A different Hydrogen: Hydrogen in 60 seconds | Hydrogen.
–jeroen
via: Hydrogen | advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux (as well as Mac OS X and Windows).
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Hydrogen in 60 seconds | Hydrogen
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/25
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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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Funders and Founders Notes – How to Be Productive The Mindmap of 35 Habits of…
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/15
Too bad the Dutch Lifehacking posting of March 15, 2014 didn’t link back to the original Funders and Founders Notes – How to Be Productive by Anna Vital.
Not just because credit where credit is due, but especially since Funders and Founders Notes have lots of useful infographs.
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Hellingshoek zonnepanelen plat dak (via: Zonne-Energie bij Fam. Haanappel)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/13
Interessant weetje over zonnepanelen: lagere hellingshoek tegenover verlies capaciteit, tegenover winst door extra panelen: lagere hellingshoek wint altijd.
- Zonne-Energie bij Fam. Haanappel: 31-10-2011: Hellingshoek zonnepanelen plat dak.
- TM0312_orientatie van zonnepanelen niet relevant.pdf.
–jeroen
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7 Pro Tips to Make Travel More Efficient (via @Mashable) misses @AirBnB for finding a place to stay
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/13
The 7 Pro Tips to Make Travel More Efficient posting on Mashable has a really interesting set of tips.
But in the final section Book only the first night, I’m missing a reference to AirBnB as an addition to HotelTonight and WeHostels, even though Mashable has a separate AirBnB posting category.
AirBnB is often cheaper than hotels, and more importantly gets you in touch with locals that can get you to the hotspots for dining, etc.
–jeroen
via: 7 Pro Tips to Make Travel More Efficient.
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QR code tools: parsing and generating
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/10
So I won’t forget.
On-line parsers:
On-line generators:
- http://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=150×150&chl=7679d224-cef7-4f20-b883-69460d8de2f3 (as explained at Goo.gl URL shortener can also spit out QR codes, if you ask it nicely.)
- http://qrcode.kaywa.com
- http://goqr.me
- http://barcode.tec-it.com
- http://zxing.appspot.com
–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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Simple Solutions | The Owner-Builder Network
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/02
Simple Solutions | The Owner-Builder Network: Use a rubber band to unscrew stripped screws.
Dus als de kop van de schroef stuk is: elastiek gebruiken (:
–jeroen
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Best time zone map ever: xkcd: Now
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/28
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T-Mobile USA: how to keep a SIM card active if you visit the USA infrequently
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/17
Last time when I was in the USA, I got myself a new T-Mobile USA SIM card with a local phone number so I could call and have data.
There are a few pre-paid T-Mobile USA plans interesting, depending on how long you visit the USA:
Voice+Text+Data:
- Pay by the day USD 3/day for Unlimited Talk/Text/Data with the first 200 megabyte of data at 4G speed and the rest at 2G speed.
- Pay by the day USD 2/day for Unlimited Talk/Text/Data with the data at 2G speed. 2G speed is maxed at 128 kilobit/second.
- USD 50/month for 0.5 gigabyte of high-speed data and the rest at 2G speed. (works better for > 25 days of USD2/day).
- USD 60/month for 2.5 gigabyte of high-speed data and the rest at 2G speed. (works better for > 20 days of USD3/day).
- USD 70/month for unlimited high-speed data. (works better for > 23 days of USD2/day)
Data only:
- 0.5/1.0/2.5 gigabyte per day for USD 10/15/30.
- 0.5/2.5/4.5/6.5/8.5/10.5/12.5 gigabyte per month for USD 20/30/40/50/60/70/80.
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