Ferry Boender
Programmer, DevOpper, Open Source enthusiast.
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The King and the toaster
The King and the Toaster Once upon a time, in a kingdom not far from here, the king summoned two of his advisors for a test. He showed them both a shiny metal box with two slots in the top, a control knob, and a lever. “What do you think this is?” he asked. One […]
XPath and line numbers in Python
Something so simple, yet so hard to figure out. I’ve been strugling on and off with something for over a couple weeks. Here’s the deal: I’m using the Python SAX module in combination with XPath to find my way through an XML-based configuration file. When an incorrect option or value is given, I raise an […]
Back from Lowlands
Four days of booze, pot and great music: the Lowlands 2005 music festival. I just got back and it was awesome. It took me only half an hour of shower-time to get all the gunk out my ears and dust out my nose. I’m not sure how many days it’ll take to get the alcohol […]
Code snippets
Because I have a bad memory: CodeByExample
Design Patterns
“In this interview, Erich Gamma, co-author of the landmark book, Design Patterns, talks with Bill Venners about how design patterns are problem solution pairs, how design patterns help you understand intent and tradeoffs, and how to become a better designer through practice.” Some pieces that caught my eye: Bill Venners: In the GoF book you […]
Debian Laptop on different networks
I use my Debian GNU/Linux laptop both at home and at work. Sometimes I may take it over to a friend’s network so I can show him some stuff. Unfortunatelly, being on a bunch of different networks does pose some problems. When I’m at home for instance, I’d like my firewall to block incoming FTP […]
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