Performing an internet speedtest is an interesting way to measure how fast your internet connection is. It may give you insights into your internet connection quality, or you may want to know if you get what you pay for. I wrote my own internet speedtest, but a more popular alternative is speedtest.net. However, you may Continue reading →
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Enable ‘Inspect Element’ in the Edge Browser to View Source
The Edge browser, which is developed by Microsoft and comes pre-installed on a Windows 10 system, has certainly improved a great deal compared to some years ago. With every new update of Windows 10, Microsoft has worked hard to speed up their Edge browser, while also making it more productive, organised and safe (see Microsoft Continue reading →
Torrent Trackers 2018 List
As previous years, I publish a list of torrent trackers. This is an up-to-date list of trackers which you can easily import in your torrent program, such as uTorrent, Vuze or others. There are many advantages to importing a list of trackers into your torrent application. The key benefiet is the speed of your downloads. Continue reading →
Enable Material Design in Google Chrome
Google Material Design can be found on a wide range of Google products and services, from Google Android to Google Calendar. Now, Google is starting to introduce the material design language in their Google Chrome webbrowser as well. It’s a big step forward when it comes to design for this web browser. Since its introduction, Continue reading →
WebRTC in a Nutshell
In a world where almost everyone has a smartphone (or any other smart device, e.g. a smartwatch), the customer is spending an increasing amount of time online such as in the web browser or on mobile apps. Consumer-grade solutions for real-time audio-visual and textual communication are widely available and popular among audiences of all ages. Examples Continue reading →
Creating a valid sitemap.xml file for SEO
A sitemap is a great way to show search engines a list of all the webpages on your domain. It’s a best practice for Search Engine Optimisation! I always suggest to use the Google Search Console dashboard to submit a sitemap to Google, and the Bing Webmaster Tools as well. By adding your sitemap to these Continue reading →
DNS servers wijzigen op de Proximus B-box 3 (Sagem/Technicolor)
Het wijzigen van de DNS servers kan interessant zijn op vele vlakken. Zo kan je bijvoorbeeld je DNS servers wijzigen naar die van OpenDNS; deze dienst laat toe om onveilige websites te blokkeren. Een ander voordeel kan snelheidswinst zijn. Niet elke DNS server is even snel (doordat deze verder is verwijderd, of gewoon mindere capaciteit Continue reading →
Get the smaller version of an image on Imgur
If you want to show an image on the web or anywhere else from imgur.com but the image is too large in size, you might want to only show a smaller version of the original image. By default, the image dimension the image is served as is the full resolution. To reduce this to a Continue reading →
Android host file for AdAway, AdBlock or AdFree
Block ad networks and trackers on your Android smartphone or tablet. Here is a list to add to your host file (/etc/hosts or /system/etc/hosts) Android host file for AdAway, AdBlock or AdFree was last modified: November 16th, 2014 by Thomas