Mario Olckers

[Pi] – clip from the movie Pi

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

I have seend the DVD a thousand times and I still am not tired of it, and I got the soundtrack playing constantly while working. ;)

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Morphic resonance, (mistaken) IP infringement and how to build a web app in four days…!

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

TechCrunch has a story up about the ins-and-outs of building a web application in three four days with little to no money. These days with open source tools and web-two-point-owe type open APIs and frameworks, it is easy for a dedicated team of developers, designers and PR/marketing people to bring ...

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How to recognise a good programmer

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

This is an older post from last year November, but still relevant and on-topic, so I will share it here. The post analyzes the qualities of a good programmer, someone who has a real passion for the code and the technology and how it works... It’s not as easy as it ...

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