Great write-up on ElasticSearch by Jurriaan Persyn. Not only does it contain an introduction to ES, it also contains a few of the lessons learned whilst rolling out ES for use with Engagor. Introduction to ElasticSearch →
Adobe Crossword
A crossword based on the Adobe password leak. The answers to the crossword are chosen from the 1000 most used passwords for Adobe user accounts from the recent password leak. The clues are up to 50 of the most commonly used hints for each of the passwords. Hilarious stuff! Adobe Crossword → Inspired upon XKCD …
Automating Front-end Workflow
Writing a modern web app these days can sometimes feel like a tedious process; frameworks, boilerplates, abstractions, dependency management, build processes..the list of requirements for a front-end workflow appears to grow each year. What if however, you could automate a lot of this? Extensive set of slides by Addy Osmani. Solid gold for those wanting …
Star Canvas
Coin
Coin is a connected device that contains all your credit, debit, gift, loyalty and membership cards in one place. Instead of carrying all those cards in your wallet just carry your Coin. The best part? Coin works anywhere those cards are accepted. Dip, swipe or slide; Coin knows all the moves. Too bad it doesn’t …
Xbox One All-in-One Demo with Yusuf Mehdi and Marc Whitten
Marc Whitten and Yusuf Mehdi walk through a comprehensive demo of Xbox One, including instant switching, biometric sign-in, Live TV, Skype, game DVR, OneGuide and more. Never had a console at home, yet this has gotten me interested. Too bad the TV integration most likely won’t work here in Belgium because the broadcasters are way …
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Amazing in Motion – SWARM
John Lewis ‘The Bear & The Hare’
ocppjs – An experimental OCPP Simulator
Simulator for the Open Charge Point Protocol — the protocol by which a Charge Point of an electric vehicle communicates with a Central System — supporting both OCPP-S (standard OCPP, using SOAP over HTTP) and the new OCPP-J (“new” OCPP, using a Wamp inspired protocol over WebSockets). Version 1.2 and 1.5 of OCPP are supported. …
Fixing the “Connect to iTunes to use Push Notifications” alert in iOS 7.0.3
Ever since updating to iOS 7.0.3, my iPhone kept telling me to “Connect to iTunes to use Push Notifications”. Connecting to iTunes did just nothing: the notice kept popping up. Additionally iMessage and FaceTime didn’t work anymore, really annoying. Above that the notice forced some apps in a loop as an app would lose and …
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