Simo Virokannas

Writings and ramblings

  • Javascript, Base64, PHP, UTF-8

    Javascript, Base64, PHP, UTF-8

    I’m working on a small application that communicates through JavaScript to a PHP script, and usually the data contains text in UTF-8 format…

  • Xcode 4.0.2 and 4.1 distributed building

    Xcode 4.0.2 and 4.1 distributed building

    For some reason, the distributed building system in Xcode 4.x seems to be broken. You can search for distcc servers in your network,…

  • OSX Wine Keyboard layout

    OSX Wine Keyboard layout

    This one applies at least to the OSX version of WINE. One good frontend is PlayOnMac, which, despite the name, also runs other…

  • Dashcode, part I

    Dashcode, part I

    As a regular Xcode user, I used to wonder a lot about Dashcode that comes bundled with it. At a first glance, it…

  • Disks from PC to Amiga 500

    Disks from PC to Amiga 500

    Building the connection Note! More detailed and better instructions are found at ADF Sender Terminal pages. This page is a simplified version of the…