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Åkesson's work always blows my mind away. One of my favorites is Paralellogram [0] [0] https://www.linusakesson.net/scene/parallelogram/index.php https://www.

by kylek 7y ago

Åkesson's work always blows my mind away. One of my favorites is Paralellogram [0] [0] https://www.linusakesson.net/scene/parallelogram/index.php https://www.linusakesson.net/scene/parallelogram/index.php edit: name correction! (indeed that is a cool name!)

dancek 7y ago
It's Åkesson, actually. Quite cool to have your initial mostly unused as a one-letter abbreviation/name. Except for ångström (Å), of course.
- towb 7y ago
  Å is a good letter in many ways, but not for names. Just my opinion, and I do have around 30 years of personal experience :P
  - spraak 7y ago
    My HN username should be språk but I couldn't register it that way.
    - towb 7y ago
      Which is usually a thing even on local sites for some reason. Nothing huge ever happened because of my Å name, but it piles up over the years. Biggest issue was when a very confused man tried to check me in at an airport and had no idea how. Took maybe 20-30 minutes and the solution was "AA". Probably not as much manual typing these days, this was 10+ years ago.
      - spraak 7y ago
        Åh where was that?
    - hestefisk 7y ago
      Language? :)
      - spraak 7y ago
        Yes. And you, horse fish? :D
  - dancek 7y ago
    I can see where you're coming from. My native language (Finnish) also uses letters with diareses, mostly ä and ö but also å. But I did make sure my kids' names are easy to spell and pronounce in English. A name like Ääliö would be just asking for trouble, in many senses. ;)
lokling 7y ago
Agree - other notable work: A mind is born (256byte demo) [0] Bitbuf, portable 8-bit minimalistic live looping machine. [1] His work on Teenage Engineering PO-2X s [2] [0] https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ [1] https://linusakesson.net/bitbuf/index.php https://linusakesson.net/bitbuf/index.php [2] https://linusakesson.net/music/po-2x/index.php https://linusakesson.net/music/po-2x/index.php
stas2k 7y ago
I like he casually has a Symbolics keyboard on his desk(easily mistaken as Commadore hardware)

by kylek 7y ago

dancek 7y ago

It's Åkesson, actually. Quite cool to have your initial mostly unused as a one-letter abbreviation/name. Except for ångström (Å), of course.

towb 7y ago
Å is a good letter in many ways, but not for names. Just my opinion, and I do have around 30 years of personal experience :P
- spraak 7y ago
  My HN username should be språk but I couldn't register it that way.
  - towb 7y ago
    Which is usually a thing even on local sites for some reason. Nothing huge ever happened because of my Å name, but it piles up over the years. Biggest issue was when a very confused man tried to check me in at an airport and had no idea how. Took maybe 20-30 minutes and the solution was "AA". Probably not as much manual typing these days, this was 10+ years ago.
    - spraak 7y ago
      Åh where was that?
  - hestefisk 7y ago
    Language? :)
    - spraak 7y ago
      Yes. And you, horse fish? :D
- dancek 7y ago
  I can see where you're coming from. My native language (Finnish) also uses letters with diareses, mostly ä and ö but also å. But I did make sure my kids' names are easy to spell and pronounce in English. A name like Ääliö would be just asking for trouble, in many senses. ;)

lokling 7y ago

Agree - other notable work: A mind is born (256byte demo) [0] Bitbuf, portable 8-bit minimalistic live looping machine. [1] His work on Teenage Engineering PO-2X s [2] [0] https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ [1] https://linusakesson.net/bitbuf/index.php https://linusakesson.net/bitbuf/index.php [2] https://linusakesson.net/music/po-2x/index.php https://linusakesson.net/music/po-2x/index.php

stas2k 7y ago

I like he casually has a Symbolics keyboard on his desk(easily mistaken as Commadore hardware)