Lindsve.net http://lindsve.net my own little space on the net Thu, 22 May 2008 11:27:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Scorecard for Windows is now available! http://lindsve.net/2008/02/15/scorecard-for-windows-is-now-available/ http://lindsve.net/2008/02/15/scorecard-for-windows-is-now-available/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:09:14 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://lindsve.net/2008/02/15/scorecard-for-windows-is-now-available/ For the last few months I've been busy working on a Windows port of Scorecard, a golf statistics application which previously was Mac only. I am happy to say that the Windows version is finally available for download and purchase!

This is what Alan Olson, one of the staff members of The Sand Trap has to say about Scorecard:

If you are serious about improving your golf game but not sure which areas need the most work, Scorecard is an excellent and easy to use application to help you identify your problem areas. I've created my own tracking spreadsheets and used several online services in the past but Scorecard blows all of those away by just ease of use and the data generated really shows you quickly what you need to work on. For us Windows folks, this is great day!

If you love to analyze your golf game and want to improve you should seriously take a look at Scorecard.

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]]> http://lindsve.net/2008/02/15/scorecard-for-windows-is-now-available/feed/ Candidatus Informationis Technologiae http://lindsve.net/2006/11/10/candidatus-informationis-technologiae/ http://lindsve.net/2006/11/10/candidatus-informationis-technologiae/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:50:16 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://lindsve.net/2006/11/10/candidatus-informationis-technologiae/ Yesterday, I was back in Copenhagen and took the final exam for my thesis and can now officially say that I am a Master of Science in Information Technology, Software Development.

Our supervisor and the censor was impressed by the developed tool/library, stating that it showed good knowledge about the theoretic aspects of configuration problems, and that we had a very good objective oriented approach on our product. We were set back a bit though by the report which was a bit vague on the explanations at times. Overall, we are satisfied with the result and thrilled by finally being done with it ;-)

Our thesis project, CLab#, will be utilized at the IT University of Copenhagen for teaching about constraint programming and configuration problem handling, and our supervisor will be the maintainer of the tool from now on. The tool will be available online soon.

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]]> http://lindsve.net/2006/11/10/candidatus-informationis-technologiae/feed/ Chax 1.4.6b http://lindsve.net/2006/09/27/chax-146b/ http://lindsve.net/2006/09/27/chax-146b/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:15:46 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://lindsve.net/2006/09/27/chax-146b/ I have updated the Norwegian translation of the latest beta version of Chax now, and sent it to Kent for submission in the final version of 1.4.6.

If anyone would like to have it before 1.4.6, just drop me a message and I'll send it to you.

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]]> http://lindsve.net/2006/09/27/chax-146b/feed/ Fortune cookies http://lindsve.net/2006/08/25/fortune-cookies/ http://lindsve.net/2006/08/25/fortune-cookies/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:14:45 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://lindsve.net/2006/08/25/fortune-cookies/ Applescript is a scripting language I haven't played much with since I got my Powerbook. I actually haven't found any use of it...until now ;-)

I have created a small Applescript which uses the shell "utility" fortune to display some wisdom in the everyday work. From the man page for fortune: «fortune - print a random, hopefully interesting, adage». The following script lets the user loop through random quotes and smart little notes and gives the option to send it to the clipboard:

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CODE:
  1. repeat
  2.     set f_text to (do shell script "/usr/local/bin/fortune -s -n 80
  3.            /usr/local/share/fortunes/computers")
  4.     display dialog ¬
  5.         f_text with icon 1 ¬
  6.         with title ¬
  7.         "Send Fortune to Clipboard?" buttons {"Cancel", "Next", "OK"} ¬
  8.         default button "Next"
  9.     if button returned of result is "Cancel" then
  10.         display dialog "Cancel"
  11.         exit repeat
  12.     else if button returned of result is "Next" then       
  13.     else
  14.         set the clipboard to f_text
  15.         exit repeat
  16.     end if 
  17. end repeat


(set f_text to (do shell script "/usr/local/bin/fortune -s -n 80 /usr/local/share/fortunes/computers") should be one the same line)

As you can see, I have specified some options for the fortune command. The following bit specifies that the length of the fortunes should not be more than 80 characters:

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CODE:
  1. -s -n 80


-s can be replaced for -l to specify a minimum length instead. The path which I set at the end is the path to computer related cookies.

It is also possible to use this Applescript to set new status/mood messages in iChat/Skype (and possibly other IM applications too, but I have only tested on these). To do this, replace the line which says "set the clipboard to f_text" to:

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CODE:
  1. tell application "iChat"
  2.     set the status message to f_text
  3. end tell
  4. tell application "Skype"
  5.     send command "SET PROFILE MOOD_TEXT" & f_text
  6. end tell


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]]> http://lindsve.net/2006/08/25/fortune-cookies/feed/ Incoming telephone spam http://lindsve.net/2006/08/14/incoming-telephone-spam/ http://lindsve.net/2006/08/14/incoming-telephone-spam/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:23:33 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://lindsve.net/2006/08/14/incoming-telephone-spam/ I now received spam on my phone too! I was sitting here working on my thesis when I heard the phone rang in the living room. It immidiately stopped, and there was a WAP Push message in my inbox. Obviously, the ringing was only for getting attention. The message said: 3 FREE Ringtones! and the url for the message is http://no.widelive.com/index.wml?cp=17

Obviously, if I go to the address stated I will be downloading something (I do not trust it to be ringtones, and I'm not that interested in it either). Is this the new way of spamming people? I have never heard of this kind of spam before.

