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Archive for 2015

Hmm, need to check why MariaDB got installed

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/07/06

The zypper dup has installed MariaDB; now I need to figure out which dependency did this, as I’m not happy with the update message:

Message from package mariadb:

You just installed MySQL server for the first time.

You can start it using:
 rcmysql start

During first start empty database will be created for your automatically.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MariaDB root USER !
To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:

'/usr/bin/mysqladmin' -u root password 'new-password'
'/usr/bin/mysqladmin' -u root -h misibook password 'new-password'

Alternatively you can run:
'/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation'

which will also give you the option of removing the test
databases and anonymous user created by default. This is
strongly recommended for production servers.

–jeroen

Posted in *nix, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, SuSE Linux | 2 Comments »

50+ and 25+ Ah batteries: Macbook External Battery & Car Adapter Charger from MikeGyver

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/07/06

Wow:

  • 52800mAH Ultimate External Battery for Macbooks
  • 26000mAH Macbook External Battery & Car Adapter

That’s (nah Triad) 50+ and 25+ Ampere hour of battery capacity.

Which is the similar to what car and motor cycle batteries can hold.

–jeroen

via Macbook External Battery & Car Adapter Charger.

Posted in Apple, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Giffify – easily create optimised GIFs from a video

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/07/04

https://gist.github.com/rock3r/a923a79e8d8a850911aa

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »

Chemists … (via: Pin by Andria Melissa on Nerdy hilarious ness | Pinterest)

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/07/03

The nerdy friday T-Shirt meme continues:

Chemists do it on the table …

periodically.

–jeroen

via: Pin by Andria Melissa on Nerdy hilarious ness | Pinterest.

Chemists do it on the table ... periodically.

Chemists do it on the table … periodically.

Posted in Fun, Geeky, Quotes, T-Shirt quotes | Leave a Comment »

Git: Remove sensitive data using git filter-branch and the BFG Repo-Cleaner.

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/07/02

Hoping I never need it, but just in case:

Git: Remove sensitive data using git filter-branch and the BFG Repo-Cleaner.

Anyone who knows if there are equivalents for Mercurial/Hg?

–jeroen

via:

Posted in Development, DVCS - Distributed Version Control, git, Mercurial/Hg, Source Code Management | Leave a Comment »

Windows Kernel object names are optional. Don’t give them a name unless you intend them to be shared. (via: The Old New Thing)

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/07/01

Very interesting:

Kernel object names are optional. Don’t give them a name unless you intend them to be shared.

–jeroen

via: [WayBackYou can name your car, and you can name your kernel objects, but there is a qualitative difference between the two – The Old New Thing – Site Home – MSDN Blogs.

Posted in .NET, C, C++, Delphi, Development, Software Development, The Old New Thing, Windows Development | Leave a Comment »

Literally: Hotspots in Amsterdam – AMSTERDAM – PAROOL

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/06/30

Dit zijn de warmste plekken van Amsterdam – AMSTERDAM – PAROOL.

Big hotspots map: http://static2.parool.nl/static/asset/2015/Picture_2015_06_30_om_12.46.38_10347.jpg

Big elderly risk map: http://static2.parool.nl/static/asset/2015/Picture_2015_06_30_om_12.53.14_10348.jpg

–jeroen

Small hotspots map Small hotspots map

 

Posted in About, LifeHacker, Personal, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Scala programming language and Venkat Subramaniam videos

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/06/30

A long while ago, someone (it was too long ago, so I sincerely forgot who, it probably was in the JBuilder era) told me that I should try out Ruby and Scala.

I did take a short look at Ruby back then, but since Ruby was so focussed on Web Development, and my heart really wasn’t there, postponed it to the times that the Web would be hot for me.

Then I should have taken a look at Scala (which compiles to Java bytecode), but since I abandoned Java (JBuilder wasn’t nice, Java programming was slow and modern IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse weren’t there yet).

Now that I’ve done truckloads of work in the .NET and Delphi world (including domain specific languages and Pascal based products), I bumped into these Scala videos by Venkat Subramaniam:

Boy, I should have taken a look earlier: like Delphi and C# it is a statically typed compiled language, but it is on steroids.

Yes, I know it leans on the Java bytecode as a run-time platform, but so does the Android SDK as one of the Java Platforms. Contrary Ruby, which with IronRuby runs on .NET and RubyMotion runs Mac and iOS, Scala does not run on the .NET platform any more.

Given the witty way of presenting I’m surely going to follow Venkat Subramaniam and watch some of his other videos too.

Shortly after watching the above I bumped into this video by Steve Yegge (Google): Dynamic Languages Strike Back – YouTube.

–jeroen

Posted in .NET, C#, Delphi, Development, Java, Java Platform, Ruby, Scala, Software Development | 3 Comments »

YouTube: Some windows shortcut key hints (by Alister Christie)

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/06/29

I wrote quite a few entries about Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts.

But Alister Christie did something much better: he published a great video on YouTube: Some windows shortcut key hints.

Most of the examples he shows work in Windows 7 and up.

–jeroen

 

Posted in Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 9 | Leave a Comment »

Exit SSL 3.0: RFC 7568 – Deprecating Secure Sockets Layer Version 3.0

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/06/27

Great news:

Deprecating Secure Sockets Layer Version 3.0

–jeroen

via: RFC 7568 – Deprecating Secure Sockets Layer Version 3.0.

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