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How to install apps which require iOS 6 on a 1st gen iPad – via: Ask Different

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/08

I knew there was a way, but just not exactly how until I read the below trick by Chad.

Unlike the first commenter who thinks the trick only works when you purchased the app when it still supported older iOS versions, the trick also works when you haven’t purchased an app before. I donated an old iPad 1 after wiping it clean. The above method allowed the new user to install for instance Google Drive and other apps (but not Google+: that one refused).

  1. On your iPad 1, go to: “Settings” ==> “Store” ==> under “Apps” make sure it says ‘OFF’.
  2. Go onto your computer (it doesn’t matter if you’re using PC or Mac) and open iTunes software.
  3. Then go to the iTunes store and download all the apps you want to be on your iPad.
  4. Ensure iTunes on the computer and your iPad are both signed into the same Apple ID, and the iPad is connected to internet.
  5. On your iPad go to App Store ==> Purchased ==> click on an individual app you want to install.
  6. Once you select install you’ll get a message pop up that says:”The current version requires iOS 6.1 or later, but you can download the last compatible version.”, choose “Download”

–jeroen

via: How to install apps which require iOS 6 on a 1st gen. iPad? – Ask Different

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reStructuredText Markup Specification – sections (that translate to HTML headings)

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/05

So I won’t forget; source: reStructuredText Markup Specification – Sections

[2]

The following are all valid section title adornment characters:

! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~

Some characters are more suitable than others. The following are recommended:

= - ` : . ' " ~ ^ _ * + #

Rather than imposing a fixed number and order of section title adornment styles, the order enforced will be the order as encountered. The first style encountered will be an outermost title (like HTML H1), the second style will be a subtitle, the third will be a subsubtitle, and so on.

Below are examples of section title styles:

