adrift on a cosmic ocean

Writings on various topics (mostly technical) from Oliver Hookins and Angela Collins. We currently reside in Sydney after almost a decade in Berlin, have three kids, and have far too little time to really justify having a blog.

Posts tagged with hacking

  • Work environment of a geek
    Posted by Oliver on the 8th of February, 2011 in category Thoughts

    For a long time I've shunned stereotypes such as the hacker sitting in a dark basement listening to repetitive music with headphones on while they code into the early hours of the morning. My early hours of the morning are usually spent rocking the baby back to sleep and then trying to get back to sleep myself, and I don't live in a basement. Nor do I particularly enjoy listening to techno, trance…

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