Pocket Calculator

March 3rd, 2013

Here’s another weekend-project. Actually it’s more an “interface study”, but a fully functional calculator app. It is all based around the thought: why does the “Calculator” app on my computer still look like a hardware pocket calculator from the 1950’s?

  • Why doesn’t it render the formula like a proper formula editor?
  • Why can’t I enter formluae like in a modern programming language?

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Quotation Marks Map of Europe

November 11th, 2012

Quotation Marks MapDid you ever want to know which quotation marks are used in different regions in Europe? Consult this map for an overview.

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Hacking the Blues Guitar

September 30th, 2012

Is it possible to learn to play an instrument the “Hackerspace” way? I don’t know, but why not giving it a try.

I’m trying to document my own progress in learning to play the Blues guitar in order to help others who would like to do the same thing. This is of course very experimental, and I don’t know where this will end up, but if you always wanted to follow the footseps of Eric Clapton or B.B. King, head over to the Hackerspace webserver and read “Hacking the Blues Guitar“…

Unicode Character Map

September 27th, 2012

Here’s another project I’m working on: The Unicode Character Map - a small but (hopefully) useful tool to view all available Unicode characters.

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Portal Turret Project

December 15th, 2011

My (then 6-year-old) daughter and me were pretty impressed by this build of a Portal Turret, and since she is quite a big Portal fan, this thing went straight up to the top of her birthday wish-list.

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