gorn.ch

As some of you might know I am a big fan of YUI3. Currently I am revamping the JavaScript tests at local.ch which uses YUI3 for all the new stuff we do. I found some code from lazr and modified it a little to match my taste better. So basically all you do is include that snipped:

YUI.add('jstestdriver', function(Y) {
    R = Y.namespace('jstestdriver.Runner');

    R.add = function add(suite) {
            if ((typeof jstestdriver === "undefined")) {
                // If we are not running under JsTestDriver, then
                // register the suite with Y.Test.Runner and run it.
                Y.Test.Runner.add(suite);

            } else {
                // If ``jstestdriver`` is defined, that means we are
                // running under JsTestDriver, so instead register each
                // test case from the suite as a separate TestCase() with
                // JsTestDriver.
                for each(var test_case in suite.items) {
                    TestCase(test_case.name, test_case);
                }
            }
    };

    R.run = function run(suite) {
            if ((typeof jstestdriver === "undefined")) {
                // If we are not running under JsTestDriver, then run all
                // the registered test suites with Y.Test.Runner.
                var yconsole = new Y.Console({
                    newestOnTop: false
                });
                yconsole.render('#log');
                
                Y.Test.Runner.run();
            }
    }
},
'0.1', {
    requires: ['test', 'console']
});

Now you can write your tests as usual you only need to to the assigning a bit different. Instead of the normal YUI3 Test Runner you use this:

Y.jstestdriver.Runner.add(suite);
Y.jstestdriver.Runner.run();

What you have to watch out for: Load _ALL_ Yahoo code with your tests otherwise you will have very funky side effects of tests not running the first time but passing the second one, when yui3 loaded the missing files. I created one big file including everything that I use for that purpose.

Lately I get quite annoyed by people taking out their phones everywhere. I mean it's fun to read twitter and stuff but if you sit at lunch and four people around you are playing with their phone it's really sad. Even worse I catch myself doing it more and more often. This is why I'm trading my iPhone for a plain phone with no browser, mp3 player, twitter, facebook and what ever distraction client.

The goal is to figure out how addicted I'm already to the iPhone and I want to figure out is how it is in the public without distractions. I've got a mp3 player since 10 Years now and usually the first thing I do when walking out of the door is to turn it on. As soon as I'm at the bus stop I take out my iPhone and read twitter or something. I'm wondering how I will experience public transport etc. without those distractions. I will report the results here in a few days.

Yesterday I had a short TechTalk about the Pomodoro Technique. It's a great tool to timebox your focus and break intervall. I only tried it for a few days and manage to do a very few Pomodoros each day but it still feels very efficient. You can read more about it on http://www.pomodorotechnique.com or view my Slides.

Ok several co workers asked me how to make the command line mail tool use a proper mailserver under osx. The problem is that it sends mails directly which will not be accepted by most of the mailservers.

If you only want to send your mail plaintext over a mailserver and not use any authentication you just have to add this line to your /etc/postfix/main.cf:

relayhost = gorn.ch

If your mailserver allows SSL encryption you should also add the following lines:

smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_security_options =

Now finally if your mailserver requires a login you need some more steps to do. First add the following line to your main.cf:

smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

Now create a file called /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd make sure it's only readable by root because you will have to put in your password there the syntax looks like this:

gorn.ch username:password

Finally run this and you should be good to go. Send a mail over the commandline to make sure it works. :)

sudo postmap hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

On the Liip Techday 2009 I had a slot together with chregu and we talked about jackalope. We were introducing the Java Content Repository to the crowd and talked about the current state of jackalope - which is our native PHP jackrabbit client implementation. It was a great day with great talks and a lot of beers in the evening. You can check out most of the presentations including ours at http://slides.liip.ch

We're making a great progress writing tests and implementing the jr_cr (aka java-bridge prototype) version. Currently we're switching from JCR 1 to JCR 2.0 using and sharing the interfaces with flow3. This is a great collaboration :) At the moment we switched our plans a little. In the beginning we aimed to achieve full test coverage before we start with our native PHP version which will become the main jackalope component. Currently it seems like we're going to finish most of the level1 tests and then beginn with the native client.

If I got you interested get in touch with us on #jackalope or on the mailing list contributors are of course very welcome.

I bought a Lumix FS20 as my first digital camera which means I'm absolutely clueless when it comes to photography. As a little tryout I'm shooting photos of my favourite places and post it here. :) There is also a photoset on Flickr.

If you got hints for me how to improve my photos I'm very open for any tipps :) I will post the photos from flickr on this blog since I believe that's the best way to do it if you got better ideas again I'm open minded.

This is my current Top 100 chart before I finally delete my account. Bye bye last.fm.

