Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/26
Somehow the default dpi setting on my ARM MacBook Pro was 300dpi.
This caused all the specific printer settings saves (mostly permutations of N-up and single/double-sided) to have become 300dpi. Fine for scalable output (vector graphics and fonts), but awful for bitmap images.
[Wayback/Archive] How to change default printing dpi – Apple Community explains how to set the default:
- Print something to bring up the print dialog box.
- Make sure the Presets menu shows “Standard”.
- Change the dpi.
- Now from the Presets menu, choose “Save”.
- That should change the “Standard” settings.
But it fails to explain that the default is not retroactively applied to saved settings.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/23
Unlike SKYNET, actual Skynet is still far away: according to Google AI, there are t’s in both kilogram and kilogramme.
Screenshots mine as the Wayback Machine does not run the Google AI:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/23
It’s a short term weather side-effect for which data centers are under dimensioned because data centers don’t have long term planning, right?
Narrator: it’s the climate changing way faster than anyone designing data centers anticipated.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/22
Most solutions mention to disable all “Smart features” in order to not have the AI summary in Gmail, but that disables a lot more than just the AI summary.
Luckily I found the desktop solution in [Wayback/Archive] I want to turn off ONLY the AI Summary in Gmail. – Gmail Community to which I added steps, links and screenshots:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/22
I used to buy off-lease HP gear some 15 years ago. Nowadays I usually buy Dell 1 liter PCs for desktop usage (see my series on 3060/5060/7060) and got reminded that they also have good workstation gear that you can rackmount:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/19
[Wayback/Archive] I can control all your computers – YouTube was the first playful title now known as I tested EVERY single IP KVM – YouTube.
The video is a cool compilation of all the recent (last decade) IP KVM products Jeff has tested so far, which of course started with the Pi-KVM that opened the market from old and expensive IP KVM products.
Table of Contents:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/16
Ever since Chris Hesik spoke on “RAD Studio 2010 what’s new in the IDE debugger”, wanted to write a blog post about it.
Still haven’t found time to do that in depth, but it’s important to at least jot a few notes, so let’s start with the 20111020 conference session notes.
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