Author Archives: Albert W. Alberts

About Albert W. Alberts

Biographical info? Do you really want to know? I'm just a guy working in IT as a Software Architect. Full of ideas and short in time. I have been working on a dozen or more patents for my employer, some alone but most of them with two of my colleagues. One of my ideas that caught some attention on the internet was the idea of scanning the cards from your wallet and save them as images in your phone. Hence the name WalletCards.

From idea to product, no need to think small

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Albert W. Alberts

We all heard about the possibilities the internet gives us. Power to the people, right? Well the story of the Glif is a perfect example of this. Two guys, Tom Gerhardt and Dan Provost came up with an idea for … Continue reading →

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Blind film makers and a dialogue

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Albert W. Alberts

It’s incredible what some companies do to get attention for their products. In 2009 Philips amazed everyone with the Carousel Commercial, the slow-motion clownesque heist. This year Philips is back with six short films with one shared piece of dialogue: … Continue reading →

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Safari mismatches color in CSS and background image

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Albert W. Alberts

While working on my new blog theme I ran into some color rendering issues with Safari. The background color set with CSS did not match the color used in the background image.The background color was set in CSS as #333333, … Continue reading →

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32-bit color in Windows 2008 Remote Desktop Connection

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Albert W. Alberts

Connecting to a Remote Desktop can be a rude awakening when you are confronted with jagged edges on the otherwise smooth icons. If you use it remote administration this is not a problem. On the other hand if you want … Continue reading →

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How to survive password hell

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Albert W. Alberts

Keeping track of your passwords can be a real pain. Passwords for your email, your account at work or for that website where you want to leave a comment. Unless you can use one password for all of these different … Continue reading →

Posted in HowTo, lifehack | 1 Comment

WalletCards on my iPhone

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Albert W. Alberts

Recently I read a post on slimming down your wallet (via Lifehacker). As many of you I had my wallet filed with membership and other reward cards from the local hardware store the grocery shop and the rest of it. … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone, lifehack | 15 Comments

Picasa template for Slide.Show

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Albert W. Alberts

Slide.Show is an open source Silverlight 1.0 control. You can use it for publishing very customizable photo slideshows on the Web. It was initially created by Vertigo but it is now hosted as a project on CodePlex. Although it is … Continue reading →

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Cross platform RSS solution for free

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Albert W. Alberts

RSS readers FeedDemon (Windows) and NetNewsWire (MacOSX) are now freeware! On my PC I have been using FeedDemon (the paid version) for several years now and recently bought NetNewsWire for my MacBook. Stupid me I should have waited a month … Continue reading →

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My Podcast List

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Albert W. Alberts

Since we moved to Haren a small village just south of Groningen my travel-by-bike-time increased from 10 to 30 minutes. The route is completely without trafficlights I only have to cross the railroad tracks twice. So for a couple of attention-points it’s almost to do … Continue reading →

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Web Trend Map 2007 Version 2.0

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Albert W. Alberts

The Information Architects did it again. A successor to the Web Trend Map. This time they have more websites more lines and more inside jokes that I don’t get. But also another great feature; a clickable version of the map. … Continue reading →

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