Another small website I made just for fun is An ode to Klaas. And it’s not an  ode to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar The website is probably only fun for dutch people because it shows all tweets about Klaas from Nico Dijkshoorn (@dijshoorn).

If you’re interested in the code behind it, click here to download. It’s easy to adjust to your own wishes.

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For now you will find the list of default modem and router passwords I was talking about and a list of default ports for games and applications. I will add some nice content later on including: 5000 most popular passwords, WiFi security testing for Windows and some tutorials for beginners on how to forward ports in your network and some basic home networks setup instructions. Of course my most popular post about hacking the Thompson Speedtouch routers can also be found there. And last but not least, a download section with software for your home network will be added as soon as possible.

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I like to ‘watch’ video will i’m working or surfing the internet. My major problem is when I start a video and enable full screen as soon as I click in the other monitor the video player resizes to default resolution. All web video players do this. It doesn´t matter if it´s Silverlight, Flash, Windows Media Player or even Youtube´s new HTML5 player they all refuse to stay fullscreen when using the other screen. So, since all web video players show this behavior one might think the root of the problem isn’t in the web players but probably browser or operating system related. I’m a Windows user (Win7 at the moment), so that will be the start of my research. First test: Windows’ default player Windows Media Player.

A small success, with full screen enabled I’m able to use my other screen as I like. But my main focus is on web video players so this will prove it’s not the operating system being the problem. But let’s do a another quick test to rule out the OS. I’ll use the free open source player VLC Media Player. It works, again I’m able to use my main monitor while full screen is enabled in the VLC Media Player. I think it’s fair to say it’s not Windows preventing the player to stay full screen when using another monitor. This is good to know because this will come in handy when you have the deeplink of the video or livestream you’d like to watch full screen at that moment. Next up, browser testing.

For some, it might be obvious that the browser is the problem. This because your browser is continuously ‘listening’ for click actions. Once you click somewhere in your main screen you browser window playing the video will lose focus and exit full screen mode. I don’t think this is something developers can enable using their own build players because of this. Aobde and Microsoft claim it is because of security issues and it is not possible by design. The tests as shown below kind of explain this theory:

X – Video does not stay maximized when losing focus

Solution

According to a reply to a bug report on Adobe there’s nothing that can be done when using Flash Players:  ”We understand that many users would like fullscreen on one monitor and to be able to interact with your OS on another monitor. However, due to security requirements, we require that Flash and Browser must be the current focus of your OS. Apologies if this causes any workflow or usability issues. We will continue to review our security policy and consider changes in the future.”

No matter what Adobe might be saying there is a solution regarding Flash it’s players. You can replace npswf32.dll file for a modified version which allow you to have a Flash video player stay maximized while you are using the other monitor. Of course you can also hex edit a flash binary youself. (More info) (Download modified npswf32.dll) Apparently unchecking “Hardware Accelerating” also fixes it but I don’t want to disable my hardware accelartion. (Right click on the video, Settings…..)

Now how about Silverlight and Windows Media Player? In a podcast from december, which a can’t find no more, I heard that the Silverlight team is currently fixing this. Searching some more on this topic brings us the news this feature will not be released untill Silverlight 4. According to Mike Taulty “A Silverlight 4 application can go full-screen without those security limitations if that application marks itself as requiring elevation at installation time ( i.e. it’s a trusted application ) and in that case the security sandbox is relaxed and one of the things that enables is full-screen apps without those security restrictions.”

So i’ll guess we have to wait for Silverlight 4 for this functionality. On the other hand  Windows Media Player will play all video that a Silverlight player could show. So searching for the deeplink and copy/pasting it into Windows Media Player will also work. This because Windows Media Player will stay full screen when losing focus as said earlier in this article. Finding the source or deeplink can be done by looking at the embed code of the object in the source code of the webpage it is embedded in or look for it using Firefox web developer plugin Firebug.

It seems the solution stopped working in Google Chrome after the latest updates. Thanks to Henrik there’s a solution:

“Hey, i use chrome, and they recently applied an update, which invalides this operation to flash.

U might want to keep your original chrome file, just in case. And if chrome release another update, the solution might just be the same ”

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Thanks to Jan-Willem Eshuis oEmbed is now available for WordPress! The oEmbedder plugin makes it easy to use oEmbed services from websites like Flickr, Youtube, Qik, Revision3 and Vimeo into your weblog. I’ve tested the WP-oEmbed plugin on this blog and we will probably use it for the NOS weblogs soon.

How to install?

