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bimmer.work : VIN Decoder for BMW

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/03/09

For my link archive: [Wayback/Archive.is] bimmer.work : VIN Decoder for BMW

–jeroen

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Productivity is about focus, which is hard, so setting up your life can help a lot

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/03/07

Thanks Twitter!:

I use a single 4K monitor for this, and either different full-screen workspaces or remote desktop/screen/logon sessions per job.

My phone is always on vibrate, and sometimes in a different room.

I read e-mail usually once every few days, and try to do social media and chat outside my concentration sessions.

I try to concentrate on once thing at a time without getting distracted.

–jeroen

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Bestemmingsplan De Aker: Toelichting

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/25

[Wayback] De Aker: Toelichting

[Wayback] PDF.

Found via [Wayback] “NL.IMRO.0363.F1312BPSTD-VO01”, archived version [Wayback] “NL.IMRO.0363.F1312BPSTD-OW01”.

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“access to your banking” in mijn ING is named differently from this phrase both in English and Dutch

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/25

The target URL is this one: https://mijn.ing.nl/banking/settings/security and titled as such in:

  • English: “Access to your banking”
  • Dutch: “Toegang tot je bankzaken”

The page title “Access to your banking” is not to be found when you search on the Mijn ING site no matter if you configured Engish or Dutch as your Mijn ING language.

[Archive.is] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Waar zit in de My ING omgeving van @ingnl “access to your banking”? Ook met de site in het Engels kan ik het niet terugvinden, maar 1 van de apps heeft het wel nodig.… https://t.co/GU3TXwMbjf”

–jeroen

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Raamwerk ECD portal links

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/21

For my link archive:

Notes:

Baffled:

I basically got baffled by the (for me distracting) way the images and icons were situated on the “Cliëntportaal” page: it forced me to the more easily to grasp menu on the right, access the “Aanmelden” page, which had the wrong link.

The (non-blue, and unlike the other red links, non-red) “Log hier in bij het Cliëntportaal” link above the distracting images actually had the correct link to hetraamwerk-ecd.fierit.nl/WebCSS/Home/Login.

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Na Eunice: ’Schade aan zonnepanelen door storm niet altijd verzekerd’ | Geld | Telegraaf.nl

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/21

Na storm Eunice:

[Wayback/Archive] ’Schade aan zonnepanelen door storm niet altijd verzekerd’ | Geld | Telegraaf.nl

Check via je tussenpersoon of zelf je verzekeringspolis.

–jeroen

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A few ways to reset a Samsung MU6100 55″ TV

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/18

Some interesting tidbits to reset a UE55MU6100 or similar TV from [Wayback/Archive.is] We have a 2 week old Samsung mu6100 55″ tv which up until an:

  • Soft reset: Unplug the TV from the wall, hold down the power button on the rear of the TV for 10 seconds, then plug it back in and turn it on.
    • The power button is on the backside : it’s the middle part of the 4-arrow-button.
  • Factory reset: power off the TV, and hold down up, down and power buttons together for about 10 seconds, then releasing them when the Samsung Logo shows up.
  • Reset to engineer menu: put the TV in standby, then press the info, menu, mute and power buttons on the remote

–jeroen

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Philosophy of management

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/14

“Philosophy of Management” quote by “Clarence Francis”

“You can buy a man’s time, you can buy a man’s physical presence at a certain place, you can even buy a measured number of skilled muscular motions per hour or day.
But you cannot buy enthusiasm, you cannot buy initiative, you cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.”
— Clarence Francis, Chairman of General Foods

I still think this is a very important quote, as it emphasises the philosophical difference between buy and earn.

Even the top managers or self employed people should show these aspects, despite not having an organisational manager above them: in those cases they earn it for themselves to be a better person.

Some argue that these values are intrinsic. That is true, however expressing those values does not just happen. It needs attention.

It is about people after all.

–jeroen

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Disable a resource hog: no more auto-play of Twitter videos (web settings, works for mobile too)

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/14

Steps: go directly to twitter.com/settings/autoplay, then ensure “Never” is checked, or

  1. Click on “More”,
  2. Click on “Settings and privacy”,
  3. Click on “Accessibility, display and languages”,
  4. Click on “Data usage”,
  5. Click on “Autoplay”,
  6. Ensure “Never” is checked.

Or in screenshots:

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Foam and foil for your keyboard switches

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/11

You can still get foam and foil for your old keyboard switches:

Via:

–jeroen

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