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June 12, 2014
in Engineering
1 min read

Convert Video Files with avconv

It's always frustrating to find out how to convert video files from one format to another or resize your videos that you want to upload to youtube at maximum quality but minimal file size.

May 27, 2014
in Linux and tools
1 min read

Install PostGIS on Ubuntu 14.04

I ran into this error after installing just the package postgis on Ubuntu 14.04:

ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/share/postgres/9.1/extension/postgis.control": No such file or directory

To resolve this, just install the other necessary packages:

May 11, 2014
in Linux and tools
2 min read

Ubuntu 14.04 - Asus N13 Wireless USB Adapter Problems Howto

It's been a long time since I last blogged. But nevertheless, here a guide on how to install the Asus N13 Wireless USB Adapter. This may also apply to other WLAN adapters that use the rt2800usb kernel module.

May 30, 2013
in Web development
4 min read

Application Deployment - web and other with php-packager

Deployment of applications on a server is always an issue for developers of applications that need to be installed in some way. Applications like this include specifically web applications built with or on top of Drupal, SilverStripe, Symfony or other PHP web application frameworks.

May 24, 2013
in Engineering
4 min read

Introduction

# Introduction Today and yesterday, I attended the SilverStripe training course lead by SilverStripe CEO Sam Minnee. It was a pleasant experience, a well paced session and I got a lot out of it. Even though it was the first SS training course provided ever, it was well thought through and gave a lot of information that would have been tedious to figure out by my own research.

April 1, 2013
in Engineering
3 min read

Google Code Jam Problem - Problem B. Baby Height - Mistake?

Just having a couple of training sessions on Google Code Jam problems I noticed the following. I tried my luck with this problem: http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/2334486/dashboard#s=p1 .

January 3, 2013
in Engineering
5 min read

Which Technology To Choose?

Since this seems to be interesting for a lot of developers, I thought I'd share my thoughts:

May 9, 2012
in Data and geospatial
1 min read

OpenLayers - Questions and Answers

Here I would like to try to answer questions about OpenLayers. Please ask in a comment.