http://www.johannas.info Java, PHP, Python, MySQL, AJAX, JQuery, HTML, XML, CSS Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:59:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm going to stop complaining about Elixir and SQLAlchemy now. Not because I suddenly realized how great it is, but because I gave up. For anyone not familiar with these things, SQLAlchemy is "the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper" and Elixir is "a declarative layer on top of the ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/02/26/final-elixirsqlalchemy-frustration-post/ It's been snowing quite a lot in Stockholm lately, and despite Sweden being a country where this snow thing happens every year, it's now nearly impossible to get anywhere unless you live in the inner city or are prepared to walk. The subway trains now only function below ground (which ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/02/23/snowed-in/ The last days have been very frustrating, as I've been trying to get SQLAlchemy to do as I want. The problem? Completely useless error logs, that's the problem! Turns out both of the problems that made me want to throw my laptop out of the window was related to different ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/02/03/sqlalchemy-really/ Coding all alone can be a problem. There are plenty of developer communities online, but sometimes I get stuck and just need a fresh pair of eyes to take a look at my code. I like working alone, but I also believe in code reviews and pair programming and that's ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/02/02/lonely-coding/ Today I'm spending half the day at KTH, after having had a group discussion session with my PBL students. Personally, I like the programming sessions much better, it's more fun to help students solve problems themselves than to question them to see if they've done their homework. I've been programming ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/01/29/teaching/ I've been looking for an office space for a while. Staying in the apartment all day long simply isn't working, I just hang around in my dressing gown all day not even bothering to brush my teeth in the morning. Cafés are nice, but not really an option, I have ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/01/28/an-office/ Visit the Facebook app >> I haven't had any reason to develop a full Facebook app yet, but since I was curious about their API I've been playing around with it. The SATS app was originally something ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/01/22/facebook-app-experimenting/ Right now, it's all about Python. This week I started teaching again, entry level programming with problem based learning for KTH engineering students. I have my own group of 12 students who'll (hopefully) be kick-ass programmers in a couple of months! ... or at least know the basics of programming. ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/01/20/its-all-python/ It's friday afternoon and I'm at a café, having a soy latte, contemplating. I'm so happy I get to work with projects I believe in. I love developing ideas that other people have come up with as well as my own, but I want it to be good ideas. Something ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/01/15/happiness/ I've been wanting to build a couple of really cool social web sites for years. Not very original, right, now everyone are at it. This wasn't the case a few years back though, so why didn't I? 1) Lack of time I had a full time job. I did work with ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/01/11/finally/ Being a freelance developer means often not having a job to physically go to. I love to be able to work from home, but unfortunately I don't think it's good to spend every day all by yourself. It's hard to believe that anyone would stay sane for a longer period ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/01/08/not-having-an-office/ Stardoll is a community where little girls (and boys) can play with “paper” dolls. As a user you create a me-doll that resembles (or doesn’t resemble) you, then you dress and accessorize your doll. You also have a "suite" to fill with furniture and pets. You can design your own ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/01/05/front-end-for-stardoll/ After a couple of weeks of Doing Absolutely Nothing (just as planned), I'm ready to take over the world now. I've been sleeping a lot, catching up on TV shows such as Dollhouse and Bones and I've barely left the apartment. The first week I almost felt broken. I simply ... http://www.johannas.info/2010/01/05/back-on-track/ Edit: I'm sorry about this entry being in Swedish. I was planning to start blogging in Swedish instead, but now I've changed my mind again. Let's just see this entry as a chance to evaluate Google Translate. ;-) Nu är det äntligen dags för en välbehövd julsemester. Det senaste året har ... http://www.johannas.info/2009/12/23/middagsfrid-dont-try-this-at-home/ During December I'm playing with dolls! Stardoll is a community where little girls (and boys) can play with "paper" dolls. As a user you create a me-doll that resembles (or doesn't resemble) you, then you dress and accessorize your doll. Other than that, Stardoll has the common functionality found in ... http://www.johannas.info/2009/12/08/playing-with-dolls/ As I wrote this morning, I went to see a doctor today. For a while I've suspected that my hearing is impaired. I don't hear the neighbours the way Andreas does and I often have trouble hearing what people say. Especially men and especially when I'm tired or the person ... http://www.johannas.info/2009/12/02/say-what/ Did I mention I love our balcony? No? Sometimes I look out the window and see nice weather conditions, such as great light or fog. What I normally would do is dress quickly, pack my camera, my lenses and maybe a tripod and rush down the stairs hoping to catch ... http://www.johannas.info/2009/12/01/foggy-photos/ If I listened to everyone trying to tell me what an extremely bad idea it is to start my own business, I wouldn't get anything done. I think this is something very Swedish, to cling to your comfort zone and stay at that job you really don't like instead of ... http://www.johannas.info/2009/12/01/swedes-and-their-trygghet/ Today I left my job for the last time. I'm now officially a freelance developer! I had the afternoon off, so I did what I've thought about doing for a while: visited KTH and CSC, where I used to hang out a lot a few years back. Teaching is something ... http://www.johannas.info/2009/11/30/back-at-kth/ Going from being employed to freelancing isn't that difficult in Sweden. You have to register a company of course, but I did that years ago so it's basically been sitting there, waiting for me to take the step and stop doing things I don't really find inspiring. There is some ... http://www.johannas.info/2009/11/26/lets-start-a-business/