This is a simple wrapper over exiftool (debian/ubuntu: in package libimage-exiftool-perl) to make it easy to set EXIF geographic information (GPS tags). It is able to understand the decimal format for latitude/longitude that you can get from [google maps](http://maps.google.com), [wikimapia](http://wikimapia.org) etc. With exiftool: exiftool \ ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/geotag-your-photos/ Joining [the contest](http://www.rubygameforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=51&sid=d3252e4c1d993848312b8883536c6d91) was a lot of fun, and I highly recommend these weekend events to anyone who wants to learn how to write games. With the trick of a short time span to motivate yourself and lots of experienced guys on IRC focused in much the same tasks ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/rubygame-weekend-contest-2/ I guess [irclib](http://python-irclib.sourceforge.net/) is kinda green, but anyway. I was writing a bot and was very confused with its `AddPrivMsgRoute` and `AddPubMsgRoute` methods. I’m noob to IRC, so I had to browse the RFC to be sure: in IRC, “privmsg” is the command to send messages to users ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/python-irclibs-privmsg-isnt-actually-privmsg/ The notice I received today is just too awesome to not blog. A couple years ago I worked for a certain multinational company who paid lip service to free software; but when I said I wanted to release my library, they kept telling me to wait longer and longer, ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/open-source-code-in-google/ Meme du jour: ten books about computing. I think the meme’s name is misleading. To “learn computing” one has to keep in mind that: - It takes ten years. For real. - Books are necessary but not sufficient. You have to program, to read good programs, ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/ten-books-i-like/ > <jtg> Stupid python doesn't have "resume" or whatever it's called in ruby during a try...except clause. > <shc_> sigh > <leoboiko-onduty> implement it with continuations > <leoboiko-onduty> OH WAIT IT DOESN'T HAVE THEM EITHER > <leoboiko-onduty> </troll> http://namakajiri.net/complog/sometimes-i-do-it-too/ Irritado que o tracking dos correios não tem feed? Amargo porque acha que nunca vão fazer um? Cansado de apertar Ctrl+R no Firefox e dizer que sim, você quer reenviar os dados POST? Seus pobremas acabaram!! watch-encomenda.sh http://namakajiri.net/complog/watch-encomenda-sh/ > Why do variable resistors come with nonlinear tapers? Well, as it turns out, human physiology has a weird way of perceiving changes in signal intensity, such as sound and light intensities. For example, you may think that if you doubled the intensity of sound or light, you would perceive a doubling in ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/of-interest-to-ui-designers/ ping secure.vexcorp.com PING smeagol.vexcorp.com (200.160.255.84) 56(84) bytes of data. Wait. > PING smeagol.vexcorp.com (200.160.255.84) > smeagol.vexcorp.com > smeagol Oooh! for i in aragorn gandalf frodo sam sauron melkor morgoth ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/in-the-land-of-vexcorpcom-where-the-shadows-lie/ This is very embarrassing, but to this day I’ve never payed attention to the semantics of these two files. When I wanted to look at something, I’d just grep `/var/log/*`. Turns out the log files are just a convention spelled out in `/etc/syslog.conf` (read `syslog(3)` and `syslog.conf(5)` if you don’t ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/the-difference-between-messages-and-syslog/ When I first designed this blog’s Wordpress theme, Lispy, I was very happy with how the end result turned out. Now I hate it. I want a blog with: * No [administrative debris](http://tomayko.com/writings/administrative-debris) * No sidebars * No categories * No tags * No “blogrolls” * No Ajax or useless Javascripts ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/i-want-a-blog/ One thing I noticed in my first international trip is that people who hang in Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, or IRQ have activity patterns based on the time of the day, just like animals. Some are diurnal, or officecular; some are nocturnal, or even caffeiners (extreme nocturnals); some are ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/im-activity-patterns/ Timesinkers sorted by how much time they cost me: WoW > reddit and the like > feeds > books > IM, IRC discussions > Guitar Hero Timesinkers ordered by how satisfied I feel after spending time with them: books > IM, IRC discussions > Guitar Hero > feeds > reddit and the like > WoW It’s almost inversely proportional! I don’t think that’s ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/are-you-sure-you-want-to-spend-time-with-this/ (Or: why I didn’t apply to work for Apple instead). I care about good design and æsthetics more than most people. I’ve toyed with an OS 8 system before and, though I wasn’t part of its intended audience, I couldn’t help falling in love with the attention the guys put ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/why-i%e2%80%99m-not-switching-to-osx/ Suppose you want to shrink your root filesystem a bit, to make up some space for World of Warcraft in that old Windows partition. You fire up a rescue disk, and parted complains about “unsupported feature”. It doesn’t say *which* feature though, so you google around and try ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/death-by-tune2fs/ **Disclaimer**: these are experimental results and I’m not too sure about what’s going on. First of all, link to `-lncursesw` instead of `-lncurses` (from packages `libncursesw5{,-dev}` on Debian/Ubuntu). I assume your source files are in utf-8. This will not work: #include ... http://namakajiri.net/complog/trouble-using-utf-8-with-ncurses/