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Using Passbook for Boarding a Flight

On my trip to Berlin for the Scala Days conference, I used Passbook for the first time to store my boarding pass. I thought it would be interesting to share this first paperless boarding experience with you.

How to Know if a File on Linux is Sparse?

A sparse file is a file which does not take more space on disk than needed. Such a file is usually used to store a partition image on disk, for instance with a virtualization solution like Xen.

Database Issue

I had some database issues 2 weeks ago, therefore I lost a couple of comments. Sorry guys. I hope it will stay stable now.

Cheers!

Posting from the iphone

Testing the wordpress application on the iPhone. It seems quite easy to post something. Apparently it works also on a self-hosted wordpress instance.

Philippe Starck — Why Design

I have watched this talk a couple of days ago. It is really interesting so I am posting it hereafter.

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TED Talks

I like particularly the TED talks. They are creative, expose innovative ideas in the fields of science, art, education, technology, design and even spirituality. It is a great source of inspiration. Now with leopard I can also watch my TED podcasts on TV using the new frontrow application. This is awesome.