===============
 Section Title
===============

---------------
 Section Title
---------------

Section Title
=============

Section Title
-------------

Section Title
`````````````

Section Title
'''''''''''''

Section Title
.............

Section Title
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Section Title
*************

Section Title
+++++++++++++

Section Title
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

When a title has both an underline and an overline, the title text may be inset, as in the first two examples above. This is merely aesthetic and not significant. Underline-only title text may not be inset.

A blank line after a title is optional. All text blocks up to the next title of the same or higher level are included in a section (or subsection, etc.).

All section title styles need not be used, nor need any specific section title style be used. However, a document must be consistent in its use of section titles: once a hierarchy of title styles is established, sections must use that hierarchy.

Each section title automatically generates a hyperlink target pointing to the section. The text of the hyperlink target (the “reference name”) is the same as that of the section title.

I prefer this order because of decreasing “greyness”:

# * = + ^ ~ - : . _ ` ' "

–jeroen

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Completely Uninstall Skype For Business (aka Lync) – Skype Community

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/05

I don’t need Skype (aka Lync) on all my VMs, for enough reasons (obnoxiously getting in the way even when not configured, downloading updates even though not used, taking up space, etc).

Removing it through appwiz.cpl is more than just a single step. The reason is that Skype can be part of Office and – despite the updates being called Skype – can be listed as the Lync component in Office.

So the removal is as follows:

  1. Run appwiz.cpl
  2. Select the Microsoft Office version you have installed
  3. Right click, then choose Change
  4. Choose “Add or Remove features” then “Continue”
  5. Choose the dropdown left of “Microsoft Lync” or “Microsoft Office”, then click “Not Available” and click “Continue”
  6. Wait for the removal to proceed, then click “Close”

–jeroen

via: Solved: Completely Uninstall Skype For Business – Skype Community

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Warning: mail from Zwijnenberg Logistiek BV contains link to trojan virus malware

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/04

The below email I got is a mean one, as it looks very authentic, but on close inspection:

  1. The company “Zwijnenberg Logistiek BV” does not exist
  2. When downloaded, the linked form contains a trojan virus, but when VirusTotal.com downloads it it does not contain a virus, though by now it is
  3. The address “Demkaweg 376” does not exist
  4. The fields <<Companyname Ltd>>, <<Companyaddress>>, <<CompanyZIP>>, <<Companycity>> are all correct
  5. The contact “Nadia van Sluijs” does not return Google search results

Niewe afspraak voor pakketlevering 5489127

Zwijnenberg Logistiek BV <info@zwijnenberglogistiek.com>
8:15 AM (1 hour ago)
to Pluimers
Zwijnenberg Logistiek BV
Demkaweg 376
3555HW Utrecht		 Telefoon: 030 789126
Email: info@zwijnenberglogistiek.com

Geachte heer / mevrouw,

Op woensdag 3 mei om 11:27 heeft een van onze chauffeurs geprobeerd om een pakket voor <<Companyname Ltd>> af te leveren op het onderstaande adres.

<<Companyname Ltd>>
<<Companyaddress>>
<<CompanyZIP>> <<Companycity>>

Door onbekende redenen is het onze chauffeur niet gelukt om deze bestelling te bezorgen. Wij willen u verzoeken om een nieuwe afspraak te maken om alsnog deze levering te voltooien.

Om een nieuwe afspraak te maken dient u het afsprakenformulier dat automatisch voor u is gegenereerd van onze website te downloaden en in te vullen. U kunt dit formulier vervolgens mailen naar planning@zwijnenberglogistiek.com
Het is tevens mogelijk om de bestelling op een ander adres te laten bezorgen.

Het afsprakenformulier is te vinden op onze website: http://zwijnenberglogistiek.com/formulieren/5489127.doc

Alle benodigde gegevens alsmede de afzeneders en inhoud van het pakket zijn te vinden in het bovenstaande formulier.

Let op! het is alleen mogelijk om een nieuwe afspraak via het afsprakenformulier te maken. Het is niet mogelijk om telefonisch of op een andere manier een nieuwe afspraak te maken.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Nadia van Sluijs

Disclaimer: De informatie in dit bericht, inclusief eventuele bijlage(s), is vertrouwelijk en uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen dan de geadresseerde is zonder toestemming niet toegestaan.

–jeroen

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Printing from the Atom editor

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/04

Atom is a great editor, but printing from it is still lacking, even though the issue has been opened again.

There is export-html, but it only prints the current source code, not the built-in Markdown Preview or add-on reStructuredText Preview Pandoc packages “Toggle Preview” views.

By name print-atom looks promising, but contrary to the advertised “Print current atom window using print dialog”, it prints the whole Atom UI, which is of no use at all.

The little red icon isn't an adornment. Even though it doesn't look like a button: It's clickable!

The little red icon isn’t an adornment. Even though it doesn’t look like a button: It’s clickable!

Then there is broadcast which at first only worked for me in 1.6.2 but not in 1.7.2. I even removed the whole ~/.atom directory to get it working: to no avail. It finally occurred to me that in the lower right there was a tiny red icon (which was blue in 1.6.2).

Below is the process to fix broadcast, and after that you can live-view from your web browser through http://localhost:8000 either of the rendered source text in the Atom editor, or the Preview pane in the Atom editor.

Even though hardly documented, these are the broadcast settings:

Only enable

Only enable “Broadcast To Others” if you want to access port 8000 from another machine.

Getting broadcast to work again

  • wasn’t caused by changes in the theming between 1.6.2 and 1.7.2 (where lots of colours changed)
  • wasn’t just an adornment: it’s in fact clickable

As soon as you click it you see this in the right pane:

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Adressen belasting- en douanekantoren

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/01

Als curator moet je af en toe een brief naar de Belastingdienst sturen.

Dat moet dan naar het Belastingkantoor behorend bij de woonplaats van de curandus.

Die lijst staat hier: [Archive.is] Adressen belasting- en douanekantoren

Wat 10 jaar geleden nog Leiden was, is inmiddels Den Haag, wat grappig is, want de brief gaat over wijziging toezendadres:

Kantoor Den Haag

Belastingkantoor bezoeken

Wilt u langskomen? Maak dan eerst een afspraak. Bel daarvoor de BelastingTelefoon.

Bezoekadres

Prinses Beatrixlaan 512
2595 BL ´s-Gravenhage

De balie van het belastingkantoor is open op werkdagen van 08.00 tot 17.00 uur.

Postadres

Postbus 30206
2500 GE ´s-Gravenhage

Contact

BelastingTelefoon
Telefoon: 0800 – 0543
Bereikbaar van maandag tot en met donderdag van 08.00 – 20.00 en vrijdag van 08.00 – 17.00.

–jeroen

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Dutch demissionary cabinet want to use hospital DNA for justice department – via Privacy Barometer

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/01

Unbelievable: the demissionary cabinet in The Netherlands (which is only supposed to handle non-controversial matters as a new cabinet is being formed because of the election results) plans to use DNA stored in hospitals under the doctor-patient privilege for justice department use.

Even DNA materials stored in the past will be under the new proposed legislation.

Demissionair minister Schippers van Volksgezondheid (VVD) wil dat gegevens over afgenomen lichaamsmateriaal in de zorg beschikbaar komen voor politie en justitie. Ook in het verleden afgestaan materiaal valt hieronder. Patiënten wordt daarbij niet om toestemming gevraagd.

Source:  [WayBack] Ziekenhuis wordt DNA-databank voor justitie – Privacy Barometer – De actuele stand van de politiek over privacy

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Technology Chatting with Jack: SOLVED! – High CPU Usage of Microsoft Security Essentials

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/01

Details: Technology Chatting with Jack: SOLVED! – High CPU Usage of Microsoft Security Essentials

TL;DR:

if MsMpEng.exe uses a lot of CPU, it it to it’s own exclusion list.

–jeroen

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Two Quick Methods for Finding Shared Folders in Windows

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/01

In addition to the two methods mentioned at Two Quick Methods for Finding Shared Folders in Windows (use net share or compmgmt.msc) I like this one:

fsmgmt.msc

It directly gets you to the “Shared Folders” inside compmgmt.msc

–jeroen

Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »

Troy Hunt: Reckon you’ve seen some stupid security things? Here, hold my beer…

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/04/29

I’d laugh if it wasn’t so embarrassing: [Archive.is] Troy Hunt: Reckon you’ve seen some stupid security things? Here, hold my beer….

It reminds me of a Dutch agency with > 1 million low income people paying for a service to be on a notification list for rental houses becoming available that was within their legal rental limits.

If you were not on the list, you’d never gain enough points to get a rental home at all.

If you were on the list, then they’d sent your credentials in plain text requiring very limited information.

Your credentials then would reveal name, date of birth, social security number, full address, bank account and some other personal information.

They never notified me if the security complaint I filed was ever addressed.

–jeroen

via:

[WayBack] Ready for some security nightmares? – This is why I Code – Google+

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