Brilliant way to cut cherry tomatoes /
Briljant: Ideale manier om cherrytomaatjes te snijden – Lifehacking.
–jeroen
Archive for May, 2014
Cutting Cherry Tomatoes / Ideale manier om cherrytomaatjes te snijden – Lifehacking
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/02
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This week: five BASICs for the 6502, to mark the 50th (via: mos6502 – Google+)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/02
Basic@50 would not be complete without This week: five BASICs for the 6502, to mark the 50th… from mos6502 – Google+.
–jeroen
via: Happy 50th birthday BASIC! (via: BASIC at Dartmouth) « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff.
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Interesting thread on IP geolocation and providers (via: Dan Sohad – Google+)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/02
IP geolocation is hard, and very dependent on where you are in the world. Providers giving different or confusing results are not exceptional.
See the struggle at Dan Sohad – Google+ – Hi! I working in a IP locate app. I’m using as “motors”: … where Dan Sohad tries a Delphi implementation.
–jeroen
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Great overview of how Chromecast works (via: Ilya Grigorik – Google+)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/02
Thanks Ilya Grigorik for pointing me to Chromecast: Understanding its Potential beyond Video Streaming | The EWD Files.
Great overview on how it works accompanied with nice diagrams like this one:
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Microsoft’s new open source direction for C# and .NET (and native compilation too): Anders Hejlsberg explains « Tim Anderson’s ITWriting
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/02
I totally agree with Tim Anderson here:
Open source, native code compilation, and an innovative compiler: it adds up to huge changes for C# and .NET, positive ones as far as I can tell.
–jeroen
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dockStubz+: 30-pin Pass-Through Adapter with side Micro-USB port and USB/FireWire charge conversion circuitry
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/02
Interesting device I want to try out (probably from Amazon.com: CableJive dockStubz+).
It is a 30-pin Pass-Through adapter for iPod/iPhone/iPad (lets call them iDevice).
Reasons to get one (or more depending on the number of devices/chargers you use regularly):
- Use the connector to connect a compatible device, while still charging through the side micro-USB power port on the adapter.
- Charge modern iDevice with old chargers and old iDevice with modern chargers.
- Put your iDevice in a dock even when you have a bumper or case around it.
A few pictures showing their use are below.
Basically, there are two verions of charging circuitry: USB based and FireWire based.
I will make sure to get the + version, as it combines these two:
dockStubz+ model includes charge conversion circuitry for those older docks and accessories that don’t charge while they are connected. Safely connect your mobile device to any dock and get the charging you need.
–jeroen
via: dockStubz Charge Converter and 30-pin Pass-Through Adapter.
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Happy 50th birthday BASIC! (via: BASIC at Dartmouth)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/01
Though a lot of people dislike the language, it survived until today.
So: happy 50th birthday BASIC!
BASIC Begins at Dartmouth
At 4 a.m. on May 1, 1964, in the basement of College Hall, Professor John Kemeny and a student programmer simultaneously typed RUN on neighboring terminals. When they both got back correct answers to their simple programs, time-sharing and BASIC were born.
–jeroen
via:
- BASIC at Dartmouth.
- 50 Jahre Programmiersprache Basic: Demokratisierung des PC – Digital – Süddeutsche.de.
- Jan Wildeboer – Google+ – 50 Jahre BASIC.….
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SDB:System upgrade – openSUSE
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/01
SDB:System upgrade – openSUSE.
Every once in a while, I feel like I have been living under a stupid rock.
This was one of these cases. About 5 years ago, openSUSE added this feature:
openFATE – #305634: Debian-like dist-upgrade live system full version upgrade.
It is awesome, requires a bit of twiddling and afterwards you have a system that:
- was updated in-place while live
- is the most current openSUSE version
I don’t know of any drawbacks yet (will soon try it). If I find ones, I will post a new entry here.
The basic steps are like these: Read the rest of this entry »
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