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Auto tile adjustments

With the following CSS you make the tiles fit below each other instead of next to each other. This way you can save having to scroll right and left. /*wrap tiles dependent on window width*/ div.ms-tileview-tile-root {position:relative;} div.ms-promlink-body {width:auto;} span.ms-promlink-headerNav {display:none;} /*end wrap tiles dependent on window width*/

DIY Kindle scanner

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In college (HBO) I did a project with a few classmates where we had to build a machine that could let a ball float at a certain height. We used different electronics to measure how high the ball was floating in the tube, but never did it really work. Then we discovered Lego Mindstormers, a great set of tools. Lego mindstormers has a lot of great tools which we normally use in school to build some robot. This time we used the camera to register the height of the ball. This worked really well especially because you can hook it up directly to the computer. With the information we got from the camera we could adjust the speed of the fan to make sure the ball was at the right height. Why i'm telling this story you might ask, well today I came across a project where they also use Lego Mindstormers. This time it's not to regulate the height of a ball but to copy a DRM protected E-book from amazon. See the video below. The first time I laughed I thought who has so much spare t...

Workflow logging SharePoint

You want to know if your workflow succeeded? Just add Workflow%20History at the end of your list or library URL. For example: http://[servername]/[sitename]/lists/Workflow%20History. You will then be able to see: The status of the workflow The logging of the workflow Date Time it took User-Id It can be very useful when trying to find out what is going wrong with the workflow. 

Issue SharePoint designer 2013

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I have a dutch version of SharePoint designer 2013 and it seems that they made a mistake: They inserted the same text twice but the function behind the checkbox does work correct. I find this really strange, it says: Start Workflow automatically as soon as an item is made Start Workflow automatically as soon as an item is made (when item has changed)

MAB

This is very neat: http://electroluxdesignlab.com/en/submission/mab/

Attack of the drones

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"DRONE . A drone is a collective name for pilotless aircraft. But original meaning was and is 'the male of the honeybee and other bees'. This particular kind of the insect through clear associations was connected with such notions as 'one who lives on the labor of others', 'an idler', 'a sluggard'." The most funny thing I ever remember of a drone was the one that was "Hacked" down by the Iran Cyber warfare unit. The Americans said that it never could and really wasn't theirs but after a few weeks they asked it back even though it wouldn't be theirs. America said it malfunctioned and it was  on patrol on the Afghan border. Iran never returned the drone. Slowly I hear more and more news about the use of drones on multiple occasions: For fun you can buy a drone and control it with a remote For checking (oil)pipes across large areas Warfare Surveillance  (border security or protection of a famous person) Disaster inve...

Future in the making (with a 3d printer)

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I was reading this article about 3D printers and what it could do for the human body. It amazed me how far we have already come with the 3d printer. Being able to print things like ears, bones and even kidneys is really awesome, and this is just the beginning. Artificial Kidney Take the kidney for example, every day 17 people die, and nearly 4,000 people are added monthly to the waiting list for a transplant (source:  http://www.unckidneycenter.org/25facts.pdf ). Just imagine the waiting list being 1 month for a kidney, your doctor takes the necessary information of you and you wait fo r a month while your kidney is being created. That is truly a future in the making. My second most remarkable innovation is the "skin printing", scientists have found a way to be able to print skin. The possibilities are endless: fire burns, war damage (bomb blasts etc.), tattoo removal etc.. In the far future they want to have a mobile "skin printer" which they can use near ...