Great article today: Choosing the right Portable Power Phone/Tablet/Gadget Battery Charger – Scott Hanselman.
Be sure to read the comments too, for instance the one about Folding USB Solar Cell by Brown Dog Gadgets — Kickstarter.
–jeroen
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Choosing the right Portable Power Phone/Tablet/Gadget Battery Charger (via: Scott Hanselman)
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/27
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Rode plekken/blaren na een landelijke picknick in de zon: Berenklauw, Fototoxiciteit en Fytofotodermatitis (via: Wikipedia)
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/11
Afgelopen weekeinde waren we met een groep kanovaren rondom Lisse/Sassenheim. We hadden lunch aan de rand van een stukje akker waar we relatief makkelijk uit de kano’s konden komen.
Een soort landelijke picknick in de zon: altijd leuk om te doen.
Maandagavond werd ik door 1 van de deelnemers gebeld: hij had een enorme rode jeukende vlek op zijn arm met allemaal blaren, en dacht dat hij brandnetels geraakt had.
Die stonden er niet, bovendien gaat het na aanraking van brandnetels meteen branden en deze plek was pakweg een dag later gekomen. Dus het moest iets anders zijn, maar wat?
Hij is ermee naar de huisarts geweest die tot de conclusie kwam: aanraking van Berenklauw in combinatie met blootstelling aan zonlicht. Dat veroorzaakt namelijk Fytofotodermatitis door Fototoxiciteit, en kan bij veel mensen enorme brandplekken geven. Read the rest of this entry »
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RIP: Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) (via: twitter/jpluimers & explain xkcd)
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/06
Earlier this week, I already tweeted that Douglas Engelbart passed away:
RIP Doug Engelbart. Inventor of many computer things we now take for granted: Mouse, GUI, hypertext, etc. http://gigaom.com/2013/07/03/doug-engelbart-american-inventor-computing-legend-passes-away/ …
XKCD published a comic – numbered 1234: coincidence? – about it that includes some a bit of pun about the importance of inventions (see 1234: Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) – explain xkcd).
The first slide refers to the Mother of all Demos (coined in 1994, the original was just called The Demo, and you can view it here).
The others make a bit of pun, on what part of his inventions were used for.
All in all, an important figure that has inspired many people and events passed away. Read the rest of this entry »
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A constant source of confusion: Simplicity
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/06/27
Once every while you come across a post that is so good, you add another feed to your RSS list. This time I added Su-Shee’s posts,
Quote from: A constant source of confusion: Simplicity.
what is it really about all this simplicity stuff
It is a post about IT development. Teams. Platforms. Tools. Frameworks. Etc.
Striking a balance to keep things simple enough to be manageable is always key and her examples are just great!
–jeroen
via: A constant source of confusion: Simplicity.
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Taking pictures from space
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/07
Just came across this: Astronaut Chris Hadfield: how to take photos from the ISS
Great stuff!
–jeroen
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Great optical illusion: Pink Floyd prism with Pulse background
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/27
graphics – How can this image be created with Mathematica? – Mathematica Stack Exchange.
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Way too much “friendly comment” SPAM lately. “Spam, lovely Spam, wonderful Spam.”
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/25
Since about 2 months, I get truckloads of friendly comments indicating my blog is so wonderful that gets through Aksimet.
I’m not alone: one spammer posted his full spam script on Scott Hanselmans blog, and of course, Scott blogged about it: Exposed A Blog Comment Spammers Source Template
Not so cool.
Cool:
–jeroen
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Handig, alleen de foto bevat wat vooroordelen (: Zonneklep | Grid-it!™ organizer
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/16
Het eerste plaatje heeft een beetje veel vooroordelen, maar het product is reuze handig!
–jeroen
via: Zonneklep | Grid-it!™ organizer.
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Stappenplan UPC Digitale TV werkend op Samsung UE40C6800 uit 2010
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/15
Dankzij het Chelloo forum heb ik het voor elkaar: de (sinds 3 april 2013) ongecodeerde Digitale TV kanalen van UPC werkend op een Samsung UE40C6800 uit 2010.
Hier wat ik er over op het Chelloo forum schreef: Read the rest of this entry »
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my flights – Google Search
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/21
Cool: Google understands which flights I have booked: my flights – Google Search.
Now hopefully Lufthansa will strike only for one day, and not cancel my Amsterdam->Munich flight on saturday.
Lufthansa ® – Cancelled Flights.
–jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 