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How to send an e-mail from your Android app

May 1st, 2011

I’m developing an Android application where the user must be able to send a file stored on the SD Card to a specific e-mail address. By using Android’s Intent class this is very easy. The following code snippet will bring up an e-mail application choose dialog. String filename = "file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/file.txt"; String [...]

Fix .NET 4 SocketPermission for MySQL driver in Medium Trust

Apr 14th, 2011

by Marthijn.

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Most .NET 4 shared hosting providers offering their customers a medium trust environment. This is not a problem for most web applications unless the applications uses MySQL in combination with the .NET MySQL driver (MySQL.Data.dll). The MySQL driver connects to the MySQL database using a socket. However, sockets are not allowed in medium trust. The [...]

Building a Home Theater PC part 2

Apr 2nd, 2011

by Marthijn.

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Today I finally assembled my HTPC. There were some stock issues with the case I ordered, so after a week I ordered another. Although the motherboard is passively cooled I decided to enable one of the two case fans. Unfortunately the fans are very noisy when directly connected to the motherboard, so I placed a [...]

Building a Home Theater PC part 1

Mar 16th, 2011

by Marthijn.

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Last year I build a home server based on the Intel Atom platform. In my second post I mentioned building an HTPC with the same components, but I wasn’t really sure the current Atom processors and Nvidia ION platform could handle video decoding with a full HD resolution. Since a few weeks I’m looking for [...]