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HellaDroid v2 information

Torstein Skulbru — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:43:13 +0000

Earlier this year I decided that it was time for me to update HellaDroid again. After looking over the code and brainstorming with myself, I decided a full rewrite was [...]

Bash: Volume notification script

Torstein Skulbru — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:59:31 +0000

I decided it might be smart of me to post this script on my blog so i knew i had it in the future, as well as others might find [...]

Openbox: Nintendo 64 emu pipemenu

Torstein Skulbru — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:17:37 +0000

I wrote a small pipe-menu script for Openbox earlier today which lists all n64 Roms from a directory and creates a pipe-menu listing these files with executables. Nothing fancy but it might save others some time, or give others some insight in how easy it is to create pipe-menu's them selves. If you have any questions feel free to ask in the comment section below. (Read full article for code)

VIM: PHP development

Torstein Skulbru — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:22:31 +0000

Programming PHP on GNU/Linux can be even easier if one were to use VIM as an development tool. Here's two great article's which describes how one can turn VIM into a PHP IDE. You don't really use GNU/Linux until you VIM :D VIM an a PHP IDE Vim Productivity Tips for PHP Developers

HellaDroid – Android HellaNZB client

Torstein Skulbru — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:55:16 +0000

This is an Android application which utilizes XMLRPC to monitor a running HellaNZB process on a remote server. It can add a NewzBin ID to the server, pause/resume, manipulate the queue, abort transfers. Everything a boy or girl needs to monitor their usenet downloads on the road. So anyway, over the past months I've been developing this application due to the lack of a decent application for Usenet clients on Android. There are already a handful applications for torrent, which to be honest work really well. I actually wanted both integrated in one. But as I just [...]

Java Tutorial: More Basics

Torstein Skulbru — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:03:52 +0000

This is the second tutorial in Java I've written, in this tutorial I'll go more into the basics and tell you about array's and logical operators and control structures. After reading this tutorial you should be all set to go out in the brave world and write some simple not-too advanced scripts. Enjoy.

Java Tutorial: Introduction

Torstein Skulbru — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:58:14 +0000

First of all, I'm going to write a couple of tutorials on programming in Java over the summer, starting with this one. So lets skip all formalities and whatnot's and begin. Java is an object-oriented programming language. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer [...]

Geeks just wanna have phun!

logically — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:04:45 +0000

I don't know if bad commenting made this man code for food, but if you don't clean ut your comments this could be the result!

// 
// Dear maintainer:
// 
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// 
// total_hours_wasted_here = 16
//

Python ImageShack uploader script

Torstein Skulbru — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:28:44 +0000

Do you often take screenshots which you want to share with others on forums, IRC, MSN or such? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just run a script and [...]

How to: Hide a batch cmd window

Torstein Skulbru — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:16:48 +0000

Have you ever tried to run a Java Swing application by clicking on a batch file in windows? Then you've probably seen the empty command window and the swing application popping up. If you have no interests in monitoring any error messages in the command window, wouldn't you like to hide it somehow? Well, here's how you do it.