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2DDU (2 developers down under) podcast episode 24: group chat

by kai 22/08/2012

Mark and I are on a roll. Episode 24 of our 2DDU (2 developers down under) podcast is live. Yesterday morning we spent about 50 minutes talking to Andrew Mercer, Justin McLean and Richard Turner-Jones about various technology and development topics. All three of them are speakers at cf.Objective(ANZ) in November and we interviewed them […]

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Adobe Connect 8 SSL – getting stunnel up and running

by kai 22/08/2012

Today I was helping a client to setup proper SSL handling for their Adobe Connect 8 instance. Essentially all they wanted to do was to secure the Adobe Connect web admin with SSL and https; the actual Flash Media Server-based meeting server and its RTMP communication wasn’t going to be secured at this stage. The […]

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2DDU (2 developers down under) podcast episode 23 is live

by kai 16/08/2012

Mark Mandel and I have recorded episode 23 of the 2DDU (2 developers down under) podcast this morning. It’s now live on our podcast website for listening or download. Topics we covered this time: (J)Ruby, NodeJS, Sean Corfield’s upcoming visit to Australia, my first experiences trying to compile Railo 4 and our upcoming trips to […]

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Wellington Adobe meetups successfully moved – what’s on in August and September?

by kai 07/08/2012

Just a quick update that both Wellington-based (this is Wellington in New Zealand, in case anyone wonders) Adobe meetups have now finally moved away from the Adobe groups site and various Google groups (the old Flex/Flash Platform Group) and are now consolidated on meetup.com: Creative Suite User Group Wellington and Wellington Adobe Web Technology Meetup […]

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2DDU Podcast is back from the summer break

by kai 29/02/2012

Just a quick announcement that 2DDU (2 Devs from Down Under) Podcast is back from the summer break. This morning, Mark and I recorded episode 19 titled “We’re back with ColdFusion 10 Beta”.It’s all about … well … the ColdFusion 10 Beta. We also have a long list of other stuff we didn’t get to […]

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Thoughts on the MMP threshold in New Zealand

by kai 25/02/2012

Note: This is a political post. It’s highly driven by my political opinions and the ongoing discussion on the preferred NZ election system. If you don’t like to read about these topics, please move on. I was inspired to write this one up after reading a blog post of stuff by David Farrar. I don’t […]

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Lack of password security at Telecom NZ?

by kai 12/02/2012

I had to change the password for Telecom NZ’s “mbbmeter” application for a prepaid data SIM card the other day. I wanted to create and set a secure password, some mix of latin characters, numbers and special characters. Look at the screenshot below: It didn’t let me. It didn’t allow “symbols” – which means: special […]

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Foto Feb: day 12

by kai 12/02/2012

I went flying this morning. While I was at it, I did a rating for the PA28-161 in ZK-MBG – the newest addition to the Wellington Aero Club’s fleet. Took me 2.8 hrs and was lots of fun – first time ever I experienced and practiced a Max Rate Turn. We also nearly had a […]

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Foto Feb: day 11

by kai 12/02/2012

Slightly delayed again, sorry. These Espresso cups are a present from a recent France trip from our friends Simon and Laure and I found them on my desk when I got home. Yay – thx!

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Foto Feb: day 9

by kai 09/02/2012

This really is today’s Foto Feb post 🙂 I proudly present my Australian Keep Cup in a tradional good old … eh… Australian New Zealand German Danish colour scheme or red and white. It lives in @ilaerias desk drawer (together with its also white friend – my spare Apple mouse) when I’m not at the […]

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