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AK’s Guide to Suits – Imgur

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/06/16

Interesting: AK’s Guide to Suits – Imgur.

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Interesting: Jason Franzen memoRANDOM / moreSIMPLE

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/23

Jason Franzen has some interesting concepts, including these:

–jeroen

via:moreSIMPLE by Jason Franzen.

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A Quick Test Drive of Tails, a Privacy Focused Linux Distribution

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/05

Fazit:

You’ll probably want a standard OS for day to day tasks, and only use Tails if you really need to remain anonymous.

–jeroen

via A Quick Test Drive of Tails, a Privacy Focused Linux Distribution.

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Cutting Cherry Tomatoes / Ideale manier om cherrytomaatjes te snijden – Lifehacking

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/02

Brilliant way to cut cherry tomatoes /

Briljant: Ideale manier om cherrytomaatjes te snijden – Lifehacking.

–jeroen

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Build interactive books using Git and Markdown: GitBook (via: Ilya Grigorik – Google+)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/24

GitBook is definitely on my list of things to try.

See the experiments from Ilya Grigorik – Google+ – Build interactive books using Git and Markdown:….

–jeroen

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Interactive Maps of Amsterdam / Interactieve kaarten van Amsterdam

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/17

via Gas and Electra usage map of Amsterdam I ended up at Interactieve kaarten van Amsterdam.

Nice! Comparing the energy usage of your household with others in the city.

–jeroen

 

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Need to draw an ASCII diagram? ASCIIFlow is awesome:… (via: Ilya Grigorik – Google+)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/09

ASCIIFlow.com:  Brilliant!

And from the comments PlantUML which generates UML diagrams from text, of which the sequence diagrams can also be generated as ASCII (the others only as images).

Finally there is ditaa which goes from ASCII diagrams to images. The complete circle is done (:

--jeroen

via: Ilya Grigorik – Google+ – Need to draw an ASCII diagram? ASCIIFlow is awesome:….

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Amazon.de / Amazon.co.uk: Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer verwalten / Manage VAT Registration Number

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/31

When you order for business usage, and your business can deduct VAT/Mwst, you can have Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk send invoices without VAT for most goods.

Some restrictions apply, read these pages before performing the steps below:

For Amazon.de (they ship most goods for free from Germany to us for orders over EUR 20), follow these steps: Read the rest of this entry »

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Tram 2 in Amsterdam amongst the best 10 in the world 9via: Tram 2 bij de beste ritten ter wereld – AMSTERDAM – PAROOL)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/26

Interesting: Tram 2 in Amsterdam amongst the best 10 in the world.

The best tram rides:

  1. Queen Streetcar, Toronto (Canada)
  2. George Benson Waterfront Streetcar, Seattle (VS)
  3. St. Charles Streetcar Tour, New Orleans (VS)
  4. Streetcar F, San Francisco (VS)
  5. Trams van Hong Kong (China)
  6. Tram 96, Melbourne (Australië)
  7. Tram 2, Boedapest (Hongarije)
  8. Tram 68, Berlijn (Duitsland)
  9. Tram 2, Amsterdam
  10. Tram 28, Lissabon (Portugal)

–jeroen

via: Tram 2 bij de beste ritten ter wereld – AMSTERDAM – PAROOL.

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Traffic (public, car) sites I watched during the #NSS2014: not many congestions yet

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/25

And for future big events, here are some sites to watch to see Dutch traffic congestion:

–jeroen

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