https://www.verona.se/tags/hacks/ Recent content in hacks on Joakim Verona Hugo -- gohugo.io en (c) 2016 Copyright Joakim Verona Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:45:00 +0200 https://www.verona.se/post/surviving-in-landscapes/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:45:00 +0200 https://www.verona.se/post/surviving-in-landscapes/ Our open landscape office environments, as they are today, are pretty sub-optimal constructs. They seem deliberately designed to minimize creativity by maximizing unwanted distractions and disturbances. On top of that, the arguments for the open office landscapes are dishonest. Open offices are mostly implemented because they are cheaper, not more creative. Here are some things I do to survive in landscapes: I use Bose noise cancelling headphones. These are the only noice cancelling headphones that I know of that actually make a difference for me https://www.verona.se/post/see-through-lcd-screen/ Sat, 16 May 2015 15:31:00 +0200 https://www.verona.se/post/see-through-lcd-screen/ I made a see-through LCD screen. It is very easy, if you have the right screen to begin with. I had several cheap VGA LCD screens. I took one apart, and removed the back-lighning. Then you need to consider where the electronics are situated. I my case the electronics are on a circuit board, which you can put in an L shape behind, or vertically with, the screen. You can tape the construction to a window, and enjoy a see-through screen! https://www.verona.se/post/using-a-portable-label-printer-for-accounting/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:06:00 +0200 https://www.verona.se/post/using-a-portable-label-printer-for-accounting/ I have noticed its less boring to do administrative tasks while traveling on a train. Most things you only need an internet connection to do, which works well on the train and a LTE modem. Some things involve printing forms though, like expense reports and so on. A portable printer can be expensive, or slow. I came up with the idea to print most of the forms boilerplate on a laser, stick my receipts on them, and then print the remaining parts on a label printer. https://www.verona.se/post/rescuing-a-qemu-android-x86-image/ Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:47:00 +0200 https://www.verona.se/post/rescuing-a-qemu-android-x86-image/ I use a number of qemu based android-x86 for various purposes, such as storing proprietary certificate handling software in them. One of the virtual machines suddenly refused to boot. It kept hanging during the display of the android logo in the early boot sequence. Booting the virtual machine in debug mode revealed that there was an issue with the ext3 root filesystem. Very odd. This is how I solved it https://www.verona.se/post/emergency-pebble-charger-cable/ Sat, 03 May 2014 18:49:00 +0200 https://www.verona.se/post/emergency-pebble-charger-cable/ I happened to missplace my Pebble charging cable, and I was travelling with no electronics stores near. Its quite easy to make an emergency one with just a spare usb cable, and a piece of tape. Cut off the cable and pull out the red and blue cords. tape the cords to the pebble charging pads. If you get them wrong nothing bad happens, but its your own responsibility of course. https://www.verona.se/post/get-flash-videos-abroad/ Tue, 24 Dec 2013 23:17:00 +0100 https://www.verona.se/post/get-flash-videos-abroad/ I don't actually watch television myself, but sometimes when I'm abroad I help out with downloading programs from svt play, the swedish television play on demand service. Not that im a media snob or anything, I'm just too busy reading Manga or Warhammer novels to have time with television. SVT play is a bit funny, because aparently you cant see certain programs abroad because of some sort of license restrictions. this is especially amusing for some programs that have zero interest for other people than swedes traveling abroad.