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The Most Popular Image in the World
A one by one transparent pixel […] is the most popular image in the world in terms of the number of times it has been downloaded and displayed. Of cause you can’t see it because it is transparent and the only purpose of this image is to collect information about you. This pixel lives on…
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Learn Version Control with Git
If you’ll ever attend a hackathon, hack day, hackfest or codefest sooner or later you’ll have to deal with Git – a free version control system for coders / hackers. Then this hands-on session (33c3 / CoSin) is for you! We’ll install Git, open your account at GitHub, create a new repository and start committing code…
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Missing RSS Feed? Create Your Own!
If your favoured website / podcast misses an RSS feed this discussion is for you! I’ll show a way to extract the data and build your very own feed with it. I use an RSS reader to listen to podcasts, but there are sites out there which do not offer feeds to subscribe – fetch…
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Brownian Motion (Reloaded)
Foreword: Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts. In this workshop you’ll make your first steps! I took part in an online course about „Creative Coding“ – I’ll share lessons learned and assist your first steps. Install Processing beforehand. We want…
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Randomized Signature Block
For years I updated the signature for my email client manually – until I got fed up… That’s why I wrote a script to create a randomized signature block automatically from an RSS feed! Check it out 😀 In this workshop you’ll customize the script for your needs! In my setting I use Linux and…