Installation is very easy, just download the zip file and install this into your WordPress plugins directory or auto-install via WordPress plugins browser (search for: oembed).

Howto use the plugin

The plugin will automatically replace special uri’s you provide to your WordPress posting. Just use [plugin:YOURURI]  in your posting. (NOTE: for this example I used the word plugin otherwise the plugin is triggered. So change the word “plugin” for “oembed”!)

Example Flickr:

[plugin:http://www.flickr.com/services/oembed/?url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/23886028@N04/3983995799/in/set-72157622398187791/]

Example youtube:

[plugin:http://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvdbqcbRH50&format=json]

Working example NOS (Winter Holland from above):

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This is not an error generated by kaisersblog.com or any other website! These problems occur on the client (your local machine) side. Ieframe.dll errors are fairly varied and really depend on the cause of the problem. A few of the more common ieframe.dll related errors are shown here:

• “Res://ieframe.dll/dnserror.htm#”
• “File Not Found C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\IEFRAME.DLL”

Most ieframe.dll “not found” or “missing” type of errors occur when using Internet Explorer 7 or while using Visual Basic 6. The “Res://ieframe.dll/dnserror.htm” and related messages are much more common and appear in the Internet Explorer 7 browser window itself.

Cause of Ieframe.dll Errors

The ieframe.dll DLL file is related to Internet Explorer 7. In many cases, the installation of Internet Explorer 7 causes ieframe.dll errors to appear. Other causes include viruses, certain Windows Updates, incorrect firewall settings, outdated security software applications, and more.

Solution

Important Note: Do not, under any circumstances, download the ieframe.dll DLL file individually from any “DLL download site.” There are many reasons that downloading DLLs from these sites are never a good idea.

You do not need to follow every step in this list. Just start with the first one and continue until the problem is solved:

1. Restart your computer unless you’ve already done so. The ieframe.dll error might be a fluke and a simple restart could clear it up completely.
2. Install the latest version of Internet Explorer. No matter if you’re missing ieframe.dll or if you’re receiving a browser error message about it, reinstalling or updating to the latest version of Internet Explorer has resolved many user’s issues with ieframe.dll.
3. Using Visual Basic 6? If so, change the reference for Microsoft Internet Controls from the existing ieframe.dll to shdocvw.ocx. Save your project and then reopen it.
4. Restart your router, switch, cable/DSL modem and anything else that’s used to communicate to the Internet or other computers on your network. There may be an issue in one of these pieces of hardware that a simple restart could solve.
5. Scan your entire computer for viruses. Sometimes, the ieframe.dll error will show up when your computer is infected with certain kinds of viruses. Use your antivirus software to do a complete system scan for virus infections.
6. Disable Windows Firewall in Windows XP if you have another firewall installed. Running two firewall applications at the same time can cause problems so if you have a firewall program installed like ZoneAlarm, Norton Personal Firewall, Comodo Firewall, etc., then you should not be running Windows’s built-in firewall simultaneously. Note: Even if you’re positive that the Windows firewall is disabled, check again. Some Microsoft security updates have been known to re-enable the firewall automatically even if you have an existing firewall enabled in another security software program.
7. Update all non-Microsoft firewall and other security software on your computer. Certain security updates fromMicrosoft have been known to cause issues with security software from other vendors that those vendors are responsible for resolving. Check their websites for updates or service packs and install any that are available. Note: If you’re already running a fully updated version of your security software, try uninstalling and then reinstalling the software instead. A clean installation may stop that nagging ieframe.dll error message.
8. Install any available Windows updates. It is true that some previous updates from Microsoft may actually cause some ieframe.dll errors, but installing more recent updates, especially those to the Windows Update software itself, may help resolve the problem.
9. Clear the temporary Internet files in Internet Explorer 7. Some ieframe.dll issues may have to do with problems accessing existing temporary Internet files.
10. Increase the frequency that Internet Explorer 7 checks for new versions of web pages. If the default setting is too infrequent and there are issues with certain pages, you may see ieframe.dll and related errors.
11. Disable Internet Explorer 7 add-ons one by one. One of your installed add-ons might be causing the ieframe.dll issue. Selectively disabling them will show you which one, if any, is causing problems.
12. Set Internet Explorer 7 security options back to their default levels. Some programs, even some updates from Microsoft, will sometimes make automatic changes to your Internet Explorer 7 security settings.Incorrect or overprotective security settings can sometimes cause ieframe.dll issues. Returning these settings to their default levels may correct your issue.
13. Move the IE7 Temporary Internet Files Folder to its Default Location in Windows XP. If the Temporary Internet Files folder in Internet Explorer 7 has been moved from its original location, plus both Protected Mode and the Phishing Filter are enabled, the ieframe.dll error will occur.
14. Disable the Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer 7. This isn’t a great long term solution if you don’t have another phishing filter installed, but disabling IE7′s phishing filter has been known to correct ieframe.dll issues in some situations.
15. Disable Protected Mode in Internet Explorer 7. The Protected Mode feature in Internet Explorer 7 can, in some very specific situations, be involved in generating an ieframe.dll error message.

