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TomTom RDS-TMC Antennas FAQ

Posted by jpluimers on 2016/01/08

Too bad my TomTom XXL IQ 540SWE won’t work with a model 4V00.014 RDS/TMC FM antenna (which sits in-between the USB charger cable and the TomTom)

That would have been a really nice way to get rid of some of the cabling in the car.

Model 4UUC.001.01 does work (but has a 12V plug).

These models should work:

3. The USB version :

More recent version, but slower than the jack version. Note also that there are 2 versions available depending on your location :
– 4V00.014 or 9V00.101 which is the Europe-Australia version working on FM band.

4. The combined car charger with traffic receiver :

– 9UUC.002.00 (part number on box is 9UUC.002.00 and part number on item is 4UUC.001.01) which is the part number sold in Europe-Australia.
– 9UUC.052.02 which is the part number sold in North America.

7. Alternate solution, non TomTom : The GNS Traffic box.

I might resort to cutting open the 4UUC.001.01 model and get rid of the 12V plug.

See this video:

Inside the TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver

Here is information about how you can modify your TomTom RDS-TMC traffic receiver for a hardwired installation. Use this information at your own risk. Have fun.

–jeroen

Source: TomTom RDS-TMC Antennas FAQ

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Any ideas for a good text to direct anonymous and blocked numbers too?

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/31

Any ideas for a good text to direct anonymous and blocked numbers too?

I’m thinking along these lines:

You are calling with a blocked, or anonymous number. We get too many of those, mostly from marketing or sales persons. Call back with your real number and you might get to talk to a real person.

–jeroen

via:

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HowTo: Configure Low Battery Duration and PCNS to Shut Down with an APC SmartUPS

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/27

Great post: HowTo: Configure Low Battery Duration and PCNS to Shut Down with an APC SmartUPS

It explains how to configure automatic shutdown of machines upon UPS battery low events.

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De @SVB_PGB foutmelding mag kennelijk ook niet langer dan 60 karakters zijn… #neuland

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/21

Briljante foutmelding: “snaam, inclusief extensie, mag maximaal 60 tekens lang zijn.”

Ja: precies de laatste 60 karakters van de foutmelding.

De SVB heeft iets met 60.

Iets als “20141119 – Martijn – Zorgkantoor – AWBZ beoordeling zorgbeschrijvingen zorgovereenkomsten – SVB trekkingsrecht.pdf” mag dus niet als bestandsnaam. Een duidelijke foutmelding ook niet. Dat zou te makkelijk zijn.

Het is op een andere manier slecht dan de foutmelding “Er is een algemene fout opgetreden. Probeert u het later nog eens.”. En dat je later weer dezelfde foutmelding krijgt zodat je on-line geen PGB declaraties van urenbriefjes kunt indienen:

Beste @SVB_PGB: de online declaratie PGB WMO HH gaat fout bij het klikken van “Bewerken”: het maakt niet uit welke maand en week. 1/2

De melding @SVB_PGB is “Er is een algemene fout opgetreden. Probeert u het later nog eens.”. Helaas geen verder log of details. Wat nu? 2/2

En daarom ben ik gistervavond een paar uur bezig geweest met opnieuw proberen en daarna PDFjes van de declaraties te maken. Die ik nu weer mag renamen omdat de bestandsnamen te lang zijn.

Zucht.

–jeroen

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Everyone over the age of 40 has a drawer full of these somewhere. What to do with them…

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/21

On scanning film negatives and dias (slides): Everyone over the age of 40 has a drawer full of these somewhere What do you….

Since scanners get better over time, when do you scan them, and how long do you keep the originals?

–jeroen

Dia slides.

Dia slides.

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Index of /materials/haxpo2015ams

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/11/27

It feels like yesterday, but haxpo2015ams was already six months ago!

