Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/22
Nice videos about USB-C receptacles replacement that might fit old mini-USB and sometimes micro-USB ones.
Before applying, check out the tables in USB hardware: Compatibilities – Wikipedia and the table I copied from USB hardware: connector dimensions – Wikipedia to ensure there is enough space to fit the USB-C receptacle in:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/21
Interesting video explaining on Intel’s Management Engine which has been the Intel Inside part of about every Intel Chipset since 2008: [Wayback/Archive] The Intel Nobody Can Remove (Not Even You) – YouTube
This is very relevant as it runs on a lightweight operating system called Minix, and there is a move from attacks on end-user operating systems personal computers and mobile phones towards edge devices running lightweight operating systems (not limited to Citrix, Ivanti, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco, SonicWall and Juniper – for a potential OS list see Category:Lightweight Unix-like systems – Wikipedia).
More sources have started warning for this, see for instance [Wayback/Archive] Network security devices endanger orgs with ’90s era flaws | CSO Online and [Wayback/Archive] Security Appliance Vulnerability Bingo 2025 – Google Regneark.
Hopefully [Wayback/Archive] Dr. Christopher Kunz | heise online will have created a cku.gt/appbingo26 this year.
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/21
This should stau stays pretty up to date over time:
…
Simply pulling
lscr.io/linuxserver/wireguard:latestshould retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.The architectures supported by this image are:
Architecture Available Tag x86-64 ✅ amd64-<version tag> arm64 ✅ arm64v8-<version tag> armhf ✅ arm32v7-<version tag> …
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/20
In my list of tools to try out: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – valyentdev/valyent: A developers-first cloud platform.
I will likely start with the cloud version, but the local version looks promising too.
More links:
Via: [Wayback/Archive] Valyent.cloud: “📢 Valyent.cloud is getting fully open-source, and its UI dashboard is getting more features day after day. It allows developers to deploy Docker images at scale — made fast-booting and secure microVMs, taking inspiration from Fly.io.” — Bluesky
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/20
Nice memories of the TBAV/ThunderByte Anti-Virus story.
Together with Jeroen Smulders, I was sort of on the sideline in the early days as we both were at the university had access to FidoNet (I as host, other Jeroen as point), Internet, mailing lists and newsgroups.
I used it because it was the fastest Virus Scanner around and a need when scanning all incoming FidoNet data for viruses (I had seen at university what damage a spread could do).
Some VIRUS-L, comp.virus and book links from that past:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/19
This still works for Apple Silicon based Macs: [Wayback/Archive] How can I tell what wattage my MacBook Pr… – Apple Community
TL;DR:
Note that “System Report…” starts the “System Information.app” (how cool would naming consistency be…)
On my M1 MacBook Pro, the values depend on the charging ports used:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/16
[Wayback/Archive] Apparaat terugsturen | Klantenservice | Ziggo
Stuur de apparatuur in een stevige doos naar ons terug. Gebruik de doos die je van ons ontvangt of de originele doos. Als je die niet (meer) hebt, kun je ook een andere passende doos gebruiken.
Stuur de apparatuur naar dit adres:
Ziggo retouren
Antwoordnummer 1070
5800 VB VenrayOf download het retourformulier:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/15
Now dead link – I was too late to archive it: Mike Luckovich on BSKY: Which one should I draw?
[Wayback/Archive] 536333987-938257d2-91fc-491c-9abc-647c651085c6.png (609×443)
Larger draft images:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/15
On OpenWRT GL.iNET based devices, the WireGuard client does not restart upon reboot, even if it was started before rebooting.
Hopefully the /usr/bin/wireguard_watchdog script will help with this as others indicates it should.
My first try was no succes, but since it is supposed to run from cron it does no output. The script on GL-SFT1200 firmware version 3.215, script /usr/bin/wireguard_watchdog is different from the one in the OpenWRT repository, so it needs some investigation.
Some links for checking this out:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/14
TL;DR: the connection problem was because of a public key mismatch between the pfSense central location and GL.iNET peer.
Since the pfSense cannot export configuration in either text or QR format (see rcmcdonald91/pfSense-pkg-WireGuard: This is a port of the original WireGuard UI bits as implemented by Netgate in pfSense 2.5.0 to a package suitable for rapid iteration and more frequent updating on future releases of pfSense.), I made a copy paste mistake.
This resulted in the WireGuard client connection indicator on the GL.iNET to turn yellow instead of green. This means that the handshake is only partially completed (there is a WireGuard connection but there is no returning traffic on it).
GL.iNET VPN status explanation:
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 