Life of the IT-Drummer

A web log from Tobias Rusås Olsen.

Posting feeds to IRC with Pircbot and Spring Integration 2.0

Hi!
Please view the official documentation for more information about Spring Integration 2.0
This will show you how to combine Spring Integration with the PircBot IRC-framework in order to create a bot that can post new updates to IRC.
Before you start off, you need Maven and eclipse. You can manage to do this without eclipse, but I [...]

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Basic Spring 3.0 eclipse-project with Maven 3

There are already lots of tutorials for Spring and for Maven, but many seemed outdated, and it was a challenge to collect all the pieces, so I’ve done it for you (and for the future me). Just follow these instructions! This is pretty much a “Getting started”, and it does not contain much details. If [...]

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A simple quiz program for guessing guitar chords.

I recently have gotten a bit more familiar with the jQuery framework, and my latest little program is a guitar chord guesser. The program plays a sound, and you guess what chord it is, there’s also a bit of statistics for your guesses.
You can try it here.
It’s a fairly simple program, see the source code [...]

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December 15: Leadsledge - Bloodletter

Leadsledge - Bloodletter from the EP with three songs on it.

Spotify link: Not there. But check out their myspace site
Leadsledge is a Bergen based metal band with influences from bands like Machine Head, Skinlab, American Head Charge and Pantera, and they play brilliantly. They claim to focus on the groove instead of reinventing the [...]

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December 10: The Low Frequency in Stereo - Geordie la Forge

The Low Frequency in Stereo - Geordie la Forge from the album Futuro.

Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/7GBL2W7UTNy7ct0BQB8ceG
The Low Frequency in Stereo (from now on called TLFIS), is a lo-fi-post rock band. They released the album Futuro this year. The band consists of Linn Frøkedal, Njål Clementsen from The Megaphonic Thrift (why on earth are they not present [...]

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December 9: Code - Smother the Crones

Code - Smother the Crones from Resplendent Grotesque

Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/3K8FXApTNNbZSwKHa1epXn
Another hard hitting metal track for you today. Code released Resplendent Grotesque this year, a quality album from a quality band. The music can be described as a weird experimental mixture of Black Metal, avant-garde, and perhaps progressive metal? Either way, it’s pretty neat. The bass [...]

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December 8: Radiohead - These are my Twisted Words

Radiohead - These are my Twisted Words from .. nothing, yet.

Spotify link: No spotify link, but you can download it from here. Or watch it embedded below:

This track was first leaked on a BitTorrent-site, and later released on their official site, free of charge. It was the root of the Wall of Ice mystery, because [...]

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December 7: Sigh and Explode - To Raise the Dead Belongs to the Blackest Art

Sigh And Explode - To Raise the Dead Belongs to the Blackest Art from the album These Seem Like Tarantulas

Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/2AW4LZywfmMH9m2cKb3ggc
Sigh an Explode is a norwegian hardcore/screamoband from Oslo, Norway with inspirations from bands like Blood Brothers and the like. This mars they released their debut album “These Seem Like Tarantulas” which received good [...]

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December 6: Converge - Dark Horse

Converge - Dark Horse from the album Axe to Fall.

Spotify-link: http://open.spotify.com/track/39wky0R2DwmwklqXH4LaET
The follow up to Converges “No Heroes” was released this year, with great reviews from the norwegian press. It’s a VERY intense record, something the opening track “Dark Horse” is an example of. Drummer Ben Koller displays some great moves throughout the album. It’s both [...]

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December 5: Kasabian - Underdog

Kasabian - Underdog from the album West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/3PbsDnKdrZY0ttX7VE9s5R
Kasabian is a british indie band with inspirations from, among others, the Madchester scene which was big before Brit Pop in the early 90’s. The Madchester scene mixed indie rock, psychedelic rock and dance music. Underdog is the first track from their newest [...]

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