Author Archives: Niels R.

iPhone development books

Just a list of books regarding iPhone development. It’s just for personal use. Please leave a comment with your experiences of a book (what do you like/dislike about one of the books) or when a book seems to be missing … Continue reading

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Improve website page loading with Page Speed

Thanks to a colleague I discovered Google’s Firefox add-on Page Speed. It helps you determine what you can do to improve the loading speed of you web pages. Page Speed needs to be used in combination with the well known … Continue reading

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You want ASP.NET MVC? Choose Vici MVC!

Yesterday, Philippe Leybaert released Vici MVC 2.0. This full-blown MVC framework for building ASP.NET web applications without using WebForms is now part of the open-source Vici Project. Philippe describes Vici Project as follows: “The idea of the Vici Project is to provide … Continue reading

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MonoDevelop 2.0 and Mono 2.4 officially released

The Mono project has announced the official release of Mono 2.4 and MonoDevelop 2.0. The new version of MonoDevelop introduces support for a long-awaited integrated debugging tool. Full article at Ars Technica Release notes Wanna test it right away? Download … Continue reading

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CSS, Font and OS

Which font is best supported across the main three operating systems (Linux, Mac and Windows)? A handy way to build a font stack for your website can be done with the Code Style Font Stack Builder. Although I don’t think … Continue reading

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Linux 2.6.19 released

A new version of the Linux kernel is released. The full list of changes/features can be found here.

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Internet Explorer 8 and ASP.NET MVC 1.0 released on MIX09

Well, well, well… Microsoft has released two new “things”… First, you can all enjoy the official 1.0 release of ASP.NET MVC by downloading it from the Microsoft Download Center. I must say that I’m not really thrilled about it, because … Continue reading

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Replacing Avant Window Manager with GNOME Do

I came across an article of Ars Technica about the release of GNOME Do 0.8.1. I’d never heard of it before, but after reading the article I decided to give it a spin. After trying it out using a VM … Continue reading

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An Interview With The Developers Of FFmpeg

Because of the release of FFmpeg 0.5, Phoronix had an interview with three developer behind FFmpeg. Check it out at the Phoronix website.

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FFmpeg 0.5 is released

Hurray! Another stable release of FFmpeg. I can’t wait to compile me a new version for GarageTV. For more information I shamelessly copied/pasted the news item from the FFmpeg website: It has been a very long time since we last … Continue reading

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