The art of web feeds

Tuesday, August 31st 2010, 17:05

Web feeds, as many of you surely know by now, represent a data format under which frequently updated content from various sources is provided to readers (the humans reading the content). The purpose of the web feed is therefore to inform the user of new or updated content originating from a source. Generally speaking web
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How to make Thunderbird connect with Microsoft Exchange

Monday, August 16th 2010, 22:47

After enrolling to the University of Southampton Software Engineering MSc programme the iSolutions department (responsible with the IT infrastructure) provided me with an user account to be able to access all the facilities. The account also has an email address attached, which happens to be hosted by a Microsoft Exchange Server. And here the “conflict”
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Oracle vs. Google and Java Patents

Friday, August 13th 2010, 15:46

Yesterday Oracle announced that it would sue Google over the use of Java on its Android platform. The net is screaming about this subject and most of the people commenting on it are defending Google. Although Google has its fair share of excellent contributions to the computing world, I do not think it’s fair to
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Gitosis and read-only Git repositories

Monday, July 26th 2010, 20:50

When I’ve started working with Git, besides using the quick how-to guides from the official site, I’ve also wanted to read a more detailed book about how this distributed VCS tool should be used in order to benefit from all of its functionalities. One of these books is Pro Git by Scott Chacon, from Apress.
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A few clarifications about VMware Server and the Linux kernels

Friday, July 2nd 2010, 12:12

Since Ubuntu 9.04 appeared back in April, 2009, I’ve started building different scripts that use community supplied patches in order to make the install process of VMware Server as easy as it was supposed to be. Still it seems that many of the users of my scripts misinterpret the help I offered by asking questions
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Java 4-Ever

Friday, June 25th 2010, 20:22

I have just seen the funniest and geekiest online video ever (via a buddy who sent me the link from the original site). Forget about Intel’s last advertising campaigns. Carefully watch the following one. DISCLAIMER: You must have some basic knowledge about Java, .NET, Microsoft, Linux and open-source. Otherwise you might fail to get the
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iOS4 on iPod Touch 2nd generation

Thursday, June 24th 2010, 00:15

Yesterday I have updated the OS on my iPod Touch 2nd generation to the latest release: iOS4. Because I have an “outdated” model I cannot enjoy the most appealing new features: multitasking and custom home wallpapers. While I can live well without the latter, the former would have been tremendously useful. The UI has changed
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OpenX Ad Server: Beginner’s Guide – review

Wednesday, June 16th 2010, 14:51

A few days ago I have finally finished reading the OpenX Ad Server: Beginner’s Guide book, by Murat Yilmaz, that PACKT publishing sent me for review. The book deals with the aspect of installing and configuring the open-source OpenX Ad Server in order to serve advertisement campaigns on your websites. Being a beginner’s guide, the
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A very simple JavaScript diff function

Tuesday, June 15th 2010, 15:14

I was faced today with the problem of getting the difference between two JavaScript arrays. After Googling a bit, I haven’t found anything to catch my attention and so I decided to write my own function. It’s not the most efficient way of doing the job and probably not the most elegant either, but it
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