panorama: apple sorting machinery
recently got the chance to see a fully automatic apple sorting and grading machine in vinschgau (val venosta), italy. it was quite impressive: on hundreds of individually controlled cups, apples […]
computers & technology
wp downloadmanager: how to change the default sort order in the admin overview page
the problem: WP DownloadManager, a very handy plugin for wordpress, sorts all downloads by name in ascending order on the admin overview page. i find this impractical, because i mainly […]
how to: allow html in static pages 1.0.3 [phpBB3]
if you’re using phpBB version 3.x in combination with vondra vojtech’s static pages mod (v. 1.0.3), and you would like to be able to use standard html on static pages, […]
how to disassemble a sony dsc-f828 [photos]
i had to disassemble the lens part of my “goode olde” sony cybershot dsc-f828 due to a (stupidly self-caused) problem with the flash. since i couldn’t find any photo-tutorial online, […]
cnet: why android is better than iphone
of course both worlds have up- and downsides, but here’s an interesting bit that apparently was created outside of the fruity distortion field: i especially like the part about […]
PHP and regular expressions: return directory URL of a script without the file name
i couldn’t find this through google right away, so i’m keeping it here for reference: in a php script, i wanted to return the address of the current directory, but […]