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Kanovaartochten langs Lisse en Sassenheim

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/24

Wat verderop kanoroutes met her en der met genummerde stappen rondom Lisse en Sassenheim.

Maar eerst wat linkjes die helpen gegevens over obstructies en hoogtes van bruggen te vinden:

De Kanovereniging Lisse verhuurt geen kano, maar via [Wayback/Archive] Kanoën tussen de bollenvelden in Lisse en Hillegom – Travel Blondie NL bedacht ik me dat er meerdere verhuurmogelijkheden zijn, waaronder:

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GitHub – geerlingguy/retro-computers: Retro Computers – Info and status for all my retro Macs, PCs, gaming systems…

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/24

Interesting, especially the early classic Macintosh and Apple II machinery: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – geerlingguy/retro-computers: Retro Computers – Info and status for all my retro Macs, PCs, gaming systems…

Via: [Wayback/Archive] Saving my Aunt’s 1991 Mac Classic: Tear it apart, don’t turn it on! – YouTube

--jeroen

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Some notes on Wikipedia tags for references, citing URLs that are archived like in the Wayback Machine

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/24

Used it for instance for this edit: [Wayback/Archive] Lightweight Directory Access Protocol: verschil tussen versies – Wikipedia.

–jeroen

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mutool: all purpose tool for dealing with PDF files | mupdf Commands | Man Pages | ManKier

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/23

Sometimes I feel like having lived under a rock for ages despite trying to live the command-line life as much as possible.

Anyway: not that long ago I learned about [Wayback/Archive] mutool: all purpose tool for dealing with PDF files | mupdf Commands | Man Pages | ManKier

It is part of [Wayback/Archive] Package mupdf – man pages | ManKier which also has [Wayback/Archive] mupdf: MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer written in portable C | mupdf Commands | Man Pages | ManKier.

MuPDF – a kind of sibling to GhostScript – lives at [Wayback/Archive] MuPDF: The ultimate library for managing PDF documents.

The below query got me to [Wayback/Archive] mupdf/docs/man/mutool.1 at master · ccxvii/mupdf · GitHub in the “wrong” repository [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ccxvii/mupdf: mirrored from git://git.ghostscript.com/mupdf.git

The actual repositories are at:

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433 MHz is not dead! Using an ESP32 board with LoRa module to talk to 433 MHz sensors – CNX Software

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/23

This was a cool post: [Wayback/Archive] 433 MHz is not dead! Using an ESP32 board with LoRa module to talk to 433 MHz sensors – CNX Software

433MHz LoRa Transceiver-based ESP32 board work with regular 433 MHz sensors found on the market. This gives end users a simple off-the-shelf solution for receiving these signals without having to use a soldering iron and making a circuit.

This opens many doors regarding 433 MHz sensor readings with one device, including weather stations, doors, PIR, TPMS, temperature, and BBQ sensors.
Recommended reading!

Related: [Wayback/Archive] Making your RF 433mhz sensors and devices communicate with your home automation, gateways comparison

–jeroen

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Coronaprik najaar 2025: periode van 15 september tot en met 5 december 2025

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/22

Sinds vorige week tot 5 december 2025 kun je weer een Covid-19 vaccinatie krijgen.

Iedereen die wil kan een afspraak maken via telefoonnummer 0800-7070 of via de eerste link hieronder.

Linkjes:

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Dell 3060/5060/7060 Micro RP-SMA dual-band WiFi antenna parts Y9MPH and 3TJ9N

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/22

Two kinds of RP-SMA dual-band WiFi antenna parts having :

  • Y9MPH is an omnidirectional dipole stick antenna which most use
  • 3TJ9N is a semidirectional patch/panel antenna on a wire which few people use but can be useful when you want to put the antenna into a place having better signal reception

Both are also supposed to work for Dell OptiPlex Micro models 3020/3040/3050/5020/5040/5050/7020/7040/7050 (as 5030/7030 models were never released and 3030/9030 only released as a different all-in-one PC form factor): basically the end of the Micro form factors in Dell OptiPlex Series 4 and start of Dell OptiPlex Series 5.

Links (some also containing part numbers for other related components like internal wiring and M.2 Wi-Fi cards):

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I why I always use light mode: it’s easier on the eyes, as explained by Kristian Kohntopp

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/19

In a German thread, Kristian Köhntopp perfectly explained why I too always use light mode, so I put the English translations here:

  1. Dark mode is a strain on the eyes and useless.
  2. Specific: In darkness (and in dark mode) your pupils widen, the diaphragm opens. This reduces the depth of field and the eye muscles have to do more work and precision when focusing.
  3. Conversely, with light and a bright background you have a smaller pupil, a small aperture and more depth of field. This means that everything is automatically sharp, even if the eye has not readjusted.

The German thread:

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Wijkcentrales – VVDSL.robinflikkema.nl

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/17

Voor mijn link archief: KPN telefooncentrales, waarvan een paar waar familie of ik een aansluiting had:

[Wayback/Archive] Wijkcentrales – VVDSL.robinflikkema.nl

Wijkcentrales
Code Plek
Ssh [Wayback/Archive] Wijkcentrale: Sassenheim – VVDSL.robinflikkema.nl
Asd-Bdh [Wayback/Archive] Wijkcentrale: Amsterdam-Badhoevedorp – VVDSL.robinflikkema.nl
Asd-Osdp [Wayback/Archive] Wijkcentrale: Amsterdam-Osdorp – VVDSL.robinflikkema.nl
Nhout [Wayback/Archive] Wijkcentrale: Noordwijkerhout – VVDSL.robinflikkema.nl
Lis [Wayback/Archive] Wijkcentrale: Lisse – VVDSL.robinflikkema.nl

Deze hadden Mojibake met de generic replacement character (“�”):

Wijkcentrales
Code Plek
Ctlr [Wayback/Archive] Wijkcentrale: Castelr� – VVDSL.robinflikkema.nl
(moet Castelré zijn)
Odi [Wayback/Archive] Wijkcentrale: St. Odili�nberg – VVDSL.robinflikkema.nl
(moet Sint Odiliënberg zijn)

Let op: de [Wayback/Archive] fourstack KPN UI (toenmalig gebouwd door [Wayback/Archive] FourStack) is sinds 2021 uit de lucht, zie [WaybackSave/ArchiveBad] FPI Fourstack Snelheid DSL – Internet en hosting – GoT , dus de gegevens worden niet meer bijgewerkt.

--jeroen

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Notes in case I want to create my own homebrew cask for installing software they disabled/removed

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/16

Some notes as it might enable me to install software that homebrew has deprecated or removed (note that local changes by default are ignored as the brew API takces precedence):

Despite the homebrew repository being a high commit-volume one which makes following it from a clone hard, just did already clone it Read the rest of this entry »

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