Всегда хотелось тулзу с которой можно было бы быстренько потыкать порты ввода/вывода под UNIXом, в особенности LPT порт. Обычно я пишу отдельную Си программку которая делает что мне нужно... Но это не удобно и медленно. Хотелось чего-то скрипто-подобного. Сначала подумал замутить как pcspkr_play, типа маленькая Си прога, типа читает с stdin команды ( Read more... )

Some time ago I tried to find Last.fm client for the coolest, in my opinion, music player ever, MPD aka MusicPD aka Music Player Daemon. I found some, but none of them worked.

So a few days ago I decided that I need to have Last.fm on mah laptop and started writing my own Last.fm client. When I already began writing it, I visited MPD's homepage and ( Read more... )

There are movies which are nothing special at first sight, but as you think about it, you realize that they're actually masterpieces in their own way. When they are released, they usually aren't considered anything special, but as time goes by, they become better and better, like wine.

One such movie is Modern Girls. It has a score of 4.6 at imdb. ( Read more... )