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Archive for September 3rd, 2025

The Miracle of Flux – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/03

I see so many people not using flux while desoldering.

Flux works like magic: [Wayback/Archive] The Miracle of Flux – YouTube

This trick work like magic too: [Wayback/Archive] Soldering hacks Soldering 9 contacts at once with a soldering iron and how to use Desoldering wire – YouTube

--jeroen

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Some notes on getting CrystalDiskMark portable on Chocolatey

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/03

I needed the portable version of [Wayback/ArchiveCrystalDiskMark on Chocolatey (unlike the [Wayback/Archive] Chocolatey Software | CrystalDiskMark (Install) package). Luckily I found the auto-update package [Wayback/Archive] Chocolatey Software | CrystalDiskInfo (Portable) and knew both that CrystalDiskMark is from the same author as CrystalDiskInfo, and that their code is on GitHub like the Chocolatey package.

Given I had a the below chocolatey-packages/automatic/crystaldiskinfo.portable as a template, I asked the CrystalDiskInfo (Portable) package maintainer if they were willing to maintain CrystalDiskMark (portable) as well and was glad the response was “yes”: [Wayback/Archive] Portabe CrystalDiskMark similar to the current CrystalDiskInfo? · Issue #159 · mkevenaar/chocolatey-packages

So for my link-archive:

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