These days it’s really common you have to validate a credit card when creating an account. iTunes, Android and Zune marketplace all ask for it for example. These validators all do a simple check if the numbers enter conform to the Luhn formula (also known as MOD10). So even a random set of numbers that [...]
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Get 10GB of Dropbox space using AdWords
Last Friday someone showed me the following Youtube Video: 8 GB of Dropbox referrals for $2 USD via AdWords. It’s a short video on how you can get 8GB bonus space by referring people using AdWords. At first I didn’t think much of it but since i’m in need for some more Dropbox space and [...]
Be safe, protect your WordPress blog
WordPress is by default a secure CMS to use for your blog but there are a lot of easy to implement tweaks that will increase the security even more. In this article i’ll try to explain the most common security issues and how to solve them. Implementing them should only cost you about 15 minutes [...]
New theme for kaisersblog.com, tell me what you think
Yay! New theme installed for my blog. I got a bit bored with my old theme which not only had some issues but the design was getting antique really fast. The new theme is an adaptation of the Smooth theme by Benoît “LeBen” Burgener. I made some changes and added some extras so it still [...]
Enable ac3 playback in Windows Media Player 12 using ac3filter or ffdshow
Although Windows Media Player 12 supports Dolby Digital it will often have problems playing AC3 audio. Most common problems are: no audio at all or stuttering playback. With previous versions users could use a workaround by using Windows Media Player Classic. One could change settings in WMP Classic to prefer ac3filter or ffdshow and Windows [...]
How to play video on your TomTom navigation device
After my good old TomTom Go 700 passed away I got a new TomTom Go 740 Live and soon found out it’s really easy to play video on a TomTom navigation device. This way you can use your navigation as an in-car entertainment centre. With TomPlayer you are able to watch full screen video’s in [...]
Good news on bad days
When I woke up this morning I really couldn’t be bothered to get up and go to my internship. So suffering from a very bad morning mood I started my day. Supported by a cup of coffee I opened my e-mail and the first thing I read was just great. After a long time searching [...]
100th GP victory Valentino Rossi
We went to TT Assen yesterday to go see Valentino Rossi win his 100th Grand Prix in the MotoGP race. We had a great time and were able to see Rossi celebrating with a big banner showing photos of all his wins because we where next to the special “Rossi” stand. Luckily the rain came [...]
Break the silence…
When visiting my blog the last few months people might have asked themselves, so where’s Kaiser? Well, I know I haven’t posted anything for about two months and I’ll tell you why. I have been in surgery twice which cost me a lot of effort to recover from. Luckily I fully recovered and I’m feeling [...]
Ubiquitous computing and augmented reality
Wow! Those are some fancy words in this title. Now what does it mean? Well according to Wikipedia: “Ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) is a post-desktop model of human-computer interaction in which information processing has been thoroughly integrated into everyday objects and activities. As opposed to the desktop paradigm, in which a single user consciously engages a [...]
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