My name is Ole Laursen. I'm cofounder of IOLA where I work as a software consultant. I have a Master's degree in computer science in distributed systems from Aalborg University in Denmark. More about my professional life at LinkedIn.
I live in Aalborg, Denmark with my girlfriend Janne and our five children. More about me in my blog. I also have a Danish blog about Danish things.
I'm generally interesting in things that involve creating something or solving a hard problem.
I have a garden of the size of 1.5 hectares that I'm slowly turning into an orchard. And I've always spent a lot of time reading, although having the good fortune to become the father of five children children has temporarily put a halt on that. Registered some of books on goodreads.com.
Free software I'm maintaining:
My Garden of Python which is a non-collection of small single-file Python modules ready to plug into other Python projects, mostly solving web-related problems.
Free software I'm more or less not maintaining anymore:
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.
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.
Monster Masher - a mash'em-up action game for GNOME.
Free software I used to maintain before passing the bucket:
gstream
- a little C++ wrapper that allowed simple
console-like <</>>
output/input in
standard Allegro
graphics modes.
Hardware Monitor - a GNOME panel applet for monitoring various hardware aspects.
Notable other Ole Laursens include a kick boxer and a lawyer.
I can be reached at ole.laursen@gmail.com. If it's about a business proposition, please contact me through IOLA.