Musings

That’s what IntelliJ claims that you have, when you develop with their upcoming Aurora release. Take a look at what I get as a result from my UnitTests: Now that’s really what I call: “developing with pleasure”

I recently got a Neuston Virutoso MC-500 streaming media client. A nice box that really does what it’s supposed to to: Stream music and videos to my TV and living room amplifier. The only drawback: It requires a windows PC as a server. I have moved all my media to a little fanless Debian box and was hoping to stream my media from there. Enter the OpenShowCenter which is for Pinnacle streaming systems but works equally well for the MC-500. ...

People without a good browser will not see this - they will be lured into the traps… What can I say - don’t use IE

I’ve been busy working on an Atom parser the last couple of days. Time to also publish this blog in ATOM 0.3 format.. Thanks to Mark for the MT Plugin. And now back to work. After the joys of Atom, now is the time for the dreariness of RSS 2.0 and it’s ugly parents.

Sometimes you don't fight the skis. You don't fight the weather. You don't fight the mountain. In rare circumstances, your body flows down the mountain in fluid motion. You don’t have to think about the at of skiing. Your body just does it. You become part of the mountain. Excellent. All in all I achieved this state for a total of about 2 minutes during the holidays. It was worth it. ...

Yesterday I understood the lyrics of a song by Laurie Anderson that I have been fond of for about 20 years. Sometimes I take a while longer… The man walks into the flowershop and asks: What flower best expreses the passing of time, days go by endlessly, pulling you into the future… And the florist says: White Lily