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Some Suddenelfilio.net changes.

suddenelfilio — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:25:22 +0000

As I mentioned earlier on this blog suddenelfilio.net now uses the Disqus Commenting & Discussion system to handle comments on blogs. It is a really nice systems that integrates perfectly with WordPress on which this blog is running.

New Disqus Commenting system installed

suddenelfilio — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:34:03 +0000

Suddenelfilio.net is now using the Disqus commenting system for all comments. I’ve tried to import as many existing comments as possible but they may not all have been imported. From now on you can comment using your Disqus, Twitter, Facebook or OpenID account. Hope to see some comments

The new Suddenelfilio.net Logo

suddenelfilio — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:27:37 +0000

The new logo:

The new logo icon:

Suddenelfilio Products & Services

suddenelfilio — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:49:36 +0000

As of now Suddenelfilio.net is offering various products and services for those interested. Currently we offer 2 technology offers:

1. Microsoft Tag: suddenelfilio.net can help you with your Microsoft Tag needs.
2. WordPress Services: for a simple blog or wordpress as cms we can help you!

Have a look at the Products & Services page for more information.

I Like (to) Read It Later

suddenelfilio — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:11:40 +0000

Today I discovered Readitlaterlist.com. This is an online service that allows you to mark pages for reading later on.If you are like me always seeing things you would really like to read but just don’t have the time at the moment you see them and then when you get round to reading them can’t remember what they were? Well this is the ideal solution. You should really have a look at all the applications it integrates with.

The way it works is really simple. First go to the website to create an account then you install a plugin for you browser/mobile phone and you’re set!

When browsing a website and you see something that you like to read later on just click the readitlater icon in the adress bar and it will be stored so you can easily find it back later on. Nice about this is that the list of things you want to read later on is available on every pc/mac/mobile that has the til plugin installed. All popular browser and mobile platforms are supported.

Another very nice feature is the ability to download the resource you would like to read later on so you can read it when you are offline. Like when you put various stuff in your list while working and then on the way home in the train you would like to read them. Because they were downloaded you can even if you 3G reception is bad or even worse not available.

A problem when you want to read a website on a mobile device might be the extensive use of images and all sorts of markup. Ril allows you to convert the resource to be stored as text so it strips out unnecessary markup and presents it in a clean format. This is very handy when catching up on your list from a mobile device.

On top of that they have a very nice application called Digest. What Digest does is it sorts your resources into topics and presents it to you like you are reading blog or newspaper. Consider it like your own Magazine software that updates its content to the stuff you really like to read.On top of that Digest also allows you to share your content with others and access to Digest is possible from all Read It Later apps.

Currently you can get an early beta access to Digest for only $5.

Since I’m a developer myself I also would like to make you aware of the RIL API. So if you are feeling creative give it try and build an amazing mashup or app to integrate with ReadItLater.

I can only say that I really like it a lot! It helps me remember all the fun stuff out there in the digital world I would like to discover.

Windows 7 x64 + nforce chipset + >= 4 GB RAM + large file copy = disaster

suddenelfilio — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:04:43 +0000

I’ve wasted an entire day AND evening on some stupid issues at work. I reinstalled my portable with windows 7 x64. Only to notice that after 6 hours of installing that some software that I need for work doesn’t play nice with x64 (I know because I tested it in x86 where it works just fine). So I decided to install the x86 version of windows 7. I downloaded it and wanted to copy it to my USB stick only to discover that the file copy got stuck around 700 MB left to copy. It seems there is an issue with windows 7 x64 with at least 4 GB ram of copying large files. Microsoft released a so called hotfix: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprohardware/thread/38f25c1d-de67-4c74-8845-2cd3a15d8e41 but as it turns out my system already had this update and it seems that it doesn’t work at all. So now I’m stuck with an >2GB iso file I can’t copy away from my desktop because copying fails halfway through. I recently upgraded my system to 8GB so downgrading to 32 bits is not an option as the extra 4GB will go to waste. Maybe I should put back windows xp x64?

If you recognize this issue and have found a working solution please let me know by posting a comment!

Suddenelfilio.net goes Microsoft BizSpark

suddenelfilio — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:07:34 +0000

Today I got accepted into the Microsoft BizSpark Program. Looking forward to use the excellent Microsoft tools for my benefit. Now all I need to do is stay committed to the project and see this one through.

Suddenelfilio.net is participating with Earth Hour 2010

suddenelfilio — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:52:09 +0000

This year suddenelfilio.net will participate with Earth Hour using the Earth Hour WordPress plugin created by BraveNewCode.com. On March 27th 8:30 pm the website will show the following message:

Ofcourse some of the text will be different because it uses dynamic counters. But you get the picture So if you are running on a WordPress system why not participate and install the plugin which will do the heavy lifting for you!

Suddenelfilio.net relocation

suddenelfilio — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:11:10 +0000

I’ve moved this site from Linux hosting at justhost.com to my new hyper-v hosting at ultima hosts. The entire blog was moved manually and it is possible that some pictures are missing. If you see something out of the ordinary please let me know so I can fix it.

Belgium Radio Relief Effort for Haiti: www.radio1212.be

suddenelfilio — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:35:04 +0000

Today in belgium an unsee precedent is taking place in the land of Radio. For the first time in Belgian history 5 different radio stations are working together to create a benefit show by going on air together for an entire day. Special about this is that it are radio stations from not only public radio’s (read government) but also commercial radio’s. I can only applaud this effort and hope that their project Radio1212 will be a succes so that we can all contribute to helping the people of Haiti.

If you would like to follow the transmission (language is dutch of course) online go to http://www.radio1212.be

If you are living in Belgium and you want to support the relief operations you can do that here:

Wire some amount of money you would to donate to the account number: 000-0000012-12
Donate some money online at the site http://www.1212.be
Send an sms to 4666 which will donate 1 EUR per sms
Start your own benefit project and register it at http://help.1212.be/pp/new1212.php
Support Docters without borders (Artzen zonder grenzen) by donating some money at account number: 000-0000060-60
Support Red Cross Flanders (Het Rode Kruis Vlaanderen) by donating some money at account number: 000-0006566-67 (add the description ‘ aardbeving Haiti ‘)