Jean-Luc Aufranc – Google+ – 4K / UHD televisions are getting quite cheap. $500 for 39″,….
Interesting as a Retina MacBook Pro should be able to drive 4K displays.
–jeroen
Archive for February, 2014
4K / UHD televisions are getting quite cheap. $500 for 39″ (via: Jean-Luc Aufranc – Google+)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/26
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Read the new DropBox Terms of Service, and consider opting out of the new “Forced Arbitration” section (via: @Consumerist)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/26
If you use DropBox, you might want to consider to opt out from the new “Forced Arbitration” part of their revised Terms of Service.
This is why: Why You Should Opt Out Of Forced Arbitration, In 3 Sentences – Consumerist.
Or switch to copy.com which offers more storage, and not such a legal limitation in their ToS.
Though the 2 gigabyte Twitter promotion has ended, they do give you: Read the rest of this entry »
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PowerShell aliases (via: Top Ten PowerShell Aliases for DOS Commands)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/26
In most programming environments, I tend to avoid abbreviations, especially since command-completion and parameter-completion makes it easier to write readable code.
Same fore PowerShell: the PowerShell ISE has great completion features.
Other people tend to use abbreviations, especially since many PowerShell aliases make it easier for people coming from a cmd or bash background.
Two Get-Alias commands I use quite often for researching aliases:
Get-Alias -Definition <name>Get-Alias | Sort-Object Definition
The former gives you the CmdLet for an alias.
The latter all defines alises sorted by the CmdLet definition.
Two aliases that I tend to avoid are these:
- percent sign (
%) alias forForEach-Object(I tend to write that full, or useforeach) - question mark (
?) alias forWhere-Object(again: either full, orwhere)
While you are at it, there are also parameter aliases. Read Weekend Scripter: Discovering PowerShell Cmdlet Parameter Aliases on TechNet Blogs to learn more about these.
–jeroen
via: Top Ten PowerShell Aliases for DOS Commands.
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The OS X 10.9.2 (Mavericks) fix for the SSL issue is out; Apple’s #gotofail weekend – Ashkan Soltani.
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/25
As a follow up of When using Apple Hardware, be prepared for security updates. iOS already there, OS X and others will follow. #gotofail:
This is a must read: Apple’s #gotofail weekend – Ashkan Soltani, and cortesi – Exploiting CVE-2014-1266 with mitmproxy.
especially since the OS X Mavericks fix is out:
- About the security content of OS X Mavericks v10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001.
- Twitter / ashk4n: OS X Update 10.9.2 is finally ….
- Has goto fail been fixed yet?.
–jeroen
via Norbert Rittel and Kristian Köhntopp.
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Windows Service: Stopping/Starting from the console with a delay
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/25
When stopping Windows Services from the command line using `net stop`, then you often get time outs like these:
C:\Windows>net stop "FooBar Survur"
The FooBar Survur service is stopping.
The FooBar Survur service could not be stopped.C:\Windows>net stop "FooBar Survur"
..
The FooBar Survur service could not be stopped.
Neither the `net stop`, nor the `net start` command allows for specifying a time-out, so it uses the default time-out of 5 seconds. Which often is not long enough.
Luckily, both the Windows sc command and the free 3rd party Windows Service Manager (SrvMan) are able to stop these services.
Note that both tools: Read the rest of this entry »
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Link clearance: history of Pascal / Object Pascal / Delphi Language / FreePacal / …
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/25
This post lists a lot of links related to the history of Pascal / Object Pascal / Delphi Language / FreePascal / etc.
No mentioning of Pascal should start without Niklaus Wirth. At the time of writing he is still alive, hopefully he still is a the time of publication.
Link clearance.
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When using Apple Hardware, be prepared for security updates. iOS already there, OS X and others will follow. #gotofail
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/24
Last week, Apple fixed the so called #gotofail bug for iOS devices. Other devices (Macs with OS X 10.9 Mavericks, maybe earlier versions and I also suspect Apple TV to be vulnerable) will follow soon.
I thought that Old iOS devices would be in the dark as the updates are for iOS 6.x and 7.x only. So any device that can only run on iOS 5 or lower might not be supported.
So I thought these devices would be unsupported, but found out an iPad 1st generation would pass the gotofail.com test.
So if you have any of these, please let me know if they fail or pass:
- iPhone 3 or earlier,
- iPod Touch 3rd generation or earlier,
- iPad 1st generation: passes.
Please watch any security announcements carefully with using Apple equipment, as the bug can highly facilitate a man-in-the-middle attack.
Some other site with background information (it hit the news wildly): Read the rest of this entry »
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MSTSC/Remote Desktop Connection .RDP and Registry Settings links
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/24
Before I forget:
- Remote Desktop Connection Registry Settings (Windows Embedded Compact 7).
- Remote Desktop Connection .rdp File Keywords (Windows Embedded Compact 7).
- Static Virtual Channels Registry Settings (Windows Embedded Compact 7).
Got there because I lost the “Connection Bar” of MSTSC, and this solved it:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
"PinConnectionBar" = REG_DWORD:1Will make the connection bar pinned.
–jeroen
via: Connection bar stay pinned.
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Coding in Delphi available in printed form: USD $40 + shipping
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/24
On my way back from France, I noted the printed edition of Coding in Delphi has become available through CreateSpace (which is Amazon’s self publishing mechanism):
Coding in Delphi is a new programming book by Nick Hodges that covers a variety of powerful Delphi programming features and techniques including Generics, Interfaces, Exception, Handling, Anonymous Methods, Collections, RTTI, Enumerators, Attributes, Dependency Injection and Unit Testing
- Publication Date: Feb 22 2014
- ISBN/EAN13: 1941266037 / 9781941266038
- Page Count: 242
- Binding Type: US Trade Paper
- Trim Size: 8.5″ x 11″
- Language: English
- Color: Black and White
- Related Categories: Computers / Programming / Software Development
In related news: his paper and recored Rad in Action session about Unit Testing is also available.
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Steps to take when WordPress.com Publicize/Sharing to Facebook breaks (via: WordPress.com Forums)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/21
Every couple of months, WordPress.com posts do not arrive on FaceBook
A few quotes, the last one is what I found out myself after reading the first post:
sharing and Publicize are two different things. You have to manually Share. Publicize is automatic.
Facebook continuously changes things and you may have to disconnect the Publicize to Facebook, clear your Facebook Cache, and reconnect.
@raincoaster how do I clear my Facebook cache?
The /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=sharing page is a bit confusing: the title is “sharing,” but it is indeed about “publicizie”. In that page, Facebook is connected, and all my posts are marked as publicize to Facebook.
No need to clear the Facebook cache.
The trick is to
- read the topic at http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/publicize-to-facebook-not-working-1?replies=11
- then follow the Publicize — Support — WordPress.com steps here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/#reconnecting-facebook
- and here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/#facebook
–jeroen
via: Sharing at facebook.com broken since august 1st? « WordPress.com Forums.
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