• Still for the public

    by  • 28th February 2011

    So … it looks like I’m still working for BBC ( and this is my personal blog and opinions are mine not BBC ). Donno how log but hey, cuts will for sure affect me here.

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    flightComputer for Nokia

    by  • 13th September 2010

    Just a follow up on all things FlightComputer mobile App which I’ve developed with Qt. Since last week I am battling Nokia Ovi QA team and publisher web interface. Their instructions for publishing for Maemo platform are vague and whenever I submitted my app they returned it with cosmetics: deb categories – which they...

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    Flying and Mobile Apps

    by  • 4th September 2010

    It is a while since I came up with an idea that I should invest some of my time to develop apps for pilots. Naturally, started developing some with me as primary consumer. That’s how very crude version of flightime appeared. It was KISS design, 2 buttons and it was logging my take off...

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    A pen

    by  • 19th August 2010

    Last weekend, a day after I have moved to a new place. Decided to go shopping for stuff which I was missing at the new quarters. Like light bulbs , baskets and so on. On a way I to a shop I had a thought that maybe a label printer would be a good...

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    What is going on

    by  • 19th July 2010

    Suddenly world around becomes very strange. First Oracle is breaking it’s promise to keep OpenSolaris running. Then BBC Future Media & Technology is announcing more departments relocated from London to North… Now I just received sad news that Wesabe is closing down. So far I see that  IT related stuff is going downhill… However...

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    Flying Katana in Bautzen

    by  • 26th June 2010

    I’m back from Europe where I had a chance to fly Diamond DA20 Katana. Aircraft is LIGHT! comparing to PA28’s it’s crazy. Bubble canopy also works great and you can see plenty. It was my first encounter with complex aircraft. It has Constant Speed Prop  what means, no throttle but manifold pressure and prop...

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    The Joy of Weather

    by  • 30th May 2010

    My pilot license arrived 2 weeks ago. I was so happy that I will be flying now as a Captain! First weekend, I couldn’t go up in the air, my health was not allowing me ( blocked sinus ). Bugger, that was a blow. So I thought about flying this weekend.

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    IPv6 Geo Location Database

    by  • 7th May 2010

    Would you like to be able to pinpoint where are IPv6 visitors coming from , just like with IPv4 ones ? Well, I wanted and I have created an IPv6 Geolocation database.  It holds Country code for every IPv6 subnet which was available on BGP last weekend. I am going to update it every...

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    PPL Exam Tips

    by  • 30th April 2010

    I’ve passed my PPL Exam and now I’m awaiting to receive the license papers from CAA. My journey to actually have it happen was long and I not always made good decisions. Thanks to this I have some tips for future pilots ( this is a reprint of what I’ve sent to one of...

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    How to reset Juniper Netscreen SSG Firewall

    by  • 4th April 2010

    Using reset hole/button, press it for 4-6 seconds, status LED blinks Red, as soon as it starts blinking Green, release it for 2 seconds, now push it again for 4-6 seconds until it resets completely. After that you are back to default settings. (user/pass is netscreen)

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