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by admin on Jan.30, 2010, under Computers, Programming
"Google announced Friday that it will be phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6, more than two weeks after the attacks on Google's servers that targeted a vulnerability in IE6. In a blog post, Rajen Sheth, Google Apps senior product manager, said that support for IE6 in Google Docs and Google Sites will end March 1. At that point, IE6 users who try to access Docs or Sites may find that 'key functionality' won't work properly. Sheth suggested that customers upgrade their browsers to pretty much anything else."
Source: Slashdot
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My new phone: T-Mobile Pulse
by admin on Oct.08, 2009, under Computers, Programming
Note: This is about the Dutch T-Mobile.
I ordered the brand new T-Mobile pulse a week ago and I am expecting it to arrive next week. Let me describe what made me choose this particular cellphone and make some remarks about my expectations. That will be fun to reread in a couple of month time.
History
I've never had a lot of fun with phones. Most likely that's because I'm no longer sixteen years old. But I've had 'm for some time but I seldom use the phone. Take this literally. With seldom I mean less than 20 minutes per month.
My first phone was a Siemens M55. I bought it because of the then emerging data (Internet) possibilities. The performance was horrible. It could only show real WAP sites and there were only a few of them around. Starting up the GPRS and loading the first site would take the best part of five minutes. I didn't use it a lot. I payed per kB so what the heck.
I had high hopes of the possibilities with the embedded java. I did manage to find a few games that I could download and install from within the phone. Apart from the fact that it was dead slow I was demoted by the small screen (color!). So I didn't play a lot.
This was technique in it's infancies.
Today
I have a basic Nokia, simlock free. No Internet. Phone only.
Next week
If all goes according to the promises by T-Mobile they will start shipping the Pulse from Monday October 12. Have a look at a picture:
These are the specs from the website. You find this phone at http://tinyurl.com/ydnc32q
Specificaties:
Afmetingen: 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm
Gewicht: 135 gram
Spreektijd: tot 480 minuten
Standby tijd: tot 750 uur
Netwerken: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA tot 7.2mbps/GSM/GPRS
Functies
Besturingssysteem: Google Android
Scherm: TFT Touch Screen met 65.000 kleuren
Camera: 5.0 megapixel
Processor: Qualcomm MSM 7200A 528 MHz
E-mail
Intern geheugen: 288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Games
Handenvrije luidspreker
HTML-browser
MP3 beltonen
MP3-speler
Polyfone beltonen
Ge #239;ntegreerde GPS ontvanger
Video/Audio speler
Uitgebreide agenda
Trilfunctie
USB aansluiting
It has everything a modern smartphone would want. But these specs are vague. Like what is the screen resolution (480 x 320). The other page on their site claims it runs the latest Android but I can't imagine it to be 1.6. The camera resolution is 3.15MP, not 5 as claimed here.
The phone really is a Huawei U8220. For those among you interested in more detailed specs, have a look at this site: http://tinyurl.com/y8r6f5z.
Money
This phone will cost me close to euro; 30,- a month in a one year contract. It includes darn slow but unlimited Internet (345kB/64kB) and 150 min for E.T. to phone home.
Choices
What made me decide for this one? Mainly it was money. This phone sells at euro; 257,- or thereabout and that's about the upper limit for both my wallet and my notion of what a phone should cost. The latest iPhone would cost me around euro; 1100,- for two years of fun. I would probably go for it anyway if it was only fun I could expect. But I don't like the software being closed source, the App store being controlled without an alternative store available. Even the case is closed so I can't add memory or a spare battery if need be.
If I would want to develop apps for the iPhone I'd need to pay a decent sum of money to start and next get in touch with Objective C. I am not an Apple fanboy. I simply don't want to be locked up into the fantasies of other people.
An alternative would be another phone with Android. Notably the HTC Hero. It's just more expensive. I tend to believe the specs are in the same range.
Expectations
I'll be phoning a lot more. But more important, I;ll have my mail around. And my Twitter. Being a profound bicyclist I have high expectations of the GPS possibilities of the phone. I hope it's got some tracking possibilities. I'll be making pictures and listen to music. I think it's all those basic tasks that keep me busy at least some time in a regular day. It has the potential to be used something like two hours a day when I'm not at home. I can live without it, so it's a pure gadget.
Will I be developing for the Android? Yes and no. I do think I'll be doing a 'Hello World' of some sort. I don't think I'll be doing a real app. I regularly lack inspiration. And things I do come up with are so specific I'll be my only customer. That's the outcome of many of my efforts. I really do know what I'm talking about!
I don't like Java. There Python bindings available but they need to be expanded. It is not expected to be any Python GUI bindings, so the Python part will be text based I presume.
Part of me believes this phone will be a disappointment. But that happened before. It's a glance into the future. The phones of today will turn out to be immature in a few years time. But that's the fun part of progress.
I'll take some time to write a review. I think before the end of the year.
:android, app store, google, iphone, java, objective c, pulse, smartphone, t-mobile
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The Virus
by admin on May.03, 2009, under Nieuws
This is what we're all afraid of: the H1N1 virus aka 'Mexican flu' or 'swine flu'.
Unfortunately it doesn't say how often it's magnified.
Source: CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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Linux ad
by admin on Apr.09, 2009, under Computers
This ad is about will be aired some day. It's picked from a competition.
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What do you expect from a Linux commercial? Do you like this ad?
:ad, commercial, competition, linux
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Creating an art image in Gimp
by admin on Mar.10, 2009, under Computers, Programming
This tutorial is an adaptation from Graphic Art - Photoshop which I rewrote for Gimp. Disclaimer: Gimp is a different tool than Photoshop. However I will show similar effects are possible. That's why I chose to follow the aforementioned HOWTO as close as possible. As usual I made the image for fun but this time also because I liked it but it was copyrighted without a license. My goal is to make a B2evolution skin with it. Big thanks to http://www.adobetutorialz.com/ for publicizing their version. This work is copyrighted but you can use it under the CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share A like license. . This is a small size sneak preview of the resulting image:
The beginning
I started with a 640 x 400 px canvas. Then I made a gradient. There was no double edged gradient available, but it's easy to do yourself. Note: lateron in this Tutorial I realized myself the image was to small. I then created a larger image (800px x 600px). I think it's best you follow this Tutorial because the size of the circle is easier to apply with this canvas.
Click the Gradient tool - gt; Gradient - gt; Open Gradient Selection Dialog. This is a screenshot taken after I finished the gradient called 'Double':
Within the 'Gradient Tool' create a new gradient. From the context menu choose 'Split Segment at Midpoint. Select the left section (when selected the section changes colour) and do in context menu: 'Left Color type - gt; Background Color' and 'Right Color Type: Foreground Color'. For the right section you do the same but you use inverse colours: 'Left Color Type: Foreground Color' and 'Right Color Type: Background color'.
Set 'Blending Function for Segment' to 'Curved' for both halves (segments). That flow is a little more natural than 'Linear'. When done the Gradient tool looks like this:
For Foreground I use #6b9801 and background #0d1600.
Apply the 'Gradient' to the canvas from up to down. This is the first screenshot dispayed at half size:
More on the 'Gradient Editor' in the Gimp docs.
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