QR codes for bank transfers
Dec 14th 11
There is this weekly repetitive task I really hate: paying bills. Obviously because I prefer money going in the other direction, but also ’cause it’s so incredibly boring and time-consuming that for every transfer you have to type in the amount, the reference number and often the beneficiary details as well.
A few weeks ago, the [...]
QR code generator update
Jun 27th 11
You may have noticed it already, but the QR generator has been updated. Except for the aesthetic changes, it is now possible to create codes for data other than url’s: general text, phone number, email address, meCard, vCard and WiFi settings. The same export options are still available: PNG, SVG, PDF and EPS.
It’s also making use of [...]
Releasing Zend Framework QR / Matrixcode library
Apr 4th 11
I had promised it for quite a while, and unfortunately things got delayed time after time, but finally I’ve managed to wrap things up and complete my Zend Framework module for generating QR codes in both raster and vector format.
In the end I refactored almost all the code to be more consistent with the architecture of the existing Zend_Barcode library (with a couple of differences however), so that took also a bit longer than anticipated.
AJAX requests and expired sessions
Jan 18th 11
If you ever have developed secure web applications that make use of AJAX, you have most likely been confrontend with situations where an AJAX request occurs after the session has timed out. Where the server is supposed to return some HTML of JSON, you get a ‘401 Unauthorized’ or an empty response depending on how [...]
Syncing multiple Google calendars on iPad
Aug 10th 10
Today, when I was trying to have my agenda better organized by splitting it up in several Google calendars, I found out that only one primary calendar got synced with my iPad, the other ones were ignored. That didn’t seem to make much sense, but after some Google searches it turned out many people encountered [...]
MTV Party Noise using QR codes
Mar 12th 10
Tomorrow is the 4th edition of MTV Party Noise, an exclusive party for Generation MTV customers (and their friends) only. This time it’s in my home town Ghent, so I’m really looking forward to it (free drinks, no driving, you get the picture).
It’s also the second time we integrated QR codes in the registration process. Once registered, [...]
