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NuSOAP together with PHP5-SOAP

Every once in a while I get to fix/add stuff from my PHP days. Today I installed php5 on a fresh Ubuntu Feisty install I need to host a NuSOAP based service API to a client. However, the Ubuntu php … Continue reading

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Torturing Ruby (and laughing at your own code)

While cleaning up some code I ran across some obscure code of mine from my Ruby youth. I remembered reading about an ultra cool Ruby tool the other day so I decided to give my code a good flogging. The … Continue reading

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Old new job

I accepted a job offer 2 months ago at IndependentIP as “technical teamleader”. My “proefperiode” just finished and I’ll definitely be staying on, really love the way the company works. Lots of smart and funny (as in: haha) people working … Continue reading

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Firmware update gone south

So about 6 weeks ago I happily ran this thing called Apple “Software Update…” Then after 2 weeks I decided the burn a backup DVD but what’s this? Where the heck is my Superdrive?? My burning software can’t see it, … Continue reading

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"What just happened to video on the web?"

Adobe last night announced their flash player will support H.264 as of version 9 Update 3 Beta 2. This is amazing! Die WindowsMedia, die!! The best part is that the complete chain to produce high quality H.264 output can be … Continue reading

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Skype trouble

Well, starting this morning we’re experiencing all sorts of connection problems with the Skype network. For a moment there I thought I screwed myself by updating to latest Mac OS X beta 2.7 version, but the problems are not related. … Continue reading

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Ruby En Rails 2007 Conference

On June 7th the Ruby En Rails 2007 Conference will be held here in Amsterdam. I’m really looking forward to meeting up with the dutch Rails crowd. I’ll be giving a lighting talk on Mongrel clustering and will share my … Continue reading

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Region Free for Free

Yesterday I picked up a DVD player as part of a bundled deal on some big-ass computer speaker / HTS thingy at the local Mediamarkt. The sales dude offered a ‘region-free’ version of the player for a €30 premium and … Continue reading

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Switch from Typo to Mephisto

After the final botched Typo upgrade I gave up on it and am now serving this blog from Mephisto (0.7.3). The migration went fine. Luckily I still had a copy from the old Typo database structure since the Typo SVN … Continue reading

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Home office upgrade, new LCD!

Yesterday the new Dell 24” 2407WFP arrived for my home office, woohoo! I was really torn over which monitor to get, either the Dell 24” or Apple’s Cinema 23” display. The 30% off deal from Dell this week made it … Continue reading

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