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For my foreign readers, this message tells customers there is a queue for logging in. It shows the number of minutes you have to wait and the number of the Helpdesk.

But now it seems the waiting queue a big hoax, it isn’t that busy on the server. They probably just want you to call their expensive helpdesk. Hackblog decided to take a look at the source code of this waiting queue page. They found out it appears that every 10 seconds is the server checks if your turn is up. When starting multiple sessions we get variable waiting times. Starting with 38 minutes, then 16 and later on 24 minutes again. And that was just  in 1 minute time.

Solution

After a long wait, customers are forwarded to the following web address:

https://www.secure.dsbbank.nl/DSBRetailFrontEnd/dsb_login.html

Which has no waiting queue at all! So just navigate to the link above and you will able to transfer your money without having to wait more than half an hour.

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Righto……..

The BUMA/STEMRA (abbreviated BS, which is by coincidence also the abbreviation for bullshit) announced some new rules yesterday during their press conference for embedding videos from online media streamer sites (youtube, dailymotion, whatever). starting from 2010, EVERYBODY must pay 30 euros per year for EVERY clip that you embed from youtube; if the embedded video falls under the copyright list of bullshit/stemshit (to be known: 17k musicus in the Netherlands and 1,2 mil worldwide –source: SP!TS).

Here’s a screenshot of today’s SP!TS Newspaper where this news is covered.

The idea is that the BS will (if not already) develop a script/robot/crawler to go, multiply and overpopulate the internet with one mission: to index where on internet (copyrighted) videos are being embedded. Those bots will call home. For those who doesn’t have the permission (= did not pay) to embed the videos, are getting a warning letter to take off the embedded clip. If not? they will get the invoice (the Joel Tannenbaum-RIAA story is a similar story — go google).

This guy from twitter (@coenjacobs) developed the Block Buma Crawler WordPress plugin, and I quote:

“This plugin is capable of keeping computers outside of your WordPress installation, that are blacklisted via this plugin. You can download the Block Buma Crawler plugin right now, version 0.1 is available. Drop the folder that’s inside the download in your /wp-content/plugins/-folder, activate the plugin and enjoy!”

–source: http://coenjacobs.net/blog/steps-blocking-buma-crawlers-wordpress

Furthermore…

Alongside with @coenjacobs, @madbello covering a good tutorial to block BS’s IP address before they can crawl your site. Read the steps in his blog: http://madbello.nl/?p=6997 (in Dutch). The red lines is the following: block the IP belongs to BS by using .htaccess file in your website. If you are using wordpress and not sure what to do, you would be way better off using WP-Ban plugin.

From the comments in madbello’s blog, the suggested IP range is 213.208.242.160 – 213.208.242.167  (.160 and .167 are included!)

UPDATE – THE WAR HAS ENDED AND WE HAVE PREVAILED!!!

I must admit I was a bit late with this story as it has been hot news here in the Netherlands for a few days now. But, not nearly an hour after publishing this article BUMA/STEMRA has thrown in their towel and risen the white flag. They have stopped all active searches on embedded music and will not continue their hunt untill further notice. (Official statement / translation)Since the dutch government has also spoken against BUMA/STEMRA tactics we probably won’t hear from them on this subject for a while. Bye Bye zwaai zwaai!

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First the ‘ easy updating’  part. I found a great service that does all the hard work for me, Pixelpipe. This great service allows you to upload messages and multimedia to a lot of services. More than 120 services as we speak! It works very simple, before you begin you have to add your profiles and services to PixelPipe and add some tags to them (eg. Photo, Family, Blog, FTP). After this first step which takes a bit longer to setup it is very easy to post to multiple destinations using the tags you have entered before. So when I want my family to see my newly uploaded photo I send my picture with the @family tag and Pixelpipe knows where to send it. Another big advantage of PixelPipe are the numerous possibilities for uploading your content, this can be done via e-mail, mobile phones, Firefox plugin, Picasa, Windows context menu plugins, sms/mms or the website itself.

