Innovativeness and SME
What is Innovation In a way, patents can be used for a fitting definition of innovation. Namely, the ideas that patents aim to protect are the innovations. In order for a patent to be granted it is necessary that…
Cookie Psychology
Some time ago I wrote a short article published on the Dutch platform dutchcowboys.nl. It is a Dutch essay highlighting the implications on user experience of the implementation of the European Union guidelines concerning privacy…
Streaming Webcam to Tunemelt with Logo Overlay
I still need to test it properly, but I think it is very much possible to use ffmpeg to stream to tunemelt (a video CDN) directly. We can stream ffmpegs DirectShow input to the Tunemelt…
CLWD009
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Together with some guys from /r/realdubstep we started a new radio station. It’s a very community driven radio station, but with DJs pushing the sound nonetheless. Anyways, I did my best to face all the…
Cycling in Sardinia
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We spent a long weekend cycling in Sardinia. Going all around the north coast. In total we cycled 360km. The route started in Alghero and went over 4 days as follows: From Alghero via Porto…
RecSys 2012
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Tomorrow I leave for Dublin to attend RecSys2012. Together with Dirk Bollen and Martijn Willemsen I performed a study on how memory effects influence the ratings people will give. The main finding is that as…
First Mix
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One of the presents I got for myself after graduation is a set of turntables and a proper mixer. I’ve been playing around a little with it and finally recorded my first mix. It’s rough,…
MyMediaLite + ServiceStack
The first milestone in my PhD project is nearly reached. For the continuation of my research it is necessary to have a recommender system that I can easily manipulate for research, which has now been delivered in the form of a combination of ServiceStack and MyMediaLite. …
TU/e VPN profiles
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I am again a little annoyed by the TU/e helpdesk, for not having VPN profiles ready to download for those that already have a VPN client installed. The only option you normally have is downloading…
Graduation
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So I finally graduated. My thesis took around 13 months to complete, but was graded with an 8.5/10, which is high enough to forget about how long it took. The thesis is available from the…