Blogs – Page 2 – Jeroen Heijster

Happy new year

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Post published: January 2, 2014
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I wish everyone a happy new year and a good year of coding!

Xbox One DRM removed, why I think this is BAD

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Post published: June 20, 2013
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I have to admit, when I first heard about the policy that the Xbox One needed a connection to the internet every 24 hours to play your games, I was pissed off. Why would a company do that? Don’t we own the games?

Later Sony said that the PlayStation 4 didn’t have these restrictions. I was sold and I was sure Sony won this console war.

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Cordova/PhoneGap NO TRANSPORT/NetworkError with Ajax in Windows Phone.

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Post published: May 8, 2013
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When developing for multiple platforms, a framework might be nice. One of those frameworks is Cordova a.k.a. PhoneGap. When using jQuery Mobile, I stumbled upon the problem that I couldn't…

I’m back

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Post published: April 25, 2013
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It has been a while since this blog was active. I would like to explain what was going on. VPS issues At the end of 2012 I started having issues…

Using Windows 8

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Post published: September 28, 2012
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Windows 8 will launch in less than a month. Still, it has received a lot of negative messages from, for example, Steam and Notch. I have been using it for more than a month now so I have enough experience with the platform now.

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Update: Recommended WordPress plugins

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Post published: July 1, 2012
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At the end of 2011, it was estimated that around 20%-25% of all new websites published were built using the WordPress platform. Why wouldn't you try to get the best…

What I think about Windows Phone 7.8

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Post published: June 25, 2012
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It has been announced that current Windows Phone devices won't get Windows Phone 8. Instead they get version 7.8. I think it's a stupid move. The problem is that some…

How and why I ditched Google Analytics

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Post published: June 23, 2012
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Google Analytics is a great tool to see what users do on your site and how they interact with it. It is free to use and is very extensive so why did I stop using it?

Problem with Google Analytics

The main reason I stopped using Analytics is because it places a cookie which cannot be stopped without showing me how the site is used. This means that if I wanted to implement the cookie law directives, I would lose the complete picture in my report. Some users already complained about this and Google simply hasn’t listened yet.

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