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Xkcd Episode 1110 for the Impatient 21 Sep 2012 | 03:11 am
In case you really can't take the time to explore the hidden universe created by Xkcd in Episode #1110 (Click and Drag), you can find a down-scaled version of the original 165888 pixels wide by 65536 ...
Updating Drupal with FileZilla, WinMerge and 7-Zip on Windows in 10 steps 8 Mar 2012 | 01:14 pm
In a previous blog post I explained how to review and perform a Drupal update from the *NIX command-line. Not always do you have access to the *NIX command-line, or you may feel more comfortable usin...
Revisiting the lateral support for my 14 inch f/5 telescope 1 Aug 2010 | 11:44 pm
Time to resume working on my 14" f/5 telescope project. The mirror cell parameters have been computed with PLOP. A standard 6 points cell it will be, with support points at 106.9mm. Here are a couple...
Spammers beware 7 Jul 2010 | 06:19 am
Dear spammer, do not even bother spamming my blog. Your entries are filtered anyway, and links are "rel=nofollow" by default. Any spammer will be reported to sites like www.stopforumspam.com. Posted...
Spread the word 25 Jun 2010 | 11:04 pm
You just wrote a blog post that you believe might be useful for others. Here's a simple way to lower the threshold for readers to bookmark and spread the word about your featured post: Share This. Thi...
Configuring an SMTP server for sending mail with Drupal 25 Jun 2010 | 05:37 am
Sending mails from Drupal is a feature we take for granted. Sometimes however you can't rely on the default SMTP settings available from your hosting provider. This week I was unable to send mails fro...
Rearranging comments in Drupal 25 Jun 2010 | 03:48 am
Moving comments around in Drupal is not (yet) straightforward. There is an experimental module that aims at providing this type of funcitonality, but the maintainers strongly discourage you in using i...
One URL to Rule them All, One URL to Find them, One URL to Bring them All and in the Web Bind them 21 Jun 2010 | 07:10 am
If you read Tolkien's books you most likely will recognize the title of this blog post. It's about power. Absolute power. If you aim for high impact communication on the overloaded Internet, you bette...
Replacing node/123 links with more meaningful URLs 21 Jun 2010 | 06:44 am
Ever wanted to know why Drupal exposes content via links like "node/123" instead of "content/some-more-meaningful-page-title-reference"? Or are you unhappy with URLs like "node/123"? Then read on. Th...
EAGLE library for 2.45GHz planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) 14 Jun 2010 | 01:16 am
In creating Mark II of a Bluetooth link with my telescope mount, I realized I would need a 2.45GHz antenna for better performance. So I went looking on the Internet for information on Bluetooth antenn...
