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Archive for February 6th, 2026

Cymbal Trolley – Deluxe with Wheels – Protection Racket

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/06

Expensive, but still interesting: [Wayback/Archive] Cymbal Trolley – Deluxe with Wheels – Protection Racket

Catalogue No. Product Internal Dimensions
6021T-00 24″ Deluxe Cymbal Trolley (25.5″” x 6.5″ Internal)
6020T-00 22″ Deluxe Cymbal Trolley (23.5″ x 6.5″ Internal)

All of their product dimensions (they make a lot more percussion cases) at [Wayback] www.protectionracket.com/files/dimensions/internal-dimensions-list.xlsx [Wayback XLSX View/XLSX View]

Via: [Wayback/Archive] percussion trolley – Google Search

--jeroen

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Some links on hetrixtools.com Uptime and Blacklist monitoring, and PagerDuty integration.

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/06

Historically I have been using Uptime Robot a lot, but in practice they are only good for HTTP/HTTPS uptime checking and TCP connection checking. SMTP checking requires more than just a valid TCP check which they can’t, so I took a look at hetrixtools.com.

They advertise being forever free when using a limit number of Uptime/Blacklist endpoints as per

[Wayback/Archive] Free Uptime Monitor & Blacklist Monitor- HetrixTools

  • 15 Uptime Monitors • 1 Minute Interval
  • 32 Blacklist Monitors • Checked Everyday

FREE Forever!

Unlike many other free uptime checking tools, their interval is better.

A thing to consider is that, like many online-first companies, they do not provide company details on either of these pages which you have to agree with when signing on for their service:

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