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Ferry Boender

Programmer, DevOpper, Open Source enthusiast.

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Budget supercomputer

Hey, look! Something to run Vista on.

Did you know? Starwars

Did you know Starwars was actually meant as some kind of Flash Gordon movie? Check out the story. More cool myth debunking on: The Straight Dope. PS: I hate the StarWars movies. Just so you know.

Signs You’re a Crappy Programmer

Really old blog entry: Signs You’re a Crappy Programmer (and don’t know it). Check out the comments. They’re pretty funny. Especially this one: Alright, so I’m a student at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and currently studying Software Engineering. This is a very prestigious school (4th in the nation), and they courses dedicated to Design […]

Joel Spolsky on Vista

I’ve been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using it as their primary operating system — it simply has no redeeming merits to overcome the compatibility headaches it causes. Whenever anyone asks, my advice is to stay with Windows XP (and to […]

Vista problems

The battle is on! Microsoft Windows Vista sucks, and here’s the propaganda to prove it: Vista messing with external monitor: flashing screen and moving windows Myelin.co.nz Playing Music Slows Vista Network Performance? Slashdot.org Vista causes an array of problems USAToday The 13 main problems with Vista MediaVidea Vista: Slow and Dangerous Businessweek.com

Mirrorboard: A one-handed keyboard layout for the lazy

Mirrorboard: A one-handed keyboard layout for the lazy. Do you have a wearable computer? Are you interested in alternate keyboard layouts but too lazy to learn Dvorak? Do you masturbate at your desk? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be interested in my custom keyboard layout. It’s a left-handed mirroring […]

GadflyB5: SQL Relational Database in Python

Gadfly is a SQL Relational Database that supports a large set of the SQL standard. It keeps the database in-memory while operating on it. It’s also completely written in Python (with the use of some Python/C modules). I don’t know why it’s cool, but it is.

PHP MySQL tips

Interesting PHP MySQL tips. Some comments: 2. Always prepend the table name to the field. E.g. ProductName, SupplierPostCode. This refers to field name aliasing, not to actual field names. He doesn’t suggest that you actually name your fields like that in the table, but only when you select them: SELECT product.name AS product_name instead of […]

Modeling Chess using SQL

Here’s an interesting use of SQL: SQLChess – A tutorial on thinking in sets.

AsciiDoc: Text based document generation

I write a lot of documentation for various articles and projects. Usually, I’ll use DocBook for writing that documentation. DocBook is an SGML/XML dialect for writing articles, books and other writings. It’s pretty extensive, and it can do a lot. It can export to LaTeX, HTML, PDF and a variety of other formats. But it’s […]

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