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Readers of this blog should expect a more or less cohesive agglomeration of ideas, tricks and solutions; written to share my thoughts and remember what I did two months ago.

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Bulk-download from GMAIL

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I collected over a decade of work related emails. Now it's time to run some analytics on it. A long time ago I convinced the IT departm...

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Creating an Image Gallery in HTML5

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Disclaimer: This example works easily on any Linux distribution. OS X users need to install ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick via MacP...

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Processing class assignments on paper (Part I)

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One of my classes is really old-school. I give out exercises on paper. The nature of the class requires the students to write a lot of equat...

Upgrading Python on Centos 6.3

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In recent weeks I have become quite a fan of Python. Just like in many other cases, I learn to appreciate something once I have to use it. T...

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Expanding Short URLs

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Short URLs are use to save characters in a message, such as tweets or emails. The may also be used to create a permanent or easy to remember...

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Uploading files via email

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The following article describes a method for posting new documents on a website. Or more generally, uploading files to a server for further ...

Sunday, January 13, 2013

No more spying on site visitors ... How browsers limit the :visited style

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I recently came about an article describing how one could estimate the gender of visitors by checking their browser history. Apparently, fem...

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