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Today is a good day. I just had a call from a telemarketer… factory reset!

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/08/11

via +Kristian Köhntopp Chris Blasko originally shared:

Today is a good day. I just had a call from a telemarketer. Did I yell and scream at them, you ask? Certainly not. Like a good IT administrator I put my skills to use for their benefit. Here’s how the conversation went.

Which ended with the phone of the Telemartketeer being factory reset.

–jeroen

via: Today is a good day. I just had a call from a telemarketer. Did I yell and….

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In case I ever misplace/break one: Free printable cardboard lens hoods

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/07/11

Like a lens cap, lens hoods are also easy to misplace, loose or break.

For most DLSR lenses, there are Free printable cardboard lens hoods.

–jeroen

Posted in LifeHacker, Nikon, Photography, Power User | 1 Comment »

AK’s Guide to Suits – Imgur

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/06/16

Interesting: AK’s Guide to Suits – Imgur.

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Interesting: Jason Franzen memoRANDOM / moreSIMPLE

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/23

Jason Franzen has some interesting concepts, including these:

–jeroen

via:moreSIMPLE by Jason Franzen.

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A Quick Test Drive of Tails, a Privacy Focused Linux Distribution

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/05

Fazit:

You’ll probably want a standard OS for day to day tasks, and only use Tails if you really need to remain anonymous.

–jeroen

via A Quick Test Drive of Tails, a Privacy Focused Linux Distribution.

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Cutting Cherry Tomatoes / Ideale manier om cherrytomaatjes te snijden – Lifehacking

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/02

Brilliant way to cut cherry tomatoes /

Briljant: Ideale manier om cherrytomaatjes te snijden – Lifehacking.

–jeroen

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Build interactive books using Git and Markdown: GitBook (via: Ilya Grigorik – Google+)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/24

GitBook is definitely on my list of things to try.

See the experiments from Ilya Grigorik – Google+ – Build interactive books using Git and Markdown:….

–jeroen

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Interactive Maps of Amsterdam / Interactieve kaarten van Amsterdam

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/17

via Gas and Electra usage map of Amsterdam I ended up at Interactieve kaarten van Amsterdam.

Nice! Comparing the energy usage of your household with others in the city.

–jeroen

 

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Need to draw an ASCII diagram? ASCIIFlow is awesome:… (via: Ilya Grigorik – Google+)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/09

ASCIIFlow.com:  Brilliant!

And from the comments PlantUML which generates UML diagrams from text, of which the sequence diagrams can also be generated as ASCII (the others only as images).

Finally there is ditaa which goes from ASCII diagrams to images. The complete circle is done (:

--jeroen

via: Ilya Grigorik – Google+ – Need to draw an ASCII diagram? ASCIIFlow is awesome:….

Posted in ASCII art / AsciiArt, Development, Diagram, Fun, LifeHacker, PlantUML, Power User, Software Development, UML | 2 Comments »

Amazon.de / Amazon.co.uk: Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer verwalten / Manage VAT Registration Number

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/31

When you order for business usage, and your business can deduct VAT/Mwst, you can have Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk send invoices without VAT for most goods.

Some restrictions apply, read these pages before performing the steps below:

For Amazon.de (they ship most goods for free from Germany to us for orders over EUR 20), follow these steps: Read the rest of this entry »

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