My name is Ole Laursen. I'm cofounder of IOLA where I work as a software developer. I have a Master's degree in computer science from Aalborg University in Denmark. More about my professional life at LinkedIn.
I'm currently spending most of my time working on the graphic art alternative to traditional paintings and mass-produced posters, aka YayArt.
I live in Aalborg, Denmark with my girlfriend Janne. I used to have a lot of stuff about me here. Nowadays you can find it in my blog.
Free software I'm maintaining:
Flot - a jQuery plotting library for making attractive, pure client-side graphs.
The Django plugin django-rendertext - a simple library for generating images with small text snippets in a custom font in a Django web app.
A little piece of Python code for detecting image types (GIF, TIFF, PNG and JPEG) from the content of the file. Ideal for detecting the type before you save the image in a web upload.
Free software I'm more or less not maintaining anymore:
The C++ library commandoptions - a command-line parsing library with a simple interface.
The compose library - a C++ header for converting and assembling strings and other objects into a single string conveniently.
Hardware Monitor - a GNOME panel applet for monitoring various hardware aspects.
Monster Masher - a mash'em-up action game for GNOME.
I keep a list of good technical books and here are some good resources on the web that I've stumbled upon so far.
Notable other Ole Laursens include a kick boxer and a lawyer.
I can be reached at olau@hardworking.dk.