Author Archives: jhh

About jhh

Programmer, business owner and a system admin. I post about books, business, Internet, technology and pretty much anything interesting, too.

PowerShell is just awesome

Posted on 2013-01-07 by jhh

I’ve known for a while that PowerShell is useful but I never got myself to take that two hours to learn to actually use it. Today I did just that. And it’s simply awesome! Tasks like reading a remote RSS … Continue reading →

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Setting up HTTP server on Windows with Node.js

Posted on 2012-12-24 by jhh

Some years ago I dreamed about running JavaScript applications on Windows systems as easy as it was on Linux. It seems the future is here. Today it’s really easy to setup Node.js and install NPM apps on Windows systems. Here’s … Continue reading →

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HBO started at Finland

Posted on 2012-12-22 by jhh

This month great things happened. HBO launched HBONordic.com for customers at Finland. That’s great improvement because we haven’t been able to watch these series instantly (not legally at least) before now — without waiting months or years for a DVD … Continue reading →

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NKO 2012 — two days left!

Posted on 2012-11-08 by jhh

I am participating in NKO once more this year. We have a four member team and we’re planning to make a website with some hopefully interesting features. I hope we get the first version of the site up before Saturday … Continue reading →

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I’m In The Army Now

Posted on 2012-08-04 by jhh

So I have been in the Finnish Defence Forces in the basic training as a rookie a month now. For you international readers I must state that it’s mandatory civil service in Finland from 6 to 12 months depending on … Continue reading →

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PHP’s json_decode behaving badly

Posted on 2012-04-10 by jhh

Funny thing with PHP’s json_decode… $ php <?php echo var_export(json_decode(“true “, true), true) ?> NULL (Press ctrl-d after you write “?>”.) The same using node.js: $ node > JSON.parse(“true “) true > exit Of course it could be argued that … Continue reading →

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CSS Anti Spam Trick with content attribute

Posted on 2012-03-30 by jhh

Some time ago I stumbled upon a simple way to add email addresses on web pages – that are not easy to read by bots – using only CSS. First you add new class .email with your domain into your style sheet: .email:after … Continue reading →

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Configuring Bitlbee with everything

Posted on 2012-03-11 by jhh

This is a guide how to setup irssi and Bitlbee with support for Skype, Google IM, Facebook, Twitter, Jabber, and SMS for Android-based mobile phones. It has been few days since I actually did this so I might not remember … Continue reading →

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Setting up Google Apps for domain -account on Bitlbee 3.0.5

Posted on 2012-02-28 by jhh

I configured today Bitlbee to use Skype, Facebook, Twitter and Google Apps. Skype may have been the most laborious of these — it has to be ran using VNC server when on a remote server — but Google Apps took … Continue reading →

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Blogging about Freeciv and longturn games

Posted on 2012-01-07 by jhh

This week I started blogging about Freeciv and longturn games at freecivbook.com. It’s actually a blog for my work-in-progress book about Freeciv. If it will be successful, I might really write a book about Freeciv. Until then I’ll write articles … Continue reading →

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