[Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Too bad @googledrive downloads cannot work without 3rd party cookies. These cookie settings (and JavaScript) need to be enabled in order for them to work correctly:(see also support.google.com/drive/answer/2423534 )” / Twitter
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Too bad @googledrive downloads cannot work without 3rd party cookies. These cookie settings (and JavaScript) need to be enabled in order for them to work correctly
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/09
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Reminder to self: check if other internet providers can deliver over the “Open” Dutch Fiber network
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/06
When “Open” Dutch Fiber (ODF) builds a fiber network, the internet provider Odido (ex T-Mobile Netherlands) gets a year exclusive use of the infrastructure.
In practice that is longer (see below tweets why), and for me it might become almost 2 years after ODF announced they would start building the local fiber network in the area where I live: [Wayback/Archive] [Odido Glasvezel] Ervaringen & Discussie – Internet en hosting – GoT.
You really do not want Odido, as they do NOT support IPv6 (I have Does Odido (the old T-Mobile Netherlands) which took over Tweak Internet (they supported IPv6) already support IPv6? scheduled on that).
Currently Odido does a lot of colportage, even threatening that copper will be phased out – yeah, that is going to take years! – likely because their exclusivity period is about to end. Which is a reminder for me to check if other providers can already deliver over the ODF network.
Dates to remember:
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Wanneer de papierkliko stuk of gestolen is: Ik heb een vraag of melding over mijn rolcontainer. Waar kan ik terecht? – Gemeente Amsterdam
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/06
Voor mijn link-archief: [Wayback/Archive] Ik heb een vraag of melding over mijn rolcontainer. Waar kan ik terecht? – Gemeente Amsterdam
--jeroen
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On my list of tools to check out RustDesk (as replacement for TeamViewer, Remote Desktop and similar)
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/05
For non-Windows systems, I have used TeamViewer in the past and when they started being obnoxious reverted mostly to VNC derived alternatives. For Windows, I’d usually combined VPN with Remote Desktop.
Recently, I found out that during my first rectum cancer year (and for others, the first COVID-19 year), the development of RustDesk – which can be self-hosted – started as an open source project on [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – rustdesk/rustdesk: An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer. with their first commit being [Wayback/Archive] Initial commit · wabarc/wayback@650ea87 · GitHub.
I got pointed to this in [Wayback/Archive] Your Remote Desktop SUCKS!! Try this instead (FREE + Open Source) – YouTube.
One of the main things to figure out is how reliably RustDesk does firewall hole punching*.
Another personal interest is to learn more about Rust and Dart, the main programming languages in which RustDesk is written.
Here are some links:
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Software Downloads: Download UniFi Network Server – Ubiquiti: also known as UniFi Network application and apparently the successor of the UniFi Controller
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/02
After moving, I wanted to install new UniFi access points and upgrade the firmware of my existing ones.
The Cloud Key running the UniFi Controller software had long died (bringing that to market was a really bad idea from Ubiquiti in my view), so I started looking for UniFi controller software I could run locally.
From past contacts with other UniFi users, I knew there was some kind of Docker solution, but I hard a hard time finding it.
It looks like UniFi has been busy though and have three download lists coming back with essentially the same software, heck even point to the same release notes ([Wayback/Archive] UniFi Network Application 8.6.9 | Ubiquiti Community)
- [Wayback/Archive] Software Downloads: releases/network-server – Ubiquiti
- [Wayback/Archive] Software Downloads: releases/network-application – Ubiquiti
- [Wayback/Archive] Software Downloads: releases/firmware – Ubiquiti
The actual download of the most recent version is at [Wayback/Archive] Software Downloads: Download UniFi Network Server – Ubiquiti.
If I understand [Wayback/Archive] Self-Hosting a UniFi Network Server – Ubiquiti Help Center correctly, what they mean is that the UniFi Network Application is an implementation of a UniFi Network Software that runs on MacOS/Windows/Linux.
