Tag: english

7 oktober 2010 / / personal

A little discussion about the teacher fail that is issued at failblog.org.

11 september 2010 / / technology

I had a hard time getting the Intel Wifi 5100 AGN, which is displayed using lspci as “Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5300 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection“. A lot of people are complaining about it. It…

10 september 2010 / / technology

Sometimes I take some serious risks. Like, suddenly, I get the urge to install Ubuntu on my office’s laptop. A Dell Latitude E6500. But, there’s a Windows 7 installed, consuming the entire disk. So, w…

20 juli 2010 / / technology

Given this situation: You have a GPS device that is connected to your computer (not handheld) via physical COM1. Now you want to use this data in two different applications, say: a Route Navigator and…

24 april 2010 / / personal

Oh no! My computer is infected by a massive amount of trojans! O-M-G! Panic panic

11 april 2010 / / personal

I’m shocked.

8 april 2010 / / technology

At the office, a lot of people are using MS Excel. And they’re using the ability to fetch external data into Excel. This external data is read from an Oracle 10g database. Now, given the fact that we…

24 maart 2010 / / personal

This week I’ve borrowed a Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM lens from a colleague and I have to say that I like the possibilities of it. Sure, it’s a fixed one, but given the aperture value, it allows a shallow DO…

22 februari 2010 / / technology

Just for my own reference. java.lang.ClassNotFoundException is a build error, saying that you’re using a class that doesn’t exist, so the build fails.

13 februari 2010 / / personal

I always finish my pasta lunch with some dry pasta and put a little sugar on it. Some people like it, some will throw me a disgusting look. I'm with the first group...