Monthly Archives: July 2007

Just bought a Wii

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Peter

This weekend I managed to convince my wife that it would be a wonderful idea to buy a Nintendo Wii console. So I immediately went out to the next electronics store and bought a Wii and a second Wiimote. And … Continue reading →

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Converting MySQL character sets

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Peter

MySQL uses character set definitions on different levels. There is a default character set for the MySQL server, one character set for each database, one for each table and even one for a single column. You should generally take care … Continue reading →

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Running GNL.tv with PHP5

Posted on July 16, 2007 by Peter

Unfortunately the xmlrpc Library used by the GNL.tv web standings display is not compatible with PHP5 and the library seems to be no longer supported by its developer. So if you want to run GNL.tv with PHP5 you need to … Continue reading →

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Woes and bliss of a musician

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Peter

This weekend I have been playing 2 gigs with my band Seventy-Seven. Funny how completely different these 2 gigs can turn out. We played the first gig on Friday night in a trendy venue named Schranne in the city center … Continue reading →

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Welcome

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Peter

Does the world need another blog? Probably not. But nevertheless here I am and I have decided to convert my existing website to a blog. Until now I used my web presence to distribute my two open source applications GNL.tv … Continue reading →

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