Posted by jpluimers on 2026/05/08
This is a cool device as explained in the below video: [Wayback/Archive] SABRENT USB Charging Station 252 W 8-Port PD 3.0 with LCD Display – GaN Charger Charger – Fast Charging Station for USB-C & USB-A Devices, Laptops, Smartphones – PPS, Overcharge Protection: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories
Despite good, I put this comment below the video:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/05/01
When undergoing cancer treatment, I missed the launch of [Wayback/Archive] Ventoy:
Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.
With ventoy, you don’t need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly.
You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them.
Source code: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ventoy/Ventoy: A new bootable USB solution. (2020 new, that is, but for me it was actually new)
Wikipedia: Ventoy – Wikipedia
Note there is also [Wayback/Archive] iVentoy, which is a PXE boot tool, but only partially open source and if used commercially you need a license. See:
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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
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/09
The display quality of [Wayback/Archive] Reflection Frame is nice, but the there was no public API at the time of writing, so I wonder if there is now.
Public API request initially denied at [WaybackSave/Archive] Reflection Frame: Digital Photo Prints by Creative Design Worx — Kickstarter:
Via [Wayback/Archive] Colour E-Ink Picture Frame – The Reflection Frame – YouTube.
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/26
There is no official Ring API. But there are libraries and tools around that can talk to a Ring ecosystem, mostly written in JavaScript or Python.
Some links I found:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/13
The notes are based on the NanoKVM PCIe as that is what I wanted to set-up on a Windows 11 compatible PC that could be remotely managed for someone not savvy enough to do that themselves. They had an old Supermicro based PC with IPMI which kind of does IPKVM when using the embedded video hardware, but back when I wrote this early 2025 – the year Windows 10 would become end-of-life – it was:
Since none of the modern remote KVM hardware tooling seems to be able to do passthrough video, the solution I researched for was to split the outgoing video signal (either Displayport or HDMI), then optionally convert Displayport to HDMI and finally route that HDMI into the remote KVM hardware.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/13
Why I try to get long M.2 cards: [Wayback/Archive] Kris on Twitter: “…”
A more proper solution:
https://www.printables.com/model/369386-m2-ngff-2230-to-2260-adapter
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/09
If any of the below OKI error codes occur during printing then first re-seat (unlock, then lock) the corresponding toner cartridge.
When the error reoccurs, then wear a mask (toner spills can be dangerous to your lungs), then: unlock the toner cartridge, remove it, vacuum away any of the toner spill in the printer and on the cartridge, reinsert it and lock it.
The cause is a mechanical issue that happens both when only using original OKI toner cartridges and OEM or third party ones: wear of the parts over time will spill more and more toner causing the locked cartridge detection to cause a faulty result due to excessive spilled toner build-up.
For me this mostly happens on the colour cartridges and far less often on the black cartridge.
Error code list for the message at [Wayback/Archive] Troubleshooting | OKI “Check Toner Cartridge. Improper Lock Lever Position. Error: 544, 545, 546, 547”:
On the above page self the solution lists as
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/20
For my link archive, as these might be useful one day:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/19
For my link archive: [Wayback/Archive] Enabling TRIM on an external SSD on a Raspberry Pi | Jeff Geerling
Printing to large format paper or displaying it on large screens introduces a lot of whitespace resulting in the listings having horizontal scrollbars. That was easier to circumvent in CSS than I initially thought, so I wrote [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @jpluimers on Thread Reader App:
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 