Using Blogger with a custom domain: the zonefile dot problem

A quick note to myself the next time I stumble over this: when you instruct Blogger to map the blog to a 3rd party (custom) domain it basically instructs you to add three entries to your domain's zone file: 1. a mapping from the domain to ghs.google.com 2. a mapping from some weird subdomain you'll … Continue reading Using Blogger with a custom domain: the zonefile dot problem →

Running a website on ip6

I started quite a while ago moving a pet project to ip6. While it doesn't involve any programming per se, it turned out to be quite a complicated process involving multiple configuration steps. Thus, for your enjoyment I present: running a website on ip6 with Ubuntu 14.04 (older versions won't work because their kernel doesn't … Continue reading Running a website on ip6 →

Linux picking the best access point in a WLAN with repeaters

In many larger WLAN setups you'll find repeaters or extenders which spread the WLAN to farther places on the floor. Often they are set up in such a way that they use the same WLAN name (SSID) and password. In that case the WLAN hardware on your laptop will pick the best access point and … Continue reading Linux picking the best access point in a WLAN with repeaters →

Programmatically selecting a tab with angularjs and bootstrapui

Let's say you want to programmatically select a tab with angularjs and bootstrap ui: [CODE MISSING] According to the documentation for 3.1.1 it should be enough to modify the model; here controller.tabUsers or controller.tabGroups. Only: it doesn't work. We'll never know why. The way out is simulating the click with jquery: $("#tab_users a").trigger("click");