1. Dynamite Deluxe
2. D12
3. Samy Deluxe
4. Lady Sovereign
5. Xzibit
6. Jan Delay
7. Deichkind
8. Abs
9. Amy Winehouse
10. Ferris MC
11. Audio Bullys
12. Absolute Beginner
13. Immortal Technique
14. Creutzfeld & Jakob
15. Crystal Castles
16. Die Ärzte
17. The Courteeners
18. Afrob
19. Dizzee Rascal
20. Busta Rhymes
21. Gentleman
22. Curse
23. Access Immortal
24. Babyshambles
25. Cypress Hill
26. Rage Against the Machine
27. The Streets
28. CunninLynguists
29. Richie Hawtin
30. Delinquent Habits
31. Redman
32. Jedi Mind Tricks
33. Public Enemy
34. Snoop Dogg
35. Looptroop
36. Saïan Supa Crew
37. Fettes Brot
38. Mobb Deep
39. Marilyn Manson
40. Guru
41. IAM
42. Masta Ace
43. Ramones
44. Masta Killa
45. Nas
46. Die Firma
47. Jurassic 5
48. Buddha Monk
49. Method Man
50. Van Halen
51. House of Pain
52. The Beatnuts
53. Dynamic Duo
54. The Knife
55. Beginner
56. EPMD
57. Raekwon
58. Freundeskreis
59. Eins Zwo
60. Aphrodite
61. Nico Suave
62. Raekwon and Ghostface
63. DJ Desue
64. Afu-Ra
65. Dilated Peoples
66. Skinnyman
67. bluekilla
68. Method Man & Redman
69. Missy Elliott
70. Ice Cube
71. Hieroglyphics
72. Roni Size
73. Bob Marley
74. Koяn
75. Die Toten Hosen
76. Ol' Dirty Bastard
77. Die Fantastischen Vier
78. dead prez
79. Ghostface
80. Gang Starr
81. Black Star
82. Tha Alkaholiks
83. Swollen Members
84. Kosheen
85. Wu-Tang Clan
86. The Chemical Brothers
87. Beastie Boys
88. The Roots
89. Stic.Man
90. Jeru the Damaja
91. KRS-One
92. Benny Benassi
93. Carlos Libedinsky
94. M.O.P.
95. Elijah
96. Cappadonna
97. Burial
98. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
99. Freeman
100. Eminem
101. La Coka Nostra

As some of you already know I'm working on timestimator in my spare time and on hackdays. It's a small tool that lets your team guess the time that will be necessary to accomplish a task. As I'm currently participating at the local.ch hackdays (thanks Liip and local to make this possible I'm really enjoying it :)) I implemented a few new features and deployed a working version again.

The main new features are related to groups. It's now possible to create your group and your team members can join it. Then outsiders won't see your tasks anymore which gives you some security (the code is not bug free so don't trust it too much, patches are welcome the project is on github). As I still have half a day left I will dig into python unit testing which I didn't take a look at so far and I really hate to work on untested projects.

Try it out, but you will need a google account since it's on AppEngine. For any bugs ideas and feature requests please drop me a note I'm happy to hear from you.

If You don't have a google account there is a small demo for you:

Check it out it's about a new project we're kicking off and there will be some follow up posts soon :) I will always post a link to them here. http://blog.liip.ch/archive/2009/05/11/jackalope-started.html

I ordered one of the old iPods as long as you can still get them because I hate the idea with proprietary headphones. I compiled a small playlist for running (got only 1GB of space :() which might looks a little strange and still needs improvement (it's a first quick'n'dirty hack :))

So give me your opinion if you think there is a song missing or one definitely shouldn't be on the list.

