Interesting: Peplink multi-WAN routers and VPN solutions.
Lets see how this compares to MikroTik stuff (:
–jeroen
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Peplink multi-WAN routers and VPN solutions.
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24
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USB Typewriter — Classic Typewriters for the Digital Age (for mechanical typewriters, not electrical ones)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/19
Nicely done: the USB Typewriter — Classic Typewriters for the Digital Age, as they can do almost all keys a PC keyboard can do see the USB Typewriter — FAQ using a mechanical (not electrical!) typewriter.
Basically the opposite of the IBM Selectric Computer Terminal, the Daisy wheel printing, the IBM 1050 system, and the IBM 2741 Console.
Note the kits (there are both soldering and non-soldering versions) are mostly aimed at models that once were popular in the USA, so for manufacturers like Adler there are no guidelines (but the existing guidelines for soldering and for non-soldering probably work fine).
–jeroen
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TheBookYard : UK Apple spare parts specialist
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/16
Interesting: TheBookYard : UK Apple spare parts specialist.
via: Macbook white thingy below keyboard button is broken – Ask Different.
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Ghetto Mod: xw6400 xw6600 front case fans – HP Enterprise Business Community
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/16
Interesting: Ghetto Mod: xw6400 xw6600 front case fans – HP Enterprise Business Community.
Very silent 92mm fans for the front of an HP XW6600. Be sure to use the non PWM fan type.
–jeroen
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Keyboard shortcuts – G+/Gmail Help
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/15
I’m glad that G+ supports keyboard shortcuts out of the box:
Google+ supports the following keyboard shortcuts. To see the full list from any screen in Google+, press SHIFT+?
The list is big, but is close to for instance the GMail shortcut list.
–jeroen
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Lots of 2.5, 3.5 and 5.25 conversion brackets, cages and hot-swap bays
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/12
To get me some ideas on what is available on the market right now: ADATA, CORSAIR, CRUCIAL, PLEXTOR, SAMSUNG, INTEL & OCZ SSD (SG OFFICIAL DISTROS WTY).
For ZFS, this seems the controller of choice:
- IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller for System x – Forum – Tweakers.
Het grote DIY RAID NAS topic deel 3 – Opslagtechnologie – GoT.
PCI-e 8 Port HBA for ZFS – Suggestions for 4TB+ support – [H]ard|Forum.
For high-density data,
- a 15mm 2.5inch 2TB drive: Toshiba MQ01ABB, 2TB – Prijzen – Tweakers.
- 1TB and 1.5TB drives of various heights: Interne harde schijven – Prijzen en Specificaties – Tweakers.
For fast data:
- SSDs around 1TB: Solid state drives – Prijzen en Specificaties – Tweakers.
Everything needs to fit in something like this HP XW6600. For Raid-Z3 you need many drives according to Raid Calculator | Raid Disk Space Utilization Calculator | ServeTheHomeSTH – Server and Workstation Reviews (as it can loose 3 drives: ZFS Raidz Performance, Capacity and Integrity Comparison @ Calomel.org) another calculator for risks: RAID Reliability Calculator – Simple MTTDL Model – ServeTheHomeSTH – Server and Workstation Reviews.
You can also use the below bays for instance for Finding Uses for Old 2.5″ Hard Drives | | Que.
A few remarks on 2.5inch disk solutions:
- Delock 5.25 Wechselrahmen für 4 x 2.5 SATA HDD.
Has no fan, fits quad drives up to 14.5mm height. - MB994SP-4SB-1_ToughArmor Series_2.5″ SAS/SATA CAGES_ICY DOCK.
Has fan, fits quad drives up to 15mm height. Read the rest of this entry »
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Headless: PC Engines APU System Boards Feature AMD G-Series T40E APU, 3 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/10
Interesting for instance for a pfSense router: [Wayback/Archive] PC Engines APU System Boards Feature AMD G-Series T40E APU, 3 Gigabit Ethernet Ports.
–jeroen
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Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 Scanner for PC and Mac (PA03656-B005) (via: Amazon.com: Customer Reviews)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/08
I didn’t have time yet to get one, but the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 (thanks Olaf Monien for pointing me at this in the first place) is definitely on my list of devices to install soon as a successor to my Fujitsu ScanSnap S510.
The S510 has a few drawbacks:
- Only connects through USB.
- Only has a very old version of Adobe Acrobat which – even worse – has refused to install any security updates for a while now.
- Only scans if your PC is logged on.
- Too often wrinkles paper or multi-feeds (from the beginning, so it wasn’t wear of the rollers).
- Has problems scanning business cards.
- Black&White has rough edges around scanned text.
I wanted a new scanner that gets rid of at least a few of these drawbacks.
The Fujitsu ScanSnap site already lists some compelling iX500 features (like 25 ppm, parallel OCR PDF, paper handling, ultrasonic multi-feed detection), but failed to indicate about some of the other drawbacks.
Most reviews of the iX500 were unclear about that as well, until I read the bottom of this Amazon.com review: Read the rest of this entry »
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Quick Tip: Automating your Mac’s wifi power (on off through script) via: BrettTerpstra.com
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/04
Interesting commands around networksetup -setairportpower en0 : power off and on your WiFi.
–jeroen
via: [Wayback/Archive] Quick Tip: Automating your Mac’s wifi power – BrettTerpstra.com.
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If you miss having the Caps Lock button on your #Chromebook… (via: Google Chrome – Google+)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13
This reminds me about mapping the CapsLock to Windows-key on old Lenovo keyboard (you can do that [Wayback/Archive] with ReMapKey from Microsoft, the [Wayback/Archive] slightly more convoluted open source SharpKeys, or a AutoHotKey script), and a [Wayback] Mac equivalent:
MacOS:
I like to have a second Control key instead of Caps Lock.
In OS X, go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys… and change or turn off Caps Lock, Control, Option and Command.
For more radical key remapping in OS X, use KeyRemap4MacBook. Despite the name, it works on non-Macbook machines, too.
…
ChromeBook:
If you miss having the Caps Lock button on your #Chromebook, you can turn the Search button into a Caps Lock button in a couple steps: find “Keyboard Settings” under the “Settings” menu, and select “Caps Lock” under the “Search” drop-down menu.
Or you can use this quick link on your Chromebook: chrome://settings/keyboard-overlay
Chromebook has [Wayback/Archive] quite some different keys than a Windows keyboard.
Ben Ostrowsky has a nice post with an SVG drawing of the [Wayback/Archive] Chromebook keyboard layout.
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