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Technically, I’m an agnostic, in that I can’t prove or disprove the existence of a deity. But then again, I can’t prove or disprove the existence of the Invisible Pink Unicorn either, so I tend to think of myself as an atheist. I’ve been asked by some why I would celebrate Christmas as an atheist. … Read more

Very cool date in geekdom, indeed! As Gizmodo points out, 101010 in binary equals 42 in decimal, which happens to be the answer to life, the universe and everything. Obviously, this date cannot be missing from any nerd’s blog. Among other things, it is also the atomic number of Molybdenum, rainbows appear 42° above the … Read more

Have you ever been looking for some JavaScript documentation, but the top ten search results you got from Google were actually of mediocre quality at best? Well, apparently, that’s a fairly common problem. Some folks have picked up the idea to get Mozilla’s JavaScript documentation to be the first result for JavaScript related searches. The … Read more

With the announcement of the previous redesign still on the front page, I’m presenting here Helvensteijn.com version 5. It’s not that I didn’t like the previous design, but it was a little busy. And since I was already thinking about drastically simplifying this whole site, I figured a simplistic design would go nice with it. … Read more

I received an e-mail today with at the bottom the following disclaimer: Email Disclaimer: This email and any attachments are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. This email and any attachments are also subject to copyright. No part of … Read more

I’ve gone a bit on the quiet side again. Dunno, just not much interesting to report lately I guess. But I felt like posting anyway. I did, of course, see the new iPhone being unveiled last Monday. Call me a fanboy if you will, but that thing is just awesome. And yes, I know most … Read more

Apparently, the question has arisen wether or not Apple should be subjected to an antitrust investigation. In their youngest SDK license terms, Apple explicitly forbids development of iPhone OS software in languages other than C, Objective C, C++ and JavaScript. That is, apps written in other languages (such as Flash/ActionScript) will no longer be accepted … Read more

The physical server on which my virtual server runs crashed yesterday around 21:00 CEST. Of course, my host was already on it by the time I noticed, but the problem was apparently somewhat complicated, so he couldn’t get the server back up ’till morning. Now that should have been that, but when the server was … Read more

Funny, but not sure if it’s an April Fools joke. Just looking at some Street View imagery, when I noticed a little orange guy with 3D glasses right underneath the controls, as can be seen to the right. Turns out that when you click it, it will show you the imagery in — yeah, you … Read more

It’s actually kind of weird. Mac OS X has a click & hold gesture in its Dock, as an alternative for right clicking or — since Snow Leopard — for Exposé. iPhone OS has a tap & hold gesture to select text or to bring up some options for links in Safari. On the other … Read more