Btw: The number the call came from is: +911815011829

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]]> http://lindsve.net/2006/08/14/incoming-telephone-spam/feed/ Skype - Online status http://lindsve.net/2006/08/12/skype-online-status/ http://lindsve.net/2006/08/12/skype-online-status/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:32:01 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://www.lindsve.net/2006/08/12/skype-online-status/ Skype includes an option to poll the online status from a username, and that is what I use for the online status display on the sidebar here. Since I want the plain text version (and not all caps like the one Skype offers), I used this code in a k2 php module:

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PHP:
  1. $status = file_get_contents("http://mystatus.skype.com/lindsve.num");
  2. switch($status) {
  3.     case 0:
  4.         $message = "Unknown";
  5.         break;
  6.     case 1:
  7.       $message = "Offline";
  8.       break;
  9.     case 2:
  10.         $message = "Online";
  11.         break;
  12.     case 3:
  13.         $message = "Away";
  14.         break;
  15.     case 4:
  16.         $message = "Not Available";
  17.         break;
  18.     case 5:
  19.         $message = "Do Not Disturb";
  20.         break;
  21.     case 6:
  22.         $message = "Invisible";
  23.         break;
  24.     case 7:
  25.         $message = "Skype Me";
  26.         break;
  27. }
  28. echo "<p>$message</p>";


If you know of any easier way, please drop a line in the comments!

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]]> http://lindsve.net/2006/08/12/skype-online-status/feed/ Updates http://lindsve.net/2006/08/12/updates/ http://lindsve.net/2006/08/12/updates/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:13:59 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://www.lindsve.net/2006/08/12/updates/ I have been quite busy lately, so it's been a while since my last post on this blog. My thesis is approaching the deadline, and there is still a lot of work to do, but I'm really looking forward to getting it done.

I have now updated the Wordpress install here (to 2.0.4), and in the process moved the site over to the über-cool k2 theme.

The image I use in the header is part of an image I took in the subway (Metro) in Copenhagen.

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]]> http://lindsve.net/2006/08/12/updates/feed/ So…is Google SketchUp free? http://lindsve.net/2006/06/13/sois-google-sketchup-free/ http://lindsve.net/2006/06/13/sois-google-sketchup-free/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:12:51 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://www.lindsve.net/2006/06/13/sois-google-sketchup-free/ It appears that Google has a launch frenzy for Mac OS X these days. Last week they released Google Video Player, a video player for watching videos downloaded from Google Video. I can't say I have found the great usefulness of this app yet, but maybe it will come to me later. Yesterday, they released a couple of other goodies, including an update to Google Earth for Mac and Google SketchUp for Mac. The latest release of Google Earth features integration with SketchUp (which Google purchased a while ago, and this is the first Google branded version of this app since the purchase), and as such I decided to download that too and try it out.

I must say though, is it really necessary to emphasize (Free) as much as they do during installation? Take a look at the screenshot below, and see how many times they actually state that it is free...

Google SketchUp

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]]> http://lindsve.net/2006/06/13/sois-google-sketchup-free/feed/ WordPress updated http://lindsve.net/2006/06/02/wordpress-updated/ http://lindsve.net/2006/06/02/wordpress-updated/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2006 06:46:50 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://www.lindsve.net/2006/06/02/wordpress-updated/ The publishing platform which I use for this site, WordPress, have now been updated to v2.0.3. This is a bug fix and security release, and is recommended for all WordPress users. They’ve also backported a number of security enhancements from 2.1 to further enhance and protect sites using the engine, including small performance enhancements.

Mark Jaquith has posted a zip-file with changed files only, so that the update process is a lot faster. I have now updated this site, and it took me only a few seconds.

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]]> http://lindsve.net/2006/06/02/wordpress-updated/feed/ Migrating MSN contacts http://lindsve.net/2006/05/31/migrating-msn-contacts/ http://lindsve.net/2006/05/31/migrating-msn-contacts/#comments Wed, 31 May 2006 08:10:33 +0000 Geir-Tore Lindsve http://www.lindsve.net/2006/05/31/migrating-msn-contacts/ I have now changed the email address associated with my MSN account. It is now the same email address as I use for Jabber messaging: geir-tore at jabber dot no.

So now I can be contacted with the same address on email, Jabber (incl. Google Talk) and MSN.

Update: It seems to be some trouble with changing the email address associated with the MSN account. I can log on to MSN with Messenger and my entire contact list is in place, but the online/offline status doesn't seem to be updating. I have sent an email to MSN Support about the issue, but I honestly doesn't expect a reply anytime soon ;-) Let's hope that it resolves itself soon.

Update #2: It looks like the online/offline status are propagating correctly now. It started to look right yesterday, after I sent out an email to all the persons on my contact list about the change, but I have confirmed that at least one of them didn't update anything manually so there is somehow an automatic update process here.

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