Category Archives: Technology

NETMF and the SparkFun SerLCD

Posted on 2010-08-17 by Niels R.

Well… I’ve been spending some quality time with the .NET Micro Framework the last couple weeks. I’ve been always interested in electronics and the inner parts of devices. I even bought some Atmel AVR microcontrollers and a handful of components … Continue reading →

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Vici CoolStorage ported to MonoTouch

Posted on 2010-02-23 by Niels R.

Philippe ported Vici CoolStorage to MonoTouch over the weekend. This makes Vici CoolStorage available for iPhone development using the MonoTouch framework. Due to the lack of reflection on MonoTouch class declarations are not abstract. Classes have to be declared as … Continue reading →

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French Police Save Millions Switching To Ubuntu

Posted on 2009-03-13 by Niels R.

Always nice to see positive stories about migrations from Windows to Linux. This time it’s the French police. Read the full article on Ars Technica.

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I want one of these: ElectraFlyer – C

Posted on 2008-12-05 by Niels R.

Besides computers, programming, cars, movies, friends, family and my girlfriend, I’ve another interest: planes! I don’t have a flying license, but I hope to get one some time. In the meantime I enjoy flying RC models when the weather in … Continue reading →

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Songbird 1.0 finally released

Posted on 2008-12-03 by Niels R.

After about 2 years of development, we can finally embrace the first major release of Songbird. It’s an open-source media player using the Mozilla Application Framework that has the capability to surf the web and is able to play, queue … Continue reading →

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Compromising Electromagnetic Emanations of Wired Keyboards

Posted on 2008-10-20 by Niels R.

Or how they can know what you’re typing in the room next door: Article + 2 video’s

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From Russia With Love: mp3zr

Posted on 2008-10-10 by Niels R.

Another reason why you gotta love Russians: http://mp3zr.com Search and listen to thousands (even millions?) of MP3s… Very nice for previewing a CD etc before buying it!

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Electricity 2.0

Posted on 2008-10-10 by Niels R.

Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google interviews Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE. Klik hier om het video filmpje te bekijken Originally found on YouTube, but I’ve got to support GarageTV, don’t I :)

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Seam carving for content-aware resizing

Posted on 2008-10-03 by Niels R.

Klik hier om het video filmpje te bekijken GIMP plugin implementation: Article on Arse Technica

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