Time Unknown (Entries tagged as gratefulness)

Balancing the scales

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:31:14 +0200

Often when I feel down I play this game with the world: I look at the strangers on streets. I look them into their eyes. I smile. Then I notice how many smile back. I feel this helps to balance the scales.

Having a funny hat helps, but do give it a shot even if you don't have one.

Clear confirmation

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:20:55 +0300

Compared to most other such dialog boxes, this one, from Konqueror is a thing of beauty. I don't need to hesitate a moment when I see it. It assumes I know what I'm doing and has Quit as the default. It's just perfect.

Monospace yummies

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:23:21 +0300

I got tired of my previous monospace font and went looking for something that would work for coding and also for things like irc. After a long hunt I found ShareTech Mono, which is a light font with very good clarity. It looks really good. White Rabbit is similar but slightly less crisp.

Unispace and ModeNine are good alternatives for those situations where you want to show the screen to someone else and need the extra visibility.

Small is beautiful

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:50:18 +0300

Converticon shows that small is indeed beautiful. The point is further driven home by the fact that the size of the starting image affects the file size heavily, so if you want a tiny favicon, don't start with an image suited to become a poster.

Akregator does tagging!

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Mon, 07 May 2007 08:27:03 +0300

Wow, I found out today (thanks to teprrr) that Akregator has a configuration option that allows tagging entries. This is exactly what I have been looking for as I have many different kind of articles marked as Important and this lets me tell reference materials from unread-but-interesting and fun from business.

My little paper wallet

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:10:00 +0300

I folded a paper wallet today. It was easier than I thought and forced me to think about all the cards I carry with me as this one takes 'only' 6 cards and I have about that many membership cards already.

Maybe I'll make another wallet for those cards, as this one turned out about 1/5th of the thickness of my normal leather wallet.

The design has no coin pocket, so I'll have to find some way to deal with coins, and I'm still sceptical about the durability. We'll see what happens. If I like the design in daily use, maybe I'll get some fancy handmade paper and fold it out of that.

Looking for Open Source music with Stepmania steps

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:25:37 +0200

Do you have a band? Would you be willing to make some of your music free (as in Free Software or Open Source)? Could you make Stepmania steps for some of that music? I'd be very grateful.

The thing is, Stepmania is not yet in Debian because there is no game files for it. I'd love to package it but I'm not good at making steps nor a musician.

Kiitos

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:02:12 +0200

Kiitos sinulle joka löysit lompakkoni ja veit sen Coffee Housen tiskille. Pelastit päiväni ja teit siitä itseasiassa paremman kuin arvasinkaan. En usko että luet tätä, mutta jos satut lukemaan, hihkaise kommenteissa, niin tarjoan sinulle halutessasi joskus kahvin, kaakaon tai vastaavan.