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Changing linux shell colors

Working remote on several computers is common practice these days. We are using ssh and vim a lot and got annoyed by the colors of the shell directory listings. Many distributions use a dark blue color for the text on a black background, almost unreadable but for sure not a pleasure.

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Recovery

It can happen at any time. Your hard disk breaks down, you overwrite a file or you accidentally delete it. File recovery will might be your last chance to get back some of the data you lost.

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Using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) in your (web) projects

Now that computers get faster and faster more elaborate presentation methods such as SVG can be considered a good alternative to other technologies such as flash. We decided to investigate.

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What is a Spirograph?

Many had the luck to play as a child with a spirograph. I decided to have a look and see if we could still make some artwork based on the same principle. But what is a spirograph exactly?

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Using Bezier curves on Symbian devices

The use of scalable vector graphics gets more and more important. For the new Symbian operating systems Symbian promised the implementation of Adobes SVG. The current Symbian API lacks an easy way to draw bezier curves. Here a short how-to.

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Plotter slowdown routines for Roland DXY plotters

One day I got a Roland plotter and wanted to change it into a CNC machine. I couldn't find a program to make my Roland DXY plotter move slowly so I wrote this little hack. The 'program' creates a microstep file from a roland dxy plotter file. A microstep file makes the plotter move extremely slow so you can use it for CNC purpose. I posted the source somewhere on the internet but kept receiving emails from people asking me for an executable version. Well, nearly 2 years later ... here it is...

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About the developers section

To this section we will add little articles about technical things that might interest software developers. Articles can be of all kind.

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