Category Archives: Programming

Update github fork

Posted on November 11, 2013 by stylesuxx

To update your github fork, you need to first clone your fork. Then add a remote branch to the original repo, fetch it, merge it, push it:

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Django project setup with mysql and south

Posted on November 11, 2013 by stylesuxx

Setting up a Django project with mysql and south in a virtual environment. This is just a quick follow up to my last post about django setup. Edit settings.py and add south to the installed apps. Also set up your … Continue reading →

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Configuring your system for opencv

Posted on October 30, 2013 by stylesuxx

After following the installation instructions for opencv on linux you will most likely have to add the directory where the libs were installed to your library path. Create /etc/ld.so.conf.d/opencv.conf and add the directory where the lib was installed. In case … Continue reading →

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Broke my GitHub streak

Posted on October 27, 2013 by stylesuxx

I just realized that I broke my GitHub streak on Friday – Damn! So my longest streak is now 21 days. At least now I have something serious to top 😉

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JavaScript change URL in URL bar without reloading the page

Posted on October 23, 2013 by stylesuxx

Sometimes it is necessary to change the URL in the URL bar without reloading the page, for example if you load new content via AJAX but still want the page to be bookmarkable. To accomplish this all you need to … Continue reading →

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Android App Horizontal Ruler

Posted on October 19, 2013 by stylesuxx

To get a horizontal Ruler between some of your elements just add a view with fixed height and background color. Like so: This will result in a horizontal Ruler of 2dp height.

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How to deal with android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException

Posted on October 15, 2013 by stylesuxx

If you run into this exception you should adapt your code and move your networking out of your main thread. Therefore you create a class that extends AsyncTask. Here a commented example: You can than execute the task like so: … Continue reading →

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Android Studio: Setting up tabs in a TabHost Container

Posted on October 13, 2013 by stylesuxx

A short tutorial of how to add an popularize a tabhost container in Android Studio. In the design view add a tabhost container. Add/remove the tabs as you need and rename the tabs to something meaningful, prefixing the id’s with … Continue reading →

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Slush’s pool block notification

Posted on October 7, 2013 by stylesuxx

I wrote a small python script that sends a system notification whenever a new block on slush’s pool is found. Additional it can display your reward for this block. You only need your API token which you can find on … Continue reading →

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Github streak till 30C3

Posted on October 7, 2013 by stylesuxx

I am trying to get a perfect streak on github till the start of 30C3 which is on December the 27th. This means at least one commit a day. I think this is manageable, although I do not want to … Continue reading →

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