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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/01/17
A blog entry since it was hard to find about [WayBack] “Isolated segment – all turns from it are closed” – Google Search as the source reveals not much: no explanation at [WayBack] wme-history/index.html at master · wazers/wme-history · GitHub (A repository containing the pretty-printed index and JavaScript files of the WME to investigate version differences – wazers/wme-history).
Same for [WayBack] “Added big junction” waze – Google Search and [WayBack] wme-history/index.html at master · wazers/wme-history · GitHub
Note that updates you make to the map can take a while to update to the actual live map (even after approval).
You can check at [WayBack] Waze Status for the latest updates.
I added a piece of road in between Thunstetten and Herzogenbugsee, but could not save it:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/12/30
Boy, I totally missed this was possible: [WayBack] How to text from your computer with Android Messages – The Verge
Texting from the web gives you a lot more flexibility in how and where you can continue conversations. Here’s how to set it up and get started.
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- Make sure you’ve got the latest version of Android Messages installed on your phone.
- Go to messages.android.com on the computer or other device you want to text from. You’ll see a big QR code on the right side of this page.
- Open up Android Messages on your smartphone. Tap the icon with three vertical dots at the top and to the far right. You should see a “Messages for web” option inside this menu. If you don’t, just give it some time. Google is rolling out the feature gradually to everyone over the next week.
- Tap “Scan QR code” and point your phone’s camera at the QR code on your other device. In less than a second, your phone will vibrate and the two will be linked up. You should notice your conversations show up in the left column of the browser window. Google says that “conversation threads, contacts, and other settings will be encrypted and cached on your browser.”
Note: this doesn’t mean your actual text conversations are encrypted. They’re not.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/12/23
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/12/23
This is a reminder to myself to check out [WayBack] Justin O’Beirne again, as over the last years he posted various very interesting observations on the various Maps services.
Is Google Maps still years ahead of the competition? Why is that? Interesting topics that Justin covered in the past, for instance in [WayBack] Google Maps’s Moat How far ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps?
Via:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/12/13
A long time ago, I wrote Ethernet Adapter for Chromecast – Google Store « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff
As a reminder for self, order when I’m back in the USA: Ethernet Adapter for Chromecast – Google Store.
In between, it has been available in many countries, but when writing this, it is not available in The Netherlands, Belgium or Germany any more:
Alternatives are for instance [Archive.is] UGREEN Ethernet Adapter für Chromecast und TV: AmazonSmile: Computer & Zubehör, or fiddling with OTG splitter cables and an a USB ethernet adapter which I found via [WayBack] Google Chromecast – Google Cast – Deel 1 – Mediaspelers en HTPC’s – GoT especially[WayBack] Google Chromecast – Google Cast – Deel 1 – Mediaspelers en HTPC’s – GoT: search for “ethernet.
The cool thing: these solutions also work for things like Raspberry Pi Zero, Fire TV Stick, etc.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/12/06
With Google Sites, you you can attach it to your domain like example.org.
In practice the example.org domain is not bound to Google Sites, but everywhere in this post, please substitute example.org with your own domain name.
In Google Sites, you can design web-sites and create “web address mapping” entries for it. However, you can only add a site mapping for a sub-domain.
But what if you want your www.example.org also to be visible as from example.org?
Then you get a nice error message “Required field must not be blank”:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/12/06
A while back I had a 
after 
.
The problem is that after a successful “Provisioning your Google Cloud Shell machine”, the “Establishing connection to your Google Cloud Shell” did not go away, while the Cloud Shell Code Editor did work:
It was an awful situation, as the mobile reception was bad (so I could not start a hotspot), and the WiFi did not allow for SSH or VPN connections: exactly the situation where Google Cloud Shell is designed for.
A day later it was fine, so I am still not sure what went wrong, nor how I could get it to work if it ever fails again.
Anyone with an idea?
These are inconclusive:
It is a different problem than [WayBack] Google App Engine – cloud shell where both the shell and the code editor failed at the same time.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/09/20
Cool table via the University of Michigan’s Google Apps for Education [Archive.is/WayBack]:
Note: These shortcuts will only work when the video player is in focus. To move the focus try pressing the spacebar to pause and then play the video.
| Action |
Shortcut |
Toggle play/pause the video
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k or Spacebar
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Go back 5 seconds
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Left arrow
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Go back 10 seconds
|
j
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Go forward 5 seconds
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Right arrow
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Go forward 10 seconds
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l
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Skip to a particular section of the video (e.g., 5 goes to the video midpoint)
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Numbers 1-9 (not the keypad numbers)
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Restart video
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0 (not the keypad number)
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| Go to Full Screen mode |
f
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Exit Full Screen mode
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Escape
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Go to beginning of video
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Home
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Go to end of video
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End
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Increase volume 5%
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Up arrow
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Decrease volume 5%
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Down arrow
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Increase speed
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Shift+> (may not work in all browsers)
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Decrease speed
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Shift+< (may not work in all browsers)
|
| Move forward 1 frame when video is paused |
. (period) |
| Move backward 1 frame when video is paused |
, (comma) |
| Mute/unmute video |
m |
| Turn captions on/off |
c |
| Cycle through options for caption background color |
b |
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/08/29
ANWB can superimpose the lane availability indicators on their internap maps software.
Some links so I won’t forget:
–jeroen
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