Author: Pygmalion
Prisoner’s dilemma on Android
The old prisoner’s dilemma applet has been revitalized on Android. It was a fit occasion to clean up and rewrite those messy sources from the nineties.... Read More
Posting to a Facebook wall using the Graph API
First, instantiate a new Facebook object. Nothing exciting here: require '../src/facebook.php'; $facebook = new Facebook(array( 'appId' => '..............', 'secret' => '............ Read More
Convert a WEP passphrase to hex
Traveling the world you may find yourself in a place where the Wi-Fi access point is WEP protected. The owner can only provide you with an alphanumeric passphrase, whereas your Linux notebook expects ... Read More
Vodafone UMTS: unwanted image compression
When surfing the web over Vodafone UMTS in Germany, you may notice that JPEG images are compressed and displayed in low quality. Press Ctrl-F5 (Strg-F5) in your browser to see the original images on t... Read More
Wardriving using an Ubuntu 10.04 notebook and a Garmin Etrex
Most GPS software that ships with Ubuntu 10.04 uses gpsd to retrieve data from the GPS receiver. So make sure that you have gpsd installed. Unfortunately the new JSON protocol used by gpsd is not supp... Read More
Default Glade window sizes
By default, GtkWindow objects are displayed as compact as possible. In order to specify the preferred window dimensions, first set the visibility of the window to “No” in Glade Interface D... Read More
Using a cellphone as a GPRS modem in Ubuntu (8.04)
We’re using a LG KC 910 Renoir. Connect the phone to your computer over the USB cable. Accept the connection in “PC Suite” mode or something similar (that is: not as a mass storage d... Read More
Adding a profile box and posting to the feed on facebook
Building an app is easy. At least that’s what facebook states. Yet it can be quite a challenge to get started if you’re not famliar with facebook’s API as the documentation can be qu... Read More
Dilution calculator for distillers
This very simple Java application calculates the volume of water that needs to be added to an alcoholic distillate to reduce it to bottling strength. Although it’s not a very complex calculation... Read More
WordPress LinkRoll Widget
The simple widget that runs in our sidebar presents a random selection of stored links. The script parses the <title> tags on the referred pages to name the links. To install it copy the script ... Read More
WordPress AdSense Widget
We customized Mike Smullin’s AdSense to meet the current specs. Our sidebar shows what it looks like. You can find our version right here. After installation and activation you only need to spec... Read More- 6 of 6
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