Klevo blog

New website – calibrium.sk

klevo — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:42:08 +0000

Another project succesfully finished and launched. A simple presentation for a Slovak company providing services for laboratories in construction. I provided and executed the whole presentation, from graphic design to integration with WordPress content management system.

Keywords: Služby pre skúšobné laboratóriá v stavebníctve, Organizácia a vyhodnocovanie experimentov zhodnosti pre skúšobné laboratóriá, Technické merania, analýzy a posudky v oblasti kvality a statiky stavieb.

Programming as quatum reality

klevo — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:16:41 +0000

A while ago I posted on my personal blog about quatum reality and the analogy to programming.

Wallpaper fun

klevo — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:51:39 +0000

I’ve set a task for myself to expand my skills each day by learning something new either in programming or in design.

Today I’ve worked with a simple tutorial for Illustrator – How to Create an Abstract Desktop Wallpaper.

Here’s the finished wallpaper, free for download and use. I quite like it.

Git Tip: Fast commit alias

klevo — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:22:44 +0000

Often the changes I do to my working copy are small and I don’t want to waste time with explaining what it is. So I’ve created a bash alias to do a commit with a generic message for me:

alias gcf='git commit -a -m "fast commit"'

Job Offer: Dave is looking for Facebook developers

klevo — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:41:14 +0000

Are you familiar with developing for Facebook? Dave B. is looking for some. Drop him a line at dbrown0710 AT yahoo.com if you’re looking for a job.

Adobe’s Invasive Software

klevo — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:19:06 +0000

I just removed the following LaunchAgents & Daemons from my Snow Leopard:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

Best to move to some other directory, just in case you need them later for some reason. Photoshop works fine.

So the point is, why can’t Adobe just ask on install:

Do you want automatic updates enabled?
Do you want an application to bridge Adobe AIR and CS products running all the time?

No, I don’t. When I want to update, I press a button. Every service running on the machine is added security risk and it consumes resources.

Some useful command line tools

klevo — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:28:54 +0000

It’s about time I got myself familiar with some of the core UNIX command line tools. No matter how good the GUI applications look like and work, when using command line alternatives the stuff gets done faster and it’s less prone to error.

I am talking here especially about FTPing stuff around. I’ve using Cyberduck so far but there were some bugs in the recent release and I’ve also read about the comparison of speed vs command line tools. It’s slower.

So I’ve learned to use rsync and lftp. It’s pure awesomeness. I can’t imagine going back to dragging files around in the GUI.

Also I’ve learned some basic Vim usage. It’s the fastest way to do quick .htaccess edits, or turning on/off CakePHP debug mode on the server and similar stuff. I realize some programmers use it full time for their work, but to go there Textmate shouldn’t have to exist.

Setting up Access Point for my Wi-fi network

klevo — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:41:23 +0000

Today I’ve finally learned how to “bridge” two routers. One connecting to the internet trough ADSL and the second one providing Wi-fi on the other end of house, connected to the first one trough LAN. It’s pretty simple actually, yet without a guide I wouldn’t have done it – meaning either I am extremely stupid with computers!? – or the networking technology is not made for reasonably intelligent human beings.

So here’s a cool guide for setting up an AP (Access Point) using a router.

Website updated

klevo — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 08:25:29 +0000

Finally I’ve cleaned up and updated this very website. It was in quite a poor condition – for a web developer’s website – content wise and software wise too.

I am rolling on the latest WordPress for extra smooth blogging and cleaned up the About and Portfolio sections and added new content.

Recent projects

klevo — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:55:06 +0000

A few days ago I’ve launched a new website for the Equal Money System project. The project is about a complete social and economic change, worldwide.

I really enjoyed doing the graphic design and I am satisfied with how it turned out. The feedback of the community is also very positive. Programming wise it was nothing advanced – it’s backed by the excellent WordPress, which I am again “falling in love” with.