Ferry Boender
Programmer, DevOpper, Open Source enthusiast.
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Archive for July 2007
Firefox extensions I’m using
Here’s a quick list of the Firefox extensions I’m currently using: CookieSafeDeny/allow cookies per-site. DOM InspectorInspect the DOM tree. Useful for debugging Javascript stuff. Download statusbarNo more Downloads pop-ups. This extension puts all your downloads in a bar in the bottom of the window. FirebugThis extension shouldn’t be missing from your firefox plugins list if […]
Vim tip: Recognise syntax for other extensions
If you want Vim to recognise files with other extensions as a certain syntax, this tip is for you. For instance, many people name their include files in PHP .inc (Coincidentally, not a very smart thing to do, but anyway). But Vim won’t recognise files with the .inc extension as PHP. Here’s how to deal […]
Illegal U.S. citizen spying continues
Unauthorized spying on U.S. citizens’ international tele-communications will continue, as an appeals court in Cincinnati dismissed the case brought against the Bush administration to stop the surveillance activity. The illegal wiretapping program was authorized by Bush after the 9/11 events and allows the monitoring of (amongst others?) international telephone calls e-mail. “The Bush administration is […]
Windows Vista: Slow and annoying
My mom recently bought a new budget-laptop that came installed with Microsoft Windows Vista. Now, I’m no Microsoft fan, especially not when it comes to Windows, but that’s just me. It’s perfectly fine for my mom and non-power users in general. I basically try to spend the smallest amount of time in Windows as I […]
The Python Papers: Free Python e-journal
The Python Papers is a free e-journal, including industry and academic articles. We are proud of the diversity of content in our journal, covering Python User Groups from around the world, conferences and other events, open-source projects and the use of Python in commercial organisations.
Stop buttons on media players?
Why is it that so many media players omit the stop button in their interfaces? I guess I missed the meeting where it was decided that the stop button was useless and shouldn’t be featured in players any more. A stop button is not useless, and not having one is very annoying because: I often […]
Challenge of the Month: July 2007: Refined Sugar
During this Challenge of the Month: Don’t use refined sugar. According to my friend Wouter, refined sugar is basically pure poison. Refined sugar is the sugar you buy in bags to put in your coffee, tea or whatever. It’s bad for your teeth and bad for your body. Sugar breaks down vitamins and other stuff […]
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