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Having cancer is not a fight or a battle, it is about having luck or misfortune

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/10

It has been a while after my last post about me having cancer. No, I am not giving up. But I am having the regular fear of the upcoming checks: did the metastases return, or do I have the luck to outlive some 30% of my peer group.

The last metastases surgery has been slightly more than a year ago. A year from now, that percentage hopefully will be 50% and slowly increase over time until about 90% in some 9 years from now.

At year’s end, I will know for sure.

Below are some links on, mostly Dutch but with English abstract, articles about the mental side of having cancer, or having survived it for now.

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Some Twitter internals after I found GitHub – offish/twitter-broadcast-downloader: Download Twitter broadcasts/lives

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/30

Found this while trying to find the source from which I constructed this Bookmarklet which from a Tweet URL returns the JSON metadata which has all the links to media (like images and videos) as it failed for broadcasts:

javascript:{ tweetID = document.location.href.split('/').filter(e => e).slice(-1); url = new URL(`https://cdn.syndication.twimg.com/tweet-result?id=${tweetID}&token=!`); open(url); }

I could not find that back, but did find [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – offish/twitter-broadcast-downloader: Download Twitter broadcasts/lives via these query steps:

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Posted in Bookmarklet, Development, JavaScript/ECMAScript, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, Web Browsers | Leave a Comment »

Dare Obasanjo: “GitHub … How many other services are painting a far rosier picture than reality on their service status pages?” – mas.to

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/30

Last 90 days uptime on 20260427 of the GitHub Platform, 87.25% uptime, by Marek Šuppa @mareksuppa

Last 90 days uptime on 20260427 of the GitHub Platform: 87.25%

Because of two alternative GitHub status pages, a lot of people now realise that GitHub gives a rosier result than the official pages.

April uptime not even had one nine, dropping below 89%.

Which begs this interesting question

“How many other services are painting a far rosier picture than reality on their service status pages?” by Dare Obasanjo: “GitHub just published a blogpo…” – mas.to:

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100 Years of Microsoft Stories – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/29

As a Windows Developer, this was a huge trip down memory lane: [Wayback/Archive] 100 Years of Microsoft Stories – YouTube

--jeroen

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Digitale toegankelijkheid als waardevolle stresstest voor je architectuur: NLUUG voorjaarsconferentie, 7 mei 2026, Jorrit Geels over eenvoudigere ontwerpen, duidelijkere mentale modellen en beter onderhoudbare code.

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/29

Donderdag 7 mei 2026 geeft Jorrit Geels op de NLUUG voorjaarsconferentie in het Van der Valk Hotel Utrecht¹ een presentatie over eenvoudigere ontwerpen, duidelijkere mentale modellen en beter onderhoudbare code.

Hoe je dat krijgt? Zet digitale toegankelijkheid consequent op nummer 1, en de rest volgt.

Het resultaat? Je product wordt voor iedereen beter, waardoor alle gebruikers veel effectiever zijn en je boven je concurrentie uitstijgt.

Het programma staat hieronder², eerst de aankondiging van [Wayback/Archive] Vereniging NLUUG: “Toegankelijkheid wordt vaak ge…” – NLUUG Mastodon server:

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Posted in accessibility (a11y), Awareness, Development, Inclusion / inclusive society, Software Development, User Experience (ux), Web Development | 3 Comments »

13 Things No One Tells You About 3D Printing as a Beginner – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/28

[Wayback/Archive] 13 Things No One Tells You About 3D Printing as a Beginner – YouTube only had a numbered index, so I commented the context index:

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YOURLS/YOURLS: 🔗 The de facto standard self hosted URL shortener in PHP

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/28

In case I ever want to run my own URL shortener: [Wayback/Archive] YOURLS/YOURLS: 🔗 The de facto standard self hosted URL shortener in PHP

Via:

––jeroen

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Analog Audio over Cat 5/6/7 – Building your own panels – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/27

Interesting blog post on patch panels for audio with XLR connectors and ethernet over twisted pair (best to use shielded cable): [Wayback/Archive] Analog Audio over Cat 5/6/7 – Building your own panels – YouTube.

--jeroen

Posted in 19-inch rack, Appliances, Audio, Ethernet, Hardware, Home Audio/Video, LifeHacker, Media, Network-and-equipment, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Watering plants; nice Dutch thread with lots of useful tips

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/27

Interesting Dutch thread on watering plants: it’s not so easy, but the tips in the tread help:

[Archive.is] Jason 🚀 on Twitter: “Hoe weet je hoeveel en wanneer je plant water nodig heeft?”

General guidance:

–jeroen

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ANWB slaat alarm over uitblijven oplossing stoppen met 2G netwerk | Kassa – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/24

Allerlei apparaten, ook bijvoorbeeld slimme meters en valbeveiliging voor ouderen of mensen met een handicap, hangen af van 2G en dat gaat binnenkort uit.

2G – voor velen meer bekend als GSM – werd in Nederland in 1994 geïntroduceerd (eerst als GSM 900 en later ook als GSM 1800) en was altijd een superbetrouwbaar netwerk. Het deed het vrijwel overal en dat ruim 30 jaar lang.

Als laatste provider in Nederland stopt KPN eind 2027 met 2G, dus er is nog ongeveer anderhalf jaar om te zorgen dat oude apparatuur vervangen wordt, of – voor het geval van auto’s – dat regels rond APK worden aangepast.

Haast is dus geboden.

[Wayback/Archive] ANWB slaat alarm over uitblijven oplossing stoppen met 2G netwerk | Kassa – YouTube

--jeroen

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Screenshot of Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (Apple II, 1984) – MobyGames

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/24

[Wayback/A] Screenshot of Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (Apple II, 1984) – MobyGames

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (Apple II) screenshot:Title screen (this version has been cracked)

Memories of Apple II, ][e and //c.

There was quite a good crack-scene in The Netherlands with a well known name “The Redhead”.

Back then I didn’t know about the BBS systems involved:

  • NEABBBS: 020-717666 (which was ran by Max Keizer and part of FidoNet)
  • NABBS: 03200-28717 (which I could hardly find any other information about, the areacode was part of Lelystad)

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