By llauren on Mar 29, 2008 in english, rants | 0 Comments
I just keep babbling about Tibet like i knew anything about the place or the situation. But you know what, that’s how i cope with the situation. Babbling and speculating.
I just watched this video on YouTube and in a way i understand the two points Dalai lama has tried to make a bit better. [...]
By llauren on Mar 22, 2008 in suomeksi | 0 Comments
Missäköhän olisi sellainen palvelu johon voi lähettää 425-sivuisen kirjan painettavaksi yhdeksi kappaleeksi?
Update: Kas. Kirjan webbisivujen kautta pääsee myös kirjakauppaan. Koko höskä kympillä + postikulut. Ei paha.
By llauren on Feb 5, 2008 in english | 0 Comments
People like me should avoid reading stuff like The Art of The Start, by Guy Kawasaki. I’ve identified myself as a Starter person and this stuff is just feeding my easily persuaded bits. Wits. Whatever.
The guy even provides a free test drive of the first chapter The Art of Starting, plus auxiliary bits. [...]
By llauren on Jan 17, 2008 in english, geek | 0 Comments
A year ago, or just less, i registered the vanity domain llauren.info because at the time, i got it for a buck. Or maybe two, but it was cheap. And since i am too, it was a no brainer cheap thrill. Well, the llauren.info domain is expiring in one month from now and i [...]
By llauren on Dec 18, 2007 in english, geek, ipr | 0 Comments
Mark Pilgrim has an unusually grim comparison between Amazon’s electronic book reader device Kindle (or rather, its terms of service) and George Orwell’s 1984, The Right to Read by Richard Stallman and a few other sources.
Especially amusing is the snippet of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ own Open Letter to the Writers’ Guild (When [...]
By llauren on Oct 11, 2007 in english | 0 Comments
My thesis is now in black covers. I wish i could say that i’m Terribly Pleased, but i’m not. The print job just isn’t as edgy as i was hoping for. There are small spots all over the job like from a dirty copier. The gold lettering on the cover bleeds and looks fuzzy. It [...]
By llauren on Sep 27, 2007 in svenska | 2 Comments
The Internet Flash Mobben slår till igen. För att sympatisera med munkarna i Burma, är det klä-dej-i-munkrött-dagen runtom i världen på fredag. Munkrött är det som till vardags kallas teknikrött, dvs en aningen violettad röd.
By llauren on Jan 30, 2006 in english, geek | 2 Comments
Do this:
pdftops -level2 book.pdf book.0.ps && pstops “4:0@1.2(-0.5cm,-3.5cm),1@1.2(-3cm,-3.5cm),2@1.2(-1cm,-3.5cm),3@1.2(-3cm,-3.5cm)” book.0.ps | psbook | psnup -2 | pstops “2:0@1.0(-0.00cm,0.0cm),1U@1.0(21cm,29.7cm)” > book.ps
Last friday, i wanted to use less paper to print out a 256 page book on mobile programming. I wanted to print a booklet. I wanted this so bad that i spent most of the friday trying [...]
By llauren on Oct 11, 2005 in svenska | 0 Comments
Spiffigt. Nu kan jag få mina flickr-foton utprintade som en bok att lägga på kaffebordet. Skulle jag ännu ha så snärtiga bilder att de vore värda att boka…