So after making it a bit easier for me to post content to my social networks I want my networks to grow and be able to follow them easily. Here’s where my new lifestream comes in. This lifestream will be an automatically updated stream of all (well, at least most of) my online social activities. I currently have updates installed for Youtube, Twitter, Flickr, Delicious, Wakoopa, LinkedIn, Blip.fm and Hyves. My lifestream still needs a lot of tweaking before it’s finished but is working good enough for going public with. Be sure to add it to your favorites because I will be adding more social services and functionality soon! One of which will be a new website header showing generated polaroids from images found on my social accounts.

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The <!–[if IE]> Tag

Problem: Various sizes, margins and padding attributes can display differently in Internet Explorer, this coded snippet can help you sort out these problems.

Add this code with your required settings underneith your pages <style> or external style link:

<!–[if IE]>
<style>
.item {
margin: 5px;
padding: 10px;
}
</style>
<![EndIf]–>

These setting will now only be loaded when your page is viewed in Internet Explorer. I often use this setting to tweak areas of my layout that do not quite display the same as in other browsers.

Margin Auto Centering

Problem: When centering div tags via either the margin-left: auto; or margin-right: auto; settings, this will not work in Internet explorer unless you add the following to your style sheet for the html body:

html, body {
text-align: center;
}

Don’t forget to now add this to your paragraphs and headings as the above setting will now cause these to also center.

p {text-align: left;}

Minimum height bug

Problem: When trying to create a DIV tag and the height will not go below about 12px

Simply add the following attribute to the DIV tag

{line-height: 0px;}

If this does not work try adding the line-height attribute to a <p> paragraph tag within the <div> tag itself.

Your final code should resemble one of the following:

<div style=”line-height: 0px; height: 5px;”></div>

<div style=”height: 5px;”><p style=”line-height: 0px;”></p></div>

Margins appear larger in Internet Explorer

Problem: Setting the margin attribute for any CSS element in Internet Explorer it will often appear either double the size or with added width, which can seriously disrupt detailed layouts.

Simply use the {display: inline;} attribute on the tag containing your margin setting.

Your final code should resemble the following:

<div style=”display: inline; margin-left: 5px;”></div>

CSS Light box Adobe Flash fix

Problem: The CSS Light box script will not appear on top of a Flash movie, this disrupts the actual function of the script.

Add the following setting(s) to the Flash HTML code:

<param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”/>

Also add this to the <embed> tag

wmode=”transparent”

Be sure to add both of these settings for this to work properly, your final flash code should look similar to this:

<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><strong><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></strong><param name="movie" value=" movie.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><embed src=" movie.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" <strong>wmode="transparent"</strong> width="232" height="218" name=" movie" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> </object>

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10 Excellent services to get feedback on your design work

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10 Useful Web Application Interface Techniques

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Here you’ll find a collection of 10 useful interface design techniques and best practices used in many successful web-applications.

14 CSS Tools to Save you Time

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Top 50 Supercool free icon sets

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30 Best solutions for image galleries, slideshows and lightboxes

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Top 90 free Flash tutorials

The illusionary effects of Flash technology has doyened a new paradigm in the world of multimedia. The most indebted would be the websites that have come a long way from the days of static graphics to the era of awe-inspiring Flash animation. Whether standalone movies, interactive demos, or cool animations, Flash works have added elegance and interactivity to the web pages. Now almost every site or advertisements feature enlivening works of Flash to allure potential customers.

39 Photoshop button tutorials you should have in your arsenal

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47 Excellent Ajax CSS forms

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13 Awesome Javascript css menu’s

Forms needs a solid visual structure, a profound hierarchy of form elements (Fields and Labels), powerful techniques and Functionality (AJAX) to make the form look and work creatively. There is a great bunch of creative, outstanding and individually designed from scratch forms.

31 Unmistakable free brand fonts

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22 Picasa Gallery Templates

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Ajax is one of the most important web 2.0 elements. But other than that, it is the basic tool used for rich backend interfaces. You may have seen the simple but powerful gMail webmail , microsoft live or some other popular websites which are all based on ajax technologies. Ajax is not a language, but its just a combination of different languages/technologies.  Ajax is a combination of XML and javascript from which javascript always acts as an action object while xml is always response or sometimes also request text. Ajax is always used to get heavy datasets without reload page in a browser. In simple words, you’ll stay in browser as you may have seen in gmail, no matter if you open , compose or delete an email you always remains on same page. That’s the true ajax.

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