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My life with Ben, episode 3
In the previous two episodes, I've told you how I've carried the Ben Nanonote along for several weeks, just to see how it behaves in the real world. In short, it has been used as an MP3 player, a small...
View ArticleAn average Windows XP day
You probably know by now that I don't touch anything but Linux in my private life. I got a Linux laptop, a Linux mini-laptop, a Linux eBook reader, a Linux television and an Android cell phone....
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Dutch treat: RTL XL's major FAIL
Recently RTL (a Dutch commercial television network) relaunched their website, moving entirely from classical Windows media to Microsoft Silverlight. On this site, you can not only play clips, but also...
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"RTL Gemist" kijken op Linux
Update:Sinds 20 januari 2011 werkt deze truuk niet meer. RTL XL is overgeschakeld op een speciale iPad applicatie.Sinds de overgang naar RTL XL kunnen Linux gebruikers geen video's meer bekijken van de...
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World Wildlife Fund .wwf format cracked!
(Quick links to printing, unlocking and creating .wwf files.)I heard about the new .wwf format this morning. It is an initiative of the World Wildlife Fund to prevent people printing PDF files. As a...
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How to print (or unlock) a .wwf file
OnlineYou can unlock your .wwf files here (up to 5 MB) or here (up to 95 MB). This one is even dedicated to .wwf files, which is hilarious!WindowsInstall Ghostscript on Windows and create this simple...
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How to create a .wwf file (without that driver)
OpenOffice.orgAnyone with OpenOffice.org can make .wwf files without any additional software. Simply choose: File/Export as PDF. Then turn to the Security tab. Fill in a "permissions" password and...
View ArticleViral marketing: the truth behind the .wwf format
What really baffled me the last few weeks is why the WWF insisted on using their driver, although I demonstrated more than once that print-disabled PDF's can serve the same purpose. Why would they...
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What the WWF has to learn about FOSS
The WWF must have understood by now that you cannot enter the realm of software development without finding the FOSS community on your way. Where and when software is concerned, FOSS is a force to be...
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How to use the .wwf toolkit
DISCLAIMER:This software does NOT originate from the WWF. It is neither supported nor approved by the WWF in any way, shape or form.The .wwf toolkit is a very simple, but versatile piece of software....
View ArticleThe .wwf format in practice
This week I promised myself to put the .wwf format to the test. So, I sent a .wwf file to my girlfriend at work and I distributed all documents at work that I didn't find worth printing in the .wwf...
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The WWF driver gets competition
A user on the "Save as WWF" Facebook page asked me whether I could port the .wwf toolkit to Windows. It took some research, because emulating a Unix environment on Windows is very quirky, but I did it....
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Installing the .wwf toolkit under Windows
IntroductionConverting a PDF file to .wwf is so trivial under Linux that a bunch of shell scripts is enough to perform that task. When a user asked me whether it could be ported to Windows I was...
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Running shellscripts under Windows
Although many programmers look down on shell scripts, they can be an effective way to quickly realize the required functionality in a minimal amount of time. Especially if you want to tie several...
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How to reheat 30 year old spaghetti
A long time ago, when I was still a student, I got my hands on a very fascinating book called "The effects of nuclear weapons" from the Atomic Energy Commission. It was filled with diagrams and tables...
View ArticleUsing original WWF artwork on your Linux box
Disclaimer:This information is for educational purposes only. If you perform the procedure described here, you assume full responsibility for any and all consequences, including legal action from the...
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The biggest PR clanger in the history of the WWF
We will, wherever possible, seek dialogue and avoid confrontation.We will record and respond to criticisms we receive, in order to learn from, and avoid repeating mistakes.From: WWF Code of EthicsIn...
View ArticleSurf naar de Pirate Bay in 5 minuten
Voor degenen, die geen zin hebben om een VPN of TOR in te richten en na het effectief worden van de blokkade van Ziggo en XS4ALL toch naar de Pirate Bay willen surfen zijn er een paar eenvoudige...
View ArticleFight SOPA/PIPA, change your license
All over the free world, government laws and court decisions are limiting our access to free Internet. Not that these measures are very useful, most of us hackers are able to circumvent them within...
View ArticleVenn diagrams: the intersection of morons and judges
Few people know it, but the Internet as we know it, has its roots in military technology. It's predecessor was called ARPANET, which was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the...
View ArticleMy life with Coherent, part 1
In the early 1990ies my company switched from an S/36 system to a Unix system. No one had any knowledge of that "alien" platform, so I became the expert to be. It was not entirely voluntary: I either...
View ArticleHollywood still doesn't get it
The Dutch Anti-Piracy organization "Brein" has decided to sue ISP's UPC, KPN, T-Mobile and Tele2 after their recent victory in court. I really don't understand why. First of all, blocking a handful of...
View ArticleMy life with Coherent, part 2
In the first post of these series I've shown you it's possible to make Coherent 4.2.10 run under the newest version of QEMU. Now it's time to take it one step further. I've had permission from Robert...
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Hardening your Raspberry Pi
When I had traded in my Microsoft box for a Linux box, I wanted it to look and behave like the large $100K Unix boxes I had had the pleasure to work with before. For instance, I bought a tape unit to...
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How to solve simple linear equations
It may come as a surprise to some people, but in high school this guy was not good at math at all. The point is that while I'm pretty good in designing algorithms, my calculations are always a bit off....
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