Category Archives: Tech

Message to iPhone devs: pixels are not space

One of the most significant improvements of the recently introduced iPhone 4 over its predecessors is the so called Retina Display. Apple has significantly bumped up the resolution of their pocket-sized cash cow from 320×480 to 960×640 pixels. In all … Continue reading 

A new micheljansen.org

Almost five years ago, I decided it was time to create myself a place to vent my thoughts. I installed WordPress on my home server and started writing; “Michel’s Exhaust” was born. Quickly after that I registered my own domain … Continue reading 

Twente Milieu Afval-iCalender

Trash Clam (cc) Mugley - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mugley/2353540461/

Forgot to put out the trash again? Twente Milieu collects recycled paper, plastic and biomass once a month, which often leaves the less organised among us with heaps of stuff piling up. To scratch my own itch, I’ve made a … Continue reading 

Making your Mac wake up quietly

If you’re like me, you’re always sweating when you take your MacBook from your bag during a lecture and open it up: “Did I mute the sound before I put it to sleep?”. I’m not really good at predicting when … Continue reading 

Redmine Refresh Repository API Plugin

For a project I’m running Redmine, an open source project management webapp, with nice Subversion integration as one of its prime features. It’s a really cool app, which does a good job of showing project activity. Unfortunately it suffers from … Continue reading 

MoMo Backchannel etiquette

Afgelopen maandag was ik bij Mobile Monday #10. Zoals ook de vorige keren was er naast het scherm met de slides van de spreker ook een tweede scherm met daarop een live stream van alle tweets met de hashtag #momo. … Continue reading 

When pop-up controls go bad

While toying around with QuickSnapper, a web service for showing off screen shots that André has got me addicted to, I noticed something silly the designer’s probably didn’t think of when they came up with the pop-up style controls for … Continue reading