Ibn's blog

Once upon a time there was a humanoid species obsessed with relative status. The species occupied a far flung territory, and thus it was divided into communities. The communities distinguished themselves by the means they used to determine the relative status of their individual members. Some determined status by the collection of shiny objects, others by the degree of esthetically pleasing decoration of the nest. The community subject of this story used a much more rational determinant – strength.

So, I got a new toy^H^H^Hphone the other day, and I started playing around with programming for it. The new one is an Android (Xperia X10 Mini), and I found plenty of resources for programming it.

So, yesterday I spent playing around with the direction sensors - and I came up with a simple gyro/compass. Since this could be a fun basis for a game that I would like to play, in case you write it, I thought I'd share. (And also, becase the implementations I found on the web were quite tied into other stuff.)

So, it's summer, I'm free, and I need to pass the time. Also, I want some variation. What if I read the comic book upside down?

S came up with a nefarious plan the other day...

Here's Sylvia's cousin Axel, only a couple of days older - and already staging a hold-up. How will this end?

The guy holding him would be Vidar...

Sylvia is showing a strong carnivorous tendency, or at least stuffyvorous...

There are some who would claim that my camel, Piis A'Krrrpet, is purely mythical. In answer to such sillyness I hereby present a photography portraying said camel.

This is Sylvia with a maple seed nose. It looks kinda distinguished, doesn't it?

There are more new pictures in the baby gallery.

Lunch today was a weird mix of Indian and Mexican food. I made a potato curry, and put it in wraps together with fresh tomatos, cheese, bananas and salsa. Unconventional, and mighty tasty. :)

Last time I wrote about the HTPC project (though I wrote HMC), nothing was working, today it's quite the opposite. Sometimes, in order to solve a problem, you have to just grind - and if you do that long enough you will solve the problem. At other times, the solution will be quicker/better if you take a step back. The HTPC project is a case of the latter.