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Jan 11
MooTools Twitter ticker
For some projects I needed a single-line Twitter ticker, I found a great implementation by Scott Kyle for MooTools 1.2, here is a working version based on the JSONP protocol for MooTools 1.3: Using the Request.Twitter class An implementation might look like this:
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Dec 10
Google Chrome Profiles
Sometimes a single profile for your web browser won’t do. You might want to create a webcast, test an extension, or maybe you want it because you can. Whatever your reason might be, you can use the following snippet to start an instance of Google Chrome with a fresh profile. It’s currently built for Mac [...]
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Nov 10
64 bytes from maze (83.19.5.8): icmp_seq=42 time=too long
Heya, didn’t have much time to blog lately, so here an item on what is keeping me busy lately. Mr. Modderman-Lenstra This year September I got married! After the wedding we had a nice celebration with family and friends in the Theeschenkerij on the Velserbeek estate in Velsen-Zuid. We were happily surprised that all of [...]
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Oct 10
P!xl: Pixel art
So, some of you might remember the online pixel-editor I once wrote, it’s back online thanks to Lasert who was generously enough to offer me project hosting. Have fun, and I am looking forward to your creations! For the curious, here are a few examples:
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Oct 10
Content Delivery Network: a poor-mans guide
So, keeping up with the latest buzz, I started wondering how I could set up my own CDN, or Content Delivery Network. Virtual Private Servers, or VPS, are getting cheaper every time (check out this 99ยข offer), starting at an average rate of $5 for an entry-level server. Looking at the tools and techniques at [...]
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Oct 10
Chaos Communication Camp 2011
So, what are you doing next summer? The folks from CCC announced the dates for the summer camp, time to make some holiday arrangements! Went there with the MoNoNoKe folks back in 2007 having a blast, so I definitely don’t want to miss this one. From http://events.ccc.de: We found a date and we found a [...]
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Oct 10
Beardyman: beatbox extravaganza
I watched this show with awe, this is one of the nicest beatbox performances I’ve ever seen.
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Oct 10
Ad-free Android apps
Sick of all the (Google) ads in your Android apps? So am I, long live squid as a transparent proxy. Add this to your squid.conf: http_port 127.0.0.1:3129 transparent acl google_crap_path urlpath_regex ^pagead/ acl google_crap_path urlpath_regex ^pageads/ acl google_crap dstdomain adwords.google.com acl google_crap dstdomain pagead.googlesyndication.com acl google_crap dstdomain pagead2.googlesyndication.com acl google_crap dstdomain adservices.google.com acl google_crap dstdomain [...]
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Jul 10
The Link: 8 bit nerdcore
Nerdcore rapper extraordinaire ytcracker drops some chiptune knowledge over Doctor Octoroc‘s old-school graphics in the classic video game-inspired music video for “The Link.” Via theawesomer.
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Jul 10
Singleton pattern in Python
Just came up with a simple pattern for singletons in Python using a class decorator: def singleton(cls): instances = {} def instance(): if cls not in instances: instances[cls] = cls() return instances[cls] return instance Little demo: >>> @singleton ... class Foo(object): ... pass ... >>> f1 = Foo() >>> print id(f1) 3077430124 >>> f2 = [...]