http://janpaulposma.nl by Jan Paul Posma Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:08:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last time I talked about my photoframe and room control setup. It was a laptop modification, and some hacking around in cheap remote controlled switches and simple scripts. I rebuilt most of the system now: a silent PC with normal screen serves the photos, it can control the lights and ... http://janpaulposma.nl/simple-home-automation-system In 2007 I decided it would be cool to build a digital photo frame, out of a broken laptop. I bought the laptop from a friend of mine, as it was pretty old and useless, considering the keyboard didn't work. With some help of my grandpa and his tools, I ... http://janpaulposma.nl/photoframe On the last day of the school year it is common practice in the Netherlands that the building is transformed by the graduate students. There is a theme that has been kept secret for months, and an afternoon show to amuse the fellow students and teachers, usually with some pranks ... http://janpaulposma.nl/lsd-2008 In the last few years I've competed in a few algorithmic programming contests, which are great fun! Sometimes performing well, sometimes screwing up, it's always a great learning experience, and you meet people who are really, really good. Right now I'm with some guys in a house in Putten, working ... http://janpaulposma.nl/interesting-programming-contests Stichting SCN is a really cool non-profit organization I want to tell you about. Like some of you, I was the kind of kid who dismantled every device I could get my hands on, trying to figure out how those worked. I read encyclopedias, books on computers and electronics, wrote ... http://janpaulposma.nl/a-little-about-science-center-noord You probably know balloon art: done by magicians or clowns, on the street or at children's parties. Some german guys have taken it to the next level. They thought visualizing the structure of complex molecules would be an excellent job for the famous balloon. In my final year at high school ... http://janpaulposma.nl/balloon-molecules-balloon-art-for-geeks One of the coolest projects I have worked on resulted in the turning of heads when biking through the city, and was also a great challenge as it involves some tricky hardware and software. The result was pretty darn amazing though. So this was a really cool project that took a ... http://janpaulposma.nl/pimpmybike-biking-at-night-with-style Posterous is a pretty good idea. You just send an e-mail with your blog text, some photos, video and sound, and they'll automatically make a nice blog for you, all for free. The photo gallery is also pretty nice. They even upload your photos to Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, etc., and put ... http://janpaulposma.nl/why-this-blog-uses-wordpress-now Well, there you have it. I started a blog. Now I think only people who actually have something to say should begin blogging. And I'm not sure if I've got something to say. So the first few posts will be postings of old projects, for my own reference and to ... http://janpaulposma.nl/bloggin-awai-and-pangrams