July 28, 2010
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By Tuinslak in Linux, Mac, Software, iPhone, iRail, www
iRail source is on Github.
To access the iRail source code;
Be aware you need to be added as contributor before being able to commit changes.
- get Git
- [browse to some folder] mkdir git
- cd git
- git clone git@github.com:Tuinslak/iRail.git
- cd iRail
- git fetch
To edit & commit changes:
- git add [file]
- git commit -m ‘edited [file], added this and that’
- git push
To update repo
- git fetch
- git merge origin/master
To check log
- git log
Info here and here, oh and here.
Nightly built accessible here. Git gets updated every night around 4h00. (see the index.php; set $dev to 1)
Feel free to commit [working and useful] updates. Decent updates will make the iRail.be website. Contact me if you have any questions or remarks. Most important bug is the station issue and my todo list can be found here.
I’m fairly new to all this Git-stuff, so I might have done some stuff wrong, or not optimised, or whatever. Contact me if so.
Tags: nmbs, sncb
July 27, 2010
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By Tuinslak in Misc, Software, iPhone
And I quote from AppleInsider;
The U.S. government on Monday announced new rules that make it officially legal for iPhone owners to “jailbreak” their device and run unauthorized third-party applications. In addition, it is now acceptable to unlock any cell phone for use on multiple carriers.
According to The Associated Press, the government approved a handful of new exemptions to a federal law that prevents the circumvention of technical measure that prevent users from accessing and modifying copyrighted works. The report noted that every three years, the Library of Congress’ Copyright Office authorizes exemptions to ensure existing law does not prevent non-infringing use of copyrighted material.
In addition, another exemption was approved that would allow all cell phone users to unlock their device for use on an unapproved carrier. Currently, Apple’s iPhone is available exclusively through AT&T, but unlocking it can allow for voice calls and EDGE data speeds on rival carrier T-Mobile.
Purely awesome.
July 22, 2010
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By Tuinslak in Hardware, Linux
Has a year uptime as well! Yay 
It’s the one at the bottom. Running Ubuntu as OS (Dom0) and several Xen virtual machines (such as the nginx reverse proxy cache of this blog). Four is a dual core Xeon with 8Gb RAM.
Tags: rootspirit, uptime
July 14, 2010
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By Tuinslak in Misc, www
Help. Waar gaan we naartoe?!?!
Tweakers.net – PDF.
Tags: belgium, copyright
July 10, 2010
0
By Tuinslak in Misc
Another weekend of Brosella, starting today. Facebook and Last.fm page are up.
Be sure to check out my free FON WiFi coverage and drop some feedback.
Open in new window.
Tags: brosella, brussels
July 6, 2010
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By Tuinslak in iPhone, iRail, www
Following stations are giving a problem:
- Aalst,
- Asse,
- Brugge,
- Mechelen
Trying to find a fix.
Issue: All those stations give an additional intermediate page with the question to confirm your station choice.
Old solution: could be by-passed by adding “[B]” to the end of every station name but this has recently changed and is no longer working.
Current solution: none yet. Working with cURL to check the POST data.
Report additional broken stations to bugs@irail.be please.
July 6, 2010
60
By Tuinslak in iPhone, iRail, www
After careful consideration with my lawyer Ywein Van den Brande, I have decided to put iRail back online.
The copy of the letter to the NMBS/SNCB can be viewed here.
Minor modifications have been made to make it work correctly again with the new route planner of the NMBS/SNCB (changelog); and I’ll keep working on it to optimise it (next on the todo list is a better results page). Also, feedback is always welcome… But mail me; not the NMBS/SNCB.
Also, dear NMBS/SNCB, please provide us with an API. Clearly, I’m not the only one interested in open data and APIs. This would make small projects like this quite a bit easier and would greatly increase the end quality. Data scraping just doesn’t fit web2.0.
I’d like to gratefully thank everyone for the amazing support, and special thanks go to Ywein Van den Brande, Sébastien Boelpaep and Vincent Van Quickenborne.
Have a nice day,
Yeri Tiete
iRail.be
Edit: Due to a bug in the querying, not all station information is displayed correctly and an error page is shown. Working to get it solved.
Tags: api, nmbs, sncb