You will likely have to download by hand as – especially on Windows – the package managers are versions behind. At the time of writing the version available above was V8.6.9 released 2024-11-06. This is what was on the package managers:
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Lars Boelen op Twitter: hoe koel je je woning ‘s nachts voor als voorbereiding van een hittegolf – laat je huis als schoorsteen werken en voer de warme lucht af
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/02
Een paar jaar terug kwam dit interessante bericht langs van [Wayback/Archive] Lars Boelen 🍃 on Twitter: “Dat kan! En wel door je woning ‘s nacht voor te koelen. Dat doe je door ‘s nachts beneden een raam of deur inbraakveilig open te zetten (dat zal soms wat creativiteit vragen) en zo hoog mogelijk in huis een raam. Het huis gaat daardoor als schoorsteen werken”
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Wat is de maximale huurverhoging in 2025? | Rijksoverheid.nl
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/01
Voor mijn link archief:
- [Wayback/Archive] Wat is de maximale huurverhoging in 2025? | Rijksoverheid.nl
- [Wayback/Archive] Maximum aan jaarlijkse huurverhoging in de vrije sector blijft gelden tot 1 mei 2029 | Nieuwsbericht | Rijksoverheid.nl
- [Wayback/Archive] Huurliberalisatiegrenzen tot 1 januari 2026 | Publicatie | Rijksoverheid.nl
- [Wayback/Archive] huurliberalisatiegrenzen-tot-1-januari-2026.pdf [Wayback PDF View/PDF View]
- [Wayback/Archive] Wet betaalbare huur en bestaande contracten: wat nu?
Query: [Wayback/Archive] maximale huurverhoging vrije sector 2025 bestaande contracten at DuckDuckGo
Gerelateerde blog posts:
--jeroen
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Apple Macintosh SE/30 monitors and video cards
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/30
This post covers some topics around one of the retro machines I have. They helped me form some thoughts on additions I might want to add to mine.
HDMI out on a Mac
- [Wayback/Archive] My little guide on RGBTOHDMI installed on Classic, Plus, etc. | TinkerDifferent
- [Wayback/Archive] RGBtoHDMI for my Mac SE/30, how to wire up – YouTube
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – hoglet67/RGBtoHDMI: Bare-metal Raspberry Pi project that provides pixel-perfect sampling of Retro Computer RGB/YUV video and conversion to HDMI
The RGBtoHDMI interface converts the “digital” RGB video signal from the BBC Micro or Electron to HDMI compatible with most modern TV/Monitors. The interface comprises a Raspberry Pi Zero and a specially designed Hat containing a small CPLD. Custom firmware on the Raspberry Pi, in conjunction with the CPLD, is able to correctly sample each of the Beeb’s video modes to give a pixel-perfect rendition.
- [Wayback/Archive] RGBtoHDMI for a SE/30 (settings from Plus and Classic 1 won’t work) | 68kMLA
Needs a Raspberry Pi, but looks very interesting.
256 shades of grey
Back in 2022, someone started doing an amazing thing: reverse engineering and rebuilding a 256-grey/color video card for the Macintosh SE/30 PDS (Processor Direct Slot).
A very interesting start of a long journey with the result that a few people could actually play around with it. Hopefully by now more have been produced, but be aware: this is a hobby of the designer, so unlike some other hardware: do not expect high numbers of these boards to become available.
Long thread in – for now – 14 pages of which I think below are the most important excerpts:
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Why do we call it “boilerplate code?” • Buttondown
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/30
[Wayback/Archive] Why do we call it “boilerplate code?” • Buttondown (via [Wayback/Archive] Hillel on Twitter: “New newsletter! “Why do we call it boilerplate code” is a short history of the term, traced through the industrial revolution and rise of modern newspapers.”).
TL;DR: it is a combination of
- boiler plate being a kind of sheet metal
- in typesetting, the Linotype produced thin sheets of lead with letters
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On Hanslow Stellare e-ink labels: Using e-ink (epaper) Price Tags (Shelf Labels) for everyday needs – YouTube
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/29
Interesting video: [Wayback/Archive] Using e-ink (epaper) Price Tags (Shelf Labels) for everyday needs – YouTube
It linked these:
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – MakersFunDuck/Hanshow-Auto-Updater: A tool to make auto updates from a website on Hanshow branded price tags (shelf labels)
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – atc1441/ATC_TLSR_Paper: Custom BLE firmware for Hanshow E-Paper Shelf Labels / Price Tags
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – rbaron/pricetag-printer: Python script for printing to the Hanshow price-tag
- [Wayback/Archive] Hollyland LARK M2 – Wireless Mini Microphone | Button Mic – Hollyland
- [Wayback/Archive] Hollyland LARK M2S – Logo-Free Wireless Microphone | Hidden Mic
Queries:
- [Wayback/Archive] Hanshow model Stellar – Google Search
- [Wayback/Archive] “Hanshow” model “Stellar” buy – Google Search
--jeroen
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