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Way too much “friendly comment” SPAM lately. “Spam, lovely Spam, wonderful Spam.”

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/25

Since about 2 months, I get truckloads of friendly comments indicating my blog is so wonderful that gets through Aksimet.

I’m not alone: one spammer posted his full spam script on Scott Hanselmans blog, and of course, Scott blogged about it: Exposed A Blog Comment Spammers Source Template

Not so cool.

Cool:

–jeroen

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Handig, alleen de foto bevat wat vooroordelen (: Zonneklep | Grid-it!™ organizer

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/16

Het eerste plaatje heeft een beetje veel vooroordelen, maar het product is reuze handig!

–jeroen

via: Zonneklep | Grid-it!™ organizer.

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Stappenplan UPC Digitale TV werkend op Samsung UE40C6800 uit 2010

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/15

Dankzij het Chelloo forum heb ik het voor elkaar: de (sinds 3 april 2013) ongecodeerde Digitale TV kanalen van UPC werkend op een Samsung UE40C6800 uit 2010.

Hier wat ik er over op het Chelloo forum schreef: Read the rest of this entry »

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my flights – Google Search

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/21

Cool: Google understands which flights I have booked: my flights – Google Search.

Now hopefully Lufthansa will strike only for one day, and not cancel my Amsterdam->Munich flight on saturday.

Lufthansa ® – Cancelled Flights.

–jeroen

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IKEA into the Hotel Business (via: nu.nl – De Jager)

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/07

Today, Gerrit de Jager again had a brilliant comic. This time on Marriott pairs with IKEA for its first budget hotels | Reuters.

Translates it says

IKEA gets into hotel business

“Here is your room key. And your hex key.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Unavailable in your country: Nexus 4. Why?

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/06

Dang! I’ll be in NYC for almost 2 weeks and cannot order a Nexus 4, even when:
– using a VPN to get through a USA IP address
– having configured a USA physical address where we are staying

Why not?

Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet.

We’re working to bring devices to more countries as quickly as possible.

Please check back again soon.

–jeroen

via: Unavailable in your country.

Posted in Google, LifeHacker, Power User | 2 Comments »

LOL: Apple IIe 2E Retro Computer Mug Can Be Personalised | eBay

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/05

 

Funny: Apple IIe 2E Retro Computer Mug Can Be Personalised | eBay.

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BladeKey Zip-9 by jamesdavid on Shapeways

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/03

Brilliant: BladeKey Zip-9 by jamesdavid on Shapeways and one tie-wrap to keep your keys organized:

–jeroen

via: BladeKey Zip-9 by jamesdavid on Shapeways.

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Actuele spoorkaart Nederland

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/01

Briljant: Actuele spoorkaart Nederland:

Kaart en geodata: © OpenStreetMap
Actuele treintijden: NS-Reisinformatie
Visualisatie: M. van der Loos

Alle treinen in Nederland live op een kaart in je web browser.

Er zijn ook anderen die vergelijkbare dingen doen:

–jeroen

via: Actuele spoorkaart Nederland.

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Lufthansa does not get that plus (+) is a valid email character. @Lufthansa_DE

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/02/08

Plus is a valid character in email adresses, but many sites thing otherwise.

From the Lufthansa booking site:

Please review the fields below to continue :

  • Contact Details – E-mail must be 1 to 60 characters (valid characters are a-z, 0-9 and arobase (@), hyphen (-), underscore (_), dot (.)).

–jeroen

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