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NSFW Rating System

December 30, 2009 – 21:14

BW6JK44BUVQH It seems like people have a hair trigger when it comes to labeling their links “NSFW“. I’ve even seen warnings about NSFW language which seems like overdoing it a bit to me. Anyway, since using the label “NSFW” to refer to anything from cuss words in plain text to “Harry Potter / Tentacle Rape [...]

By Martin | Posted in Opinionated, Pictures | Also tagged And now for something completely different, Fixing shit that's broken, Random Goodness | Comments (3)

Ada: We salute you – The worlds First Programmer

December 10, 2009 – 09:45

This article was cross-posted on ria.creuna.com. Hear ye; Codesmiths and Script Artisans. Nay; Hear ye all who labour with keyboard and mouse, for you owe a debt to the singular person we commemorate today. Ahem. On this day, the 10th of december, a shockingly large number of years ago the First Programmer was born. If [...]

By Martin | Posted in Found, No fit, Personal, programming | Also tagged And now for something completely different, Equality, Fanboy, Favorite People, history, Interesting, kudos, Nostalgia, programming | Comments (0)

Princesses gone bad

April 1, 2009 – 12:10

I’m a sucker for nice illustrations, and these are pretty damn awesome.

By Martin | Posted in Found | Also tagged And now for something completely different, Art, Found, getting nothing done, Illustration, Random Goodness, Visuals | Comments (0)

My favorite people

January 31, 2009 – 15:39

Finally I can keep track of all my favorite people and BFFs. The picture was taken at a “Tattoo and General Freak-me-out Stuff”-convention in Oslo 2004 or so.

By Martin | Posted in No fit | Also tagged faces, Favorite People, Fun, iPhoto | Comments (0)

On the subject of time

January 12, 2009 – 17:44

Time has always been subject of scrutiny and discourse, philosophy and theory, science and fiction. The very concept of time is frequently disputed as at best a faulty system to explain the sequencing of entropy and extropy based on certain recurring natural phenomenae; and at worst an imaginary crutch for our lack of ability to [...]

By Martin | Posted in Opinionated, Personal | Also tagged Fun, knackered, Meta, Personal, The future, WTF | Comments (2)

Macromedia ShockZone

December 11, 2008 – 18:18

A while ago I was doing a talk on the Flash platform for NRK, and to give the audience a bit of perspective I took a trip down memory lane and dug up some real goodies. Oh yes. Since this is too good to not to be repeated, allow me to present; the Macromedia ShockZone [...]

By Martin | Posted in Code | Also tagged Flash, Fun, Potentially dangerous and harmful stuff, Scared shitless, Smile, The Shame, WTF | Comments (2)

Not quite Britney

November 27, 2008 – 15:02

This is freaking hilarious. Geek humor at it’s finest.

By Martin | Posted in Found, Quickie | Also tagged Fun, Geekery, Smile, Vids, WTF | Comments (1)

Hug a developer day

September 11, 2008 – 15:47

By Martin | Posted in Code, Found | Also tagged Actionscript, Fun, Geekery, Vids, WebDev | Comments (0)

iPoem

August 16, 2008 – 20:49

Perpetrating some hackery on my iPhone I stumbled over my custom generated dictionary file. I found a odd sort of pleasure in the fragmented and / or randomly constructed phrases it contained. Since I’ve nothing else to contribute with today, I’ll share it with you. No I have not been drinking. but feels so damn [...]

By Martin | Posted in Meta, Personal | Also tagged Fun, Hackery, Interesting, iPhone, WTF | Comments (1)

? Wordle

August 11, 2008 – 17:51

Wordle is cool. Give it a URL and it’ll generate pretty word clouds from the site content.

By Martin | Posted in Quickie | Also tagged Design, Geekery, Interesting, Quickies, Visuals | Comments (0)