[Funny] Kid owns G-Man at basketball game

This is a real funny video, it involves G-man, 3 guys and a kid with a phone !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDAfFvddDo4

[Tech] Cool barebone touch-screen device

With this barebone one can build his/her own touch-screen device. It contains a 2.8" 320x240 TFT color display with resistive touch screen, an Atmega32u4 8-bit microcontroller, lithium polymer battery charger, backlight control, micro-sd slot and a triple-axis accelerometer. The price of $69 is quite nice for such a bundle of joy :)

Link to the Microtouch 2.8"

[Dev, C#] Generic EventArgs

This is something I created a few years ago and it really helps me every week multiple times. It is a generic type of EventArgs. This way no EventArgs for a specific type need to be created. This saves time and makes it (for me) easier readable.

The code

[Movie] Unstoppable [2010]

Just watched Unstoppable, it was very entertaining. Good story, some heroic action, in general good stuff ! :)

According to IMDB

With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477080/

[Dev] Windows Phone GPS Emulator

With this GPS emulator for the windows phone you are able to debug your application on the Windows Phone emulator or a real device without leaving the comfort of your home or office.

WindowSteamBlog.com

[Tech] Netduino is an open source electronics platform using the .NET Micro Framework

This looks like a very nice addition to my collection of Atmels. Instead of C++ I can just use C# and decent debugging and that for ~ $35. How cool is that ?

http://www.netduino.com/
On a Dutch website for €32,50

Silverlight application hosted on the Netduino

[Tech] On the hunt for universal intelligence

How do you use a scientific method to measure the intelligence of a human being, an animal, a machine or an extra-terrestrial? So far this has not been possible, but a team of Spanish and Australian researchers have taken a first step towards this by presenting the foundations to be used as a basis for this method in the journal Artificial Intelligence, and have also put forward a new intelligence test.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-universal-intelligence.html

[Tech] Nokia Hints at Switch to Android

Mr. Elop was clearly hinting that Nokia is either considering the adoption of a new operating system or that it has already made that decision, said analyst Geoff Blaber at research firm CCS Insight, adding that the most likely option in that case would be Google Inc’s Android.

URL: Nokia hints at switch to android

[News] Today 25 years ago the space shuttle Challenger exploded

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2404439n

[Tech] Microsoft Presses Intel for 16-core Atom Chip

That would be a nice replacement for my webserver, currently a 2 core atom ...

URL: Microsoft presses Intel for 16 core Atom chip

Egypt: Complete internet block

Authorities in Egypt completely shutdown internet communication because of possible protest against authorities.

http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/01/28/egypt.internet.shutdown/index.html?hpt=T2

Even pirate bay reports:
http://twitter.com/#!/tpbdotorg/statuses/30778941698473986

Even 3 cities are already locked down completely:
http://www.debka.com/article/20598/

Active reports regarding the situation:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/01/28/friday-protests-liveblog

[Tech] New robotic hand, build like terminator

http://www.geekologie.com/2011/01/terminator_hands_are_real_inde.php

[Tech] Sony Ericsson LiveView --> Cool gadget

I just ran into this gadget, nice when you have an Android mobile phone. Too bad it does not work for my Windows Mobile phone ... Certainly when you take the price into account, it's less then 50 euros.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/liveview

Nice video:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/10/03/sony-ericsson-liveview-remote-controlled-1-3-micro-display-to-manage-android-devices/

[Tech] Smart usb plug, up or down does not matter

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/26/double-usb-concept-ends-your-fear-of-usb-plug-rejection/

[Tech] Webmail client via Asp.Net or PHP

Yesterday I had to install a webmail client on my web/mail server. In the past I used Apache for my webserver and then I used Squirrelmail. But since I am hosting some Silverlight applications I switched to IIS.

It is still possible to run PHP based webmail, but according my taste this took too much configuration. So I looked around for a (free) Asp.Net based solution and then I ran into Webmail Pro from Afterlogic. And it works very well !

Check it out at: http://www.afterlogic.com/webmail-client

When configuring the system with MySQL I ran into a problem when creating a database. I got the following error:

Connect unsuccessful!: Internal Server Error. Please, contact your system administrator in order to report the problem.

It seems that the odbc connector from MySQL needs to be installed, so make sure that you also install:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/3.51.html

PS: I am using hMailServer for handling my mail. This is also a no-nonsense tool which works very well. Check it out at: http://www.hmailserver.com/

World internet users and population stats

Something I just ran into, the number of internet users in the world:
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

A nice quote I ran into

Never regret anything that has happened in your life, it can not be changed, undone or forgotten so take it as a lesson learned and move on

Clay pigeon shooting with a tank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op8p8peMGTs

I know it's not real, but it's still funny :)

Movie: Cleaner [2007]

Storyline
A former cop who now earns a wage as a crime scene cleaner unknowingly participates in a cover-up at his latest job. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896798/

Conclusion

I really enjoyed watching this movie.

TeraCopy: A better way to copy/move files in Windows

I am using TeraCopy since a few weeks now and it works as Windows should handle the copying and the moving of files. It fully integrates into Windows and will provide decent error recovery, pausing of the action and the best thing is that the standard version is free.

http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php

Just watched RED, good movie !

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/

Instant funny sounds, Bazinga !

http://www.instantsfun.es/

Shopping cart

This is a typical example of incorrect requirements ...

An article I posted recently on CodeProject

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WCF/ClientProxy.aspx which shows a dynamic proxy which can be used to talk to WCF services.

Testing

This is a test to see if my blog post gets correctly delivered.

Hello world

I decided to start this blog to be able to share stuff I run into in a more optimal way on Facebook, Twitter and the internet in general :)