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Phone SPAM: Random Digit Dialing

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/12/10

Just learned something new this evening: ‘Random Digit Dialing’.

A few minutes ago, I got called on an unlisted phone numberby a Dutch company offering money and a kind of lottery mechanism if I was going to take part in their surveys.
In other words: phone SPAM.

They call with a shielded phone number.
So there is no way I can distinguish them from friends that do have a legitimate reason for having an unlisted phone number.

The company that called told me that the only way to avoid these calls was to list all my info that they should not contact me at in some central database, even if the info was already unlisted in the first place.
The world up side down!

And to top it off: Now that they have contacted me, they have the phone number, so I’m bound to be called there again by them.

–jeroen

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Foto’s speciale dienst “Kerk der Friezen” online

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/12/07

Toen we afgelopen maand tussen de verbouwing door even in Rome waren, had ik op zondag 15 november een bijzonder mogelijkheid om foto’s te nemen in de Kerk der Friezen (ook Friezenker genoemd) tijdens de dienst ter ere van het opleveren van de restauratie. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ancient history – found back one of my earliest email messages dated in februari 1989!

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/10/12

Edit 20260223: added the e-mail header, relay mapping of e-mail addresses explanation and some archived links where needed, and some current links where the originals suffered from link rot.

I found back one of (the original Dutch link died, but is archived [Wayback/Archive] my earliest mail messages) [Wayback/Archive] my earliest mail messages: it is dated back in februari 1989.

Date: Thu, 23 Feb 89 09:07 N
From: <PCHPAPL%HLERUL52.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: TurboC list

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Camtasia Studio and Snagit available to MCTs FREE – Microsoft Certified Trainers Group: News Discussion | LinkedIn

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/09/03

If you are a Microsoft Certified Trainer like me, then you can get a free (as in gratis)  license key for Camtasia Studio and Snagit from TechSmith.

A quote from what Tjeerd Veninga wrote in this LinkedIn MCT group message:

From: Tjeerd Veninga TechSmith’s Camtasia Studio and Snagit are available to MCTs now FREE of charge. Simply go here http://www.techsmith.com/MCT and request an activation key.

A few MCT’s thought they didn’t receive their activation mail, but in fact it got in their SPAM box.

The activation mail will be sent from evangelists@techsmith.com, in my case from the host 72.52.191.4, hostmx01.techsmith.com, so make sure your anti-SPAM measures allow for that.

Note you need new activation keys for each new release full version of Snagit/Camtasis.

Download links:

–jeroen

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Foto’s van KatwijnBinse Truckrun 2009

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/08/24

Zaterdag was de jaarlijkse KatwijkBinse Truckrun: een evenement waar gehandicapte mensen als bijrijder in een Truck (97 stuks!) of Bus (3 stuks) een rit van ongeveer 4.5 uur mee mogen maken.

Het festijn begint met een kennismaking tussen de bijrijders en chauffeurs, foto sessie, groepsfoto, lunch en dan de hele rit.

Reuze gaaf, het gaat de halve bollenstreek, een stukje Leiden en een stuk kust door.
Vertrek en aankomst zijn op het voormalige Marine Vliegkamp Valkenburg.

Mijn broer Martijn (met een groene body warmer op een aantal foto’s) was een van de bijrijders, en ik heb een leuke camera, dus deze keer foto’s gemaakt.

De glimlach van bijrijders, chauffeurs, medewerkers en kijkers is onbetaalbaar!

Om een lang verhaal kort te maken, hier wat sets met foto’s:

Vliegkamp: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwpluimers/sets/72157622117156084/

Boulevard Katwijk: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwpluimers/sets/72157621992526809/

Groet,

–jeroen

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Adest Musica flyer for World Music Contest 2009 entry

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/05/11

Menno de Jong created a paper flyer for the World Music Contest 2009 entry that our marching band Adest Musica is going to perform.

New truck for Adest Musica with "the Musketeer" theme for their WMC 2009 show

New truck for Adest Musica with “the Musketeer” theme for their WMC 2009 show

Like the new truck on the right, it perfectly fits the theme “the Musketeer”, and reflects our journey to the WMC in Kerkrade.
April 30 in Ede was part of that journey, and we regret that the release could not take place: the tattoo on which we would have performed got cancelled due to the attempted attack on the Royal Dutch Family that day.
However, the parade in Ede that day did take place, so we were able to show the public our new marches.

People wanting to join us in August 2nd at the WMC in Kerkrade can order tickets here: (Dutch link only) http://www.adestmusica.nl/wmc/bestelformulier_wmc_toegangskaarten.php

The images of the flyer are below (click on them for an enlargement):

wmc_flyer_voorkant
wmc_flyer_voorkant

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Jeroen turns 40 today :-)

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/04/29

Being born on April 29, 1969, Jeroen turns 40 today.

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Performed @ Bloemencorso Bollenstreek 2009 (Flowercorso 2009)

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/04/26

Yesterday, the Senior Band of Adest Musica (the marching band where next year I hope to celebrate my 30th membership anniversary) participated in the 62nd edition of the Flower Parade in “de Bollenstreek“.
(Actually this is should formally be called “de Duin- and Bollenstreek”, as the complete “Bollenstreek” also includes two more regions in North Holland, and a few smaller areas on the South Holland islands).

New truck for Adest Musica with "the Musketeer" theme for their WMC 2009 show

New truck for Adest Musica with “the Musketeer” theme for their WMC 2009 show

The Senior Band has brass and percussion (no woodwinds, though the Stage Band orchestra part of Adest Musica has them).

It will compete during the World Music Contest 2009 in Kerkrade, so this was a great opportunity to show the public our new marches that we are going to play at the WMC: “Moving Force” and “to Fight and Win” (sorry Dutch link only) as well as the introductory march to the show “Up is Down” that bridges our previous show “Legends of the Seas” to the new show “the Musketeer”.

At the flower corso, also our new truck themed “the Musketeer” as well, click on the picture on the right to see an enlarged version.

A few videos of the Flower Parade with us performing are already on-line:

  1. Adest Musica Sassenheim – Bloemencorso 2009 – WMC / The  – 10 minute compilation
  2. Adest Musica Sassenheim – Bloemencorso 2009 – 2.5 minute compilation showing “Up is Down”
  3. Adest Musica Sassenheim – Bloemencorso 25 april 2009 – very short fragment, but the only one showing my wife (light blue shirt) and brother (khaki jacket) having back-packs with fresh water!

So now you know what I do to balance all the keyboard work I do :-)

–jeroen

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Conferences, seminars and other public appearances « The Wiert Corner

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/04/26

On request, I have started to maintain a page about the events I have spoken at or will be speaking at.

The page serves as a central landing spot for people wanting to download materials of past appearances, or wanting to meet me in person on future appearances.

Currently, it contains

I will extend it with more downloads and more events over time (and blog about it when it gets extended).

Drop me a message at the contact form when you need more of the past downloads (I have been speaking at conferencs since 1995, so there is quite a lot of material <g>)

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Wiert

Posted by jpluimers on 2009/04/21


… is my middle name, which originates from the Frisian word Wiard (according to this really old Dutch book describing names) which seems to mean “strong warrior” 

… sounds similar to weird, which fits quite well to tha extraordinary things I encounter in both my professional and personal life.

So here is the start of an irregular bunch of postings on subjects that I’m going to share on this blog.

Like most blogs, it  is to write down things that I stumble upon and somehow want to remember, or might be of interest to other people.

So: enjoy :-)

–jeroen

PS: For people that do not know me yet, please see my LinkedIn profile and some of my personal interests: Adest Musica, La Perlina,  Flickr stream, DreamFoundation

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