You don’t need a separate app to display a barcode! With our online generator, you can create barcodes directly in your browser and try them out in-store instantly. Save the barcode as an image, print it to stick on your phone, or keep it handy in your wallet. It’s the quick alternativ to the SnartCard (SnartCardFree)-app, without installing anything.
Technical
Stop Checkout Chaos: Why I Built SnartCard
Love them or hate them, loyalty programs and store memberships are everywhere. While privacy debates often steal the spotlight, there’s a practical problem that drives me crazy every time I shop:
The scene you know all too well:
You’re at the checkout. “Are you a member?” asks the cashier. You rattle off your phone number… they type it wrong… you repeat… it fails… you find your phone to lookup your wifes number… it fails too… Time wasted. The line behind you grows. Everyone gets annoyed.
The problem? Almost every store uses your phone number as ID. The technology to make this simple exists—barcodes!—but the solution was missing.
How I solved the cube with just 4 algorithms
There are two approaches to solving rubiks cube you must choose from.
1. Find the solution yourself. Start with one side and solve layer by layer till your done. Find all the algorithms you need without help. This is the hardest way, but most rewarding.
2. Use an online guide to learn a method to solve the cube. This is the easy way, but once you go down this road you can never go back to the first option.
The best way to do option number two is to follow the beginners guide at SolveTheCube. You can also follow my method and read the rest of this post, but be warned it’s not really a guide. However my first method for solving the last layer is a bit different from the usual OLL/PLL methods, which other cube nerds might find interesting. Also I believe it’s the method with fewest algorithms to learn.
Replacing TF300T digitizer
My 2-year old recently broke the glass on my TF300T. The tablet is a couple of years old, so it’s a little bit on the expensive side to have it repaired by ASUS, so I decided to have a go at fixing it myself. After googeling a bit I decided to replace my 5158N digitizer with the G01. This will require rooting the tablet and updating the digitizer firmware. If you don’t want to go through that trouble, find and order the exact same model digitizer you have in your tablet. Here is how I did it, and what I’ve learned.
DISCLAIMER: This is a difficult repair. Don’t blame me if you try this yourself and mess up your tablet even more!
Fixing the “visual editor not working” in wordpress.
My visual editor has not worked for sometime. Don’t exactly know from which update. It at least did not work in 3.5.1 and 3.5.2. Did some googleing and found several posts with many solution, but none of them worked for me. Tried adding the line to wp-config.php: define( ‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false ); Cleared browser cache and … Read more
Color calibrating with Ubuntu 11.10
This post is a little lengthy. If you just want color calibration to work in Ubuntu 11.10 just scroll to the bottom of the full post for a quick version!
A color calibrated screen is essential if you want your screen to match your prints. It’s also makes sure your photos looks relatively good on other screens to. If your monitor is way to blue, then your pictures may look way to red on another badly calibrated screen. While you may find a color profile that nearly matches your monitor on TFT central, you need a colorimeter to get it correct.
I finally invested in a Huey Pro from Pantone. I was considering a Spyder 3, but a little goggling revealed that they no longer provided tech specs that allowed for development of linux drivers. Since I run Ubuntu on my workstation I went for the Huey.