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Some people will experience a problem with Eclipse when trying to close the square brackets []. Eclipse will complain about not beeing able to evaluate a text selection and it won’t allow you typing that closing bracket. I got frustrated a bit because of not knowing whats going on. It wasn’t possible to write simple code like  int *i = new int[10];

I figured out that on some keyboard layouts the bracket sits on the character that is assigned as a HotKey. In my case it was the ‘G’  keyboard button. Basically what you have to do is just disable the HotKey for that combination by going to:

Window » Preferences » General » Keys

and find the combination (in my case:  ctrl + alt + G   » Find Text in Workspace) and disable it.

In 4 videos Douglas Crockford gives us a very good overview of Javascript. A must view material for everyone new to Javascript.

Douglas Crockford: “The Javascript Programming Language”

After upgrading to wordpress 2.7, suddenly the Visual editor was missing.  After doing a search about it on google, I realized that others had the same problem. Some suggested to reupload all the files, to turn off all plugins etc, but nothing helped.
But the answer was easier then that. By clicking on the user profile, there is a checkbox that says “Disable the visual editor when writing” where you can enable or disable the visual editor for that user.

A very interesting and usefull date&time control. Its very small with only about 15kB, easy to install, skinnable and very configurable.

DatePicker website

The Mootorial presents an extensive overview of the mootool javascript framework. A must read for all new motoolers.

MyIpNeighbors.com is a tool that lets you find out what other websites your hosting company hosts under the same IP address.

File and Folder permissions on *unix like systems. Read the rest of this entry »

Vi is a Unix/Linux terminal based text editor. Despite its overhelming features it is still popular among Unix administrators. I’ll mention some of the most used commands.
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On some airports throughout the globe full body scanners are used in the battle against “terrorism”.  These scanners  are capable of projecting an image of a passenger’s naked body.  Those images reveal not only our intimate body parts but also possible medical details that might be humiliating. That degree of Read the rest of this entry »

Satellite tracking data sources

- NORAD TLE Sets

- Gpredict (Real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction application)

- Google Earth Satellite Plugin