Artist	Name
Immortal Technique	Dance With The Devil
Raekwon	Pop Shit
Gleis Zwei	Dedicated feat. EKR
Dj Desue	Samy Deluxe & Buckshot - U Know How We Do
Deichkind	Ich und mein Computer
Dynamic Duo	Wankerz
Snoop Dogg	21 Jumpstreet feat. Tray Deee'
Public Enemy	Amerikan Gangster
Die Toten Hosen	Alles aus Liebe
k-os	Crabbuckit
Deichkind	Show'n'Shine
Dynamite Deluxe	Grüne Brille
IAM	Le Style De L'Homme Libre
IAM	Hip Hop Ville
Swollen Members	Swamp Water (Feat. Phil Da Agony, Planet Asia & DJ Revolution)
Looptroop	Rainbow Faces
Ja Rule	Love Me, Hate Me
Method Man	Dirty Mef (Feat. O.D.B.)
Jan Delay	Ich Möchte Nicht Das Ihr Meine Lieder Singt
Ferris MC	Freaks, Asis & Mongos
Afu-Ra	Hip Hop
Wu-Tang Clan	Uzi (Pinky Ring)
Eminem	Eminem & 50 Cent - The Re Up
Delinquent Habits	I'm Addicted
Dj Desue	Kool Savas, Eko & Valezka - Tiefschlaf
Crystal Castles	Crimewave (Crystal Castles VS Health)
EPMD	crossover
La Coka Nostra	Rich Man Poor Man
Raekwon	Criminology
Squarepusher	Illegal Dustbin
Audio Bullys	Shot You Down Feat. Nancy Sinatra
Xzibit	x
Method Man	Say What Feat. Missy Elliott Feat. Missy Elliott
Nico Suave	Vergesslich
Eins Zwo	Technique (Featuring Ferris MC)
Jan Delay	Kartoffeln
Redman	Freestyle Freestyle
Hieroglyphics	Shift Shape
Method Man	4:20 (Feat. Streetlife & Carlton Fisk)
Wu-Tang Clan	Method Man
Busta Rhymes	Break Ya Neck
Curse	Widerstand (feat. Gentleman)
Afrob	Arrab feat. Gentleman
Tha Eastsidaz	Eastside Ridaz
Dj Desue	Afrob & Nature - Art Of War
Method Man & Redman	Dat's Dat S**t Feat. Mally G
Snoop Dogg	Drop It Like It's Hot Feat. Pharrell
Absolute Beginner	Mikro in der Hand
Die Toten Hosen	Pushed Again
Obie Trice	Lay Down
Ferris MC	Fick Dich
Snoop Dogg	Doggfather
Afrob/Ferris MC	Reimemonster
House of Pain	Jump Around
Beastie Boys	Funky Boss
Absolute Beginner	Hammerhart
Jurassic 5	Brown Girl
Afrob	Öffne die Augen feat. D-Flame
Saïan Supa Crew	Jungle
Nico Suave	cashes ft.harris - lunafrow
Looptroop	Looking for Love
Samy Deluxe	Der Beste
M.O.P.	4 Alarm Blaze
Jan Delay	Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwan
Method Man & Redman	Blackout
Method Man	Big Dogs feat. Redman
Jedi Mind Tricks	Blood Reign Ft. Diamondback Lo
Snoop Dogg	20 Minutes
Krs-One	Illegal Business
Ol' Dirty Bastard	Nigga Please
Naughty by Nature	O.P.P.
Samy Deluxe	Wickeda MC
Ghostface Killah	R.A.G.U. (Feat. Raekwon)
Tha Alkaholiks	Pass Out
Die Toten Hosen	(02) Lebische, Schwarze, Behinderte
Samy Deluxe	Is Nich' Wahr
Jan Delay	Der Rote Knop
Jurassic 5	A Day At The Races feat Big Da
Mobb Deep	Got It Twisted
EKR	OhSusi
Ferris MC	Asimetrie
Curse	Rap
Freundeskreis	Esperanto
Samy Deluxe	So Soll's Sein (feat. Afrob)
Raekwon	Fuck Them
Swollen Members	Weight (Feat. Ghostface Killah & The Alchemist)
Mobb Deep	Me & My Crew
Jeru The Damaja	Scientifical Madness
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek	Ghetto Afterlife (Feat. Kool G Rap)
Access Immortal	Resident Evil
D12	My Band
Samy Deluxe	Cap Song
Redman	Gimmie One
Tha Alkaholiks	Soda Pop
Wu-Tang Clan	Protect Ya Neck
Method Man	Tical
Creutzfeld & Jakob	Flucht in Ketten
Public Enemy	Give It Up
Jan Delay	Im Arsch (Feat. Udo Lindenberg)
Creutzfeld & Jakob	3. Halbzeit [ft. RAG]
Raekwon And Ghostface	Ironman
Redman	Merry Jane Feat. Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg
Dynamite Deluxe	Dynamit!
Method Man	P.L.O. Style
Mos Def	Ghetto Rock
Fettes Brot	Da Draussen
The Beatnuts	Se Acabo (Remix) Feat. Method Man
Mobb Deep	Eye For A Eye (Your Beef Is Mines) (With NaS & Raekwon)
Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse	99 Problems
Buddha Monk	Art Of War
The Luniz	I Got 5 On It (Clean Short Mix)
Looptroop	Fort Europa
The Knife	One Hit
Tha Alkaholiks	DAAAM!
Saïan Supa Crew	Hold Up
Dynamite Deluxe	Der Thron Ist Meiner
Deichkind	Remmidemmi (Yippie Yippie Yeah)
Dynamite Deluxe	Alles Bleibt Anders (Feat. Jan Delay)
ABS	Weisst du ... ? feat. Creutzfeld & Jakob, OnAnOn