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Need to try “@pdfmakerapp grab this” on Twitter

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/29

I missed this, hence it is now in my link archive:

[Wayback/Archive] PDFMakerApp on Twitter: “We are experimenting a new way to grab Twitter conversations using Twitter Developer Labs. Please try it out by mentioning us at the beginning of any Twitter conversation with the keyword “grab this” like below!👇”

Via: [Wayback/Archive] Thread Reader Unroll Helper on Twitter: “@francvs Hi! please find the unroll here: @pdfmakerapp: We are experimenting a new way to grab Twitter conversations using Twitter Developer Labs. Please try it…  Have a good day. 🤖”

Saved thread: [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @pdfmakerapp: We are experimenting a new way to grab Twitter conversations using Twitter Developer Labs. Please try it out by mentioning us at the beginni…

–jeroen

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Note the Ziggo Wifispots certificate will often not install on Android the default way

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/26

A long time ago, I wrote about Wifispots instellen | Klantenservice | Ziggo « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff.

For that, you need a Ziggo VPN certificate, which you can download from [Wayback] www.ziggo.nl/content/dam/www.ziggo.nl/tools/WifiSpots certificaten/WifiSpots certificaat Android en Windows Ziggo.crt .

On many Android phones, that does not install the default way any more as back then.

The reason is that it is a CA root certificate (in this case identifying Ziggo as certificate authority) thereby allowing them to issue any certificate. This can be a serious risk, so you have to be really sure to trust them before installing the certificate.

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Hopefully the stream capture will become available on YouTube: Insanely Great – CHM – The Apple Mac at 40

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/26

The drawback of evening live USA broadcasts is that most of Europe and Africa are asleep.

The Americas, Asia and Australia are awake, so I get it that [Wayback/Archive] Insanely Great – CHM – The Apple Mac at 40 was streamed live at 04:00 UTC at [Wayback/Archive] Computer History Museum – YouTube: live.

Hopefully the capture will be available soon.

Not holding my breath though as not response whatsoever from the moderator when I asked for it.

Via [Wayback/Archive] David Pogue on X: “40 years ago today, Steve Jobs unveiled the Macintosh. Tonight, I’m hosting an astonishing event that reunites many of its creators: Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, Susan Kare, Steve Capps, Bruce Horn, Guy Kawasaki, many more. Free livestream at 7 pm PT:”.

--jeroen.

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PRANK: Windows XP Updates

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/25

This one is cool: [Wayback/Archive] PRANK: Windows XP Updates.

Note that unlike the screenshot below, the actual prank does count the percentage. The actual page does.

You can start this one and various other OSes plus Windows versions and other pranks via [Wayback/Archive] FakeUpdate.net – Windows Update Prank by fediaFedia (at the time of writing Windows 98 install, Windows Vista update, Windows 8 update, Windows 7 update, Mac OS boot, Windows 10 install, Windows 10 update, steam and “fake ransomware”).

It is a cool and relatively harmless way of teaching people to use their lock screen when away from their machine (Windows: Win+L, Mac OS: Ctrl+Shift+Power).

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Posted in Awareness, Fun, Power User, Security, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 9, 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 Server 2016, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »

PowerToys Keyboard Manager utility for Windows | Microsoft Docs

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/19

It looks like after decades, ReMapKey (from the Windows 2000 and 20023 Resource Kits, see If you miss having the Caps Lock button on your #Chromebook… (via: Google Chrome – Google+)) got a successor:

[Wayback/Archive] PowerToys Keyboard Manager utility for Windows | Microsoft Docs:

The PowerToys Keyboard Manager enables you to redefine keys on your keyboard.

For example, you can exchange the letter A for the letter B on your keyboard. When you press the A key, a B will display.

…

You can also exchange shortcut key combinations. For example: The shortcut key Ctrl+C will copy text in Microsoft Word. With PowerToys Keyboard Manager utility, you can exchange that shortcut for ⊞ Win+C. Now, ⊞ Win+C will copy text. If you do not specify a targeted application in PowerToys Keyboard Manager, the shortcut exchange will be applied globally across Windows.

PowerToys Keyboard Manager must be enabled (with PowerToys running in the background) for remapped keys and shortcuts to be applied. If PowerToys is not running, key remapping will no longer be applied.

The real kicker however, is that the new PowerToys Keyboard Manager can be application specific:

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ESXi 8 licenses seem still available, if you might need it: register while you can as it looks like Broadcom will kill registration

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/18

This is where you can still register for a free ESXi 8 account (until Broadcom kills that):

Because of:

Note that slightly more than a year ago, there was a problem getting licenses because too many were registering at once: [Wayback/Archive] Solved: esxi 8 Free registration – VMware Technology Network VMTN

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Threads by @BillDemirkapi about the Okta Breach by LAPSUS$

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/16

There are many interesting threads about the Okta breach (via Sitel) by LAPSUS$.

Two of them in reverse chronological order (and their starting points on Twitter):

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⊞ Win+? shortcut: PowerToys Shortcut Guide utility for Windows | Microsoft Docs

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/15