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Coditel digital television

Some remarks on the Coditel digital television system that I have been using for the last two weeks:

Way too many useless channels
Exotic channels
I could now watch channels like Nile TV, Qatar TV and Al Jazeera for Kids. But no Discovery Channel or National Geographic. On the good side: I now have Vijf TV and Vitaya, which was not the case with analog TV.
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Barcamp Brussels: this Sunday!

Five more days to go! Some more tips for those of you who are attending Barcamp Brussels on Sunday:

How to get there

SAP Lounge: map
The SAP Lounge is located in the Arsenal complex, an old military building that is now turned into fancy offices. The address is Chaussée de Wavre 950, 1040 Etterbeek. That is on the corner of the Chaussée de Wavre and the Boulevard Général Jacques, right next to the VUB University. There is a parking for SAP Lounge visitors just before the Colruyt at the right.
Here is a map of SAP Lounge.

Sponsoring

SAP LoungeLike last time, most things have been paid for (thank you Skynet), but we are still going to need some sponsors for drinks. If you or your company would like to contribute (I will of course mention this kind gesture), please contact me on the day itself.

Fancy WordPress themes on Dreamhost

new WordPress themes on Dreamhost

It used to be that when you installed WordPress on Dreamhost, you only got 3 standard themes installed. Now you get a whopping 50: 2exquisite, 534, Abstrakt3c, Almost-spring, Artsemerging, Barthelme, Blue Kino, Classic, Connections-reloaded, Craving4green, Dapit_hapon, Darknight2.0, Daydream, Default, Disconnected, Durable, Fasttrack, Fluidityrs, Fspring_widgets, Greening, Hemmednoajax, Leone, Lush, Milc3, Modern, Newzen_2.0_build_105, Nineshadesgreen, Nolimits, Ocadia, Orchids, Phoenixblue, Plaintxtblog, Pressrow, Qwilm!, Rounded-v2, Roundflow, Rusty, Shadedgrey, Simply-vic, Sirius, Stripedplus, Tbs-blue, Thirteen, Tiga, Typoxp, Unsleepable, Veryplaintxt, Vslider2, Wpandreas03, Wpglass, Wpjeriko01.
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Intrusive Google ads on Sourceforge

Intrusive Google ads on Sourceforge
Come on, I can understand Sourceforge needs the Adsense revenue, but this is going too far. A huge 450 x 400 blue advertisement is blocking access to most download links on a Sourceforge download page, and there is no way to make it disappear, no [X] button in the top right or a “hide this” link.

The biggest square ads I can see in the Adsense overview page are 336 x 280 (“large rectangle”), so this must be some kind of special ad. It renders the page virtually useless. Drop it, already.

BTW: more flexible screwing, anyone?