I've been going to a conference in Lund, Sweden for the past three years. This year I decided to ride my motorcycle, a BMW F750 GS 2021, instead of just grabbing a flight. Four days down, four days up was the original plan. Ended up spending five days up due... read more →
Sep
25
Dec
31
I've been working on one of my personal C++ projects that deals with processing bitmaps. Recently I've been thinking about how I use unit tests when I develop software and in particular this project where the data is all about 2D maps and various algorithms. In my younger days of... read more →
Jul
09
Extension Sources is a developer tool for SketchUp extension developers. Extension Sources 1.0 When developing a SketchUp extension you want to be able to load the extension from your source directory instead of directly in the SketchUp Plugins directory. Background In the past I've usually created a helper file in... read more →
Jun
07
A.k.a. BunnyGuard 2000 When you need to protect your interweb wires from being nibbled up! Step 1: Create Marquette Step 2: Convert to SketchUp model Step 3: Extract 2D profiles Step 4: Assemble and send for inspection: Before: After:
Nov
17
I've recently gotten myself the Sony FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS lens. But given its size I always unmount it from the camera when I'm not using it. I didn't have any vertical space for it to stand upright. Laying the lens horizontally the foot has to be upwards,... read more →
Jul
24
One of the boardgames I really enjoy is Caverna: The Cave Farmers. It comes with so many pieces that often we just didn't pack down the game for a few days. Trying to organise the everything is a challenge. Forget zip bags, the cave tiles doesn't fit well in them... read more →
Apr
18
I recently started playing Cities: Skylines, Colossus' recent city builder game. I was really impressed to how well it simply "just worked" - especially given how fresh it was. What also intrigued me was it's reported good support for user modding. Creating assets from existing game items is a really... read more →
Feb
14
Jan
20
At last I finally got around to update CleanUp to not touch instances that are locked. So now you can safely lock your imported plan drawing and CleanUp will not nuke all the line work. Note that locking one instance means that all the other instance will also be skipped -... read more →