Session materials index:

Index of /materials/haxpo2015ams

[ICO] Name Last modified Size Description
[PARENTDIR] Parent Directory –
[ ] D1 – Frank Breedijk – Help my Security Officer is Allergic to DevOps.pdf 2015-05-28 07:19 6.7M
[ ] D1 – Lisha Sterling – Hacking Humanitarian Project for Fun and Profit.pdf 2015-05-27 18:27 6.1M
[ ] D1 – Marc Newlin – ReDECTed.pdf 2015-05-27 16:56 1.7M
[ ] D1 – P. Mason, K. Flemming A. Gill – All Your Hostnames Are Belong to Us.pdf 2015-05-27 16:03 2.8M
[ ] D1 – Wouter van Rooij – Future Privacy.pdf 2015-05-27 16:16 715K
[ ] D2 – Bob Baxley – Privacy and Security in the Internet of Things.pdf 2015-05-28 17:00 7.1M
[ ] D2 – Edwin Sturrus – Data Security and Privacy in the Age of Cloud.pdf 2015-05-28 15:24 1.2M
[ ] D2 – Jessica Maes – Privacy in Digital Society.pdf 2015-05-28 12:18 4.1M
[ ] D2 – Jimmy Shah – BYOD is Now BYOT – Current Trends in Mobile APT.pdf 2015-05-28 15:55 3.6M
[ ] D3 – Jaya Baloo – Crypto is Dead Long Live Crypto.pdf 2015-05-29 17:17 4.4M
[ ] D3 – Jeroen van der Ham – Responsible Disclosure in The Netherlands.pdf 2015-05-29 16:37 1.7M
[ ] D3 – Oliver Matula and Christopher Scheuring – Evaluating the APT App Armor.pdf 2015-05-29 11:55 3.9M
[ ] D3 – R. Schaefer and J. Salazar – Pentesting in the Age of IPv6.pdf 2015-05-29 16:22 1.8M
[ ] D3 – Ruben van Vreeland – New Attack Vectors for Exploiting Web Platforms.pdf 2015-05-29 11:55 816K
[ ] HAXPO HIGHLIGHT – Andrew Tanenbaum – MINIX3.pdf 2015-05-28 15:19 9.2M
[ ] HAXPO HIGHLIGHT – Eleanor Saitta – Designing Security Outcomes.pdf 2015-05-29 15:15 1.4M
[ ] HAXPO HIGHLIGHT – Reuben Paul – The A-to-Z of CyberSecurity.pdf 2015-05-28 15:19 17M
[ ] HAXPO WELCOME – Richard Thieme – Too Much to Know.pdf 2015-05-27 13:37 6.3M
Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at haxpo.nl Port 80

–jeroen

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DIY: How To make a Grid-It Organiser – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/11/27

Great: DIY: How To make a Grid-It Organiser – YouTube.

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[NL] Voedingsmiddelen ontcijferd: blog over wat er in voedingsmiddelen zit

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/10/30

Voedingsmiddelen ontcijferd laat zien wat er in voedingsmiddelen zit, en classificeert zowel de componenten het totaal resultaat in drie groepen:

  • Veilig
  • Verdacht
  • Onveilig
  • Onbekend

Daarnaast voegt het soms een opmerking toe (zoals gemodificeerd).

De blog is vrij strict (bijvoorbeeld E251 – natriumnitraat – wordt als onveilig beschouwd), uit het oogpunt “beter voorkomen dan genezen”.

Gezien het grote aantal voedingsmiddelen dat al uitgezocht is kom je toch op een behoorlijke lijst met veilige middelen uit.

Een interessante blog als je meer over je voedsel wil weten.

–jeroen

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LG Nexus 4 Screen Repair & Disassemble – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/10/19

I needed to perform a LG Nexus 4 Screen Repair & Disassemble – YouTube.

Thanks FixEz.

Tools needed – see also the PDF Nexus 4 Disassembly Guide or Nexus 4 Motherboard Replacement – iFixit.:

Note that something SKU# 5-0721: 16-piece repair toolkit is a good start on this: it contains all but the blow dryer or heat gun.

–jeroen

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Books. Lots of books. In PDF.

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/10/12

Interesting: site:www.e-reading.link/bookreader.php – Google Search.

Likely highly illegal, but it has a lot of things in PDF that I already have on paper of stuff that is hard to get otherwise.

–jeroen 

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