Posted by jpluimers on 2012/07/27
Ik had wat spullen aan electronica en ijzerwaren nodig, en onderstaande zaken hebben me uitstekend geholpen.
Ze zijn beide niet groot, maar dat is juist hun kracht: ze weten alles van wat ze verkopen, geven juist advies en hebben vriendelijke bediening.
Daarnaast hebben ze beide naast hun winkel, ook een webshop.
Allereerst Meijer IJzerwaren. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/07/01
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/07/01
As of today, France requires all car drivers to have 2 alcohol testers in their car. Either an electronic version that can be used multiple times or a chemical version for single use, as long as it is NF certified.
–jeroen
via: Frankrijk: alcoholtester verplicht | ANWB Motor.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/06/29
Always wanted to know how a Sextant works?
Look at the animated GIF on Wikipedia
–jeroen
via: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextant
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/06/01
Since the auto-update nor manual update feature of Philips devices over the internet never seems to work:
Today is Philips firmware using USB stick and app update time (:
One bummer is that the “firmware installation instructions” do not mention that you have to start with a cold boot one time before updating the devices. If you don’t, then the devices (especially the TV’s) do not recognize there is an update available.
So: always start with cutting the power (either by switch or by plugging the cable) then enabling power again. You only need to do this once before plugging in a USB stick with the update.
Another bummer there is that Philips does not publish direct links on their site either, so you have to browse through pages, select languages, then download the stuff. But the actual files are still static.
So below are the URLs of the pages and download links I used.
Note the links have been static, even over firmware versions.
Some tips on the links of the Philips site above:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/04/23
Hmm, interesting*:
Gbridge lets you sync folders, share files, chat and VNC securely and easily between friends or your own computers. Google Apps users can create their own free VPN within the organization instantly!
- EasyBackup: Backup to remote computer!
- DesktopShare: Technical support made easy.
- SecureShare & AutoSync: Share files within group!
Either a portable version of Gbridge (currently non-existent) or Gbridge running under a portable VM solution (would vbox.me or VirtualBox on a USB stick work?) running as a non-admin would open up a can of worms for syadmins, and at the same time make a lot of life hackers extremely happy :)
–jeroen
via: Google Apps Marketplace – Gbridge: Free instant VPN for everyone!.
PS: *If you hear a programmer mumble “Hmm, interesting” be wary as either something very smart or very stupid came to mind.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/04/20
Found this out 9 days before my birthday: wikiquote.org: of course with the one of the most famous quotes from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galazy:
almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea
–jeroen (who won’t be 42 forever)
via: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Wikiquote.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/04/16
Don’t post screen shots as low quality JPEG.
Use PNG, which results in smaller files and better looking images.
Not like ING did: no screen reader can help visually impaired, and it gives a very bad user experience to the rest of the world.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/03/26
There are so many Unicode code points, that finding back one based on how a glyph looks like is similar to finding the needle in a haystack.
ShapeCatcher.com to the rescue: it has a drawing box where you can draw the glyph, and a recognition engine that presents you with Unicode code points that have a similar glyph.
Draw something in the left box!
And let shapecatcher help you to find the most similar unicode characters!
–jeroen
via: Shapecatcher.com: Unicode Character Recognition.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/03/23
It looks like Google decreased traffic to many “Whats My IP” sites by automatically answering the whats my ip – Google Search query.
I’m not sure when they introduced this, but it is good and bad at the same time.
–jeroen
Via: whats my ip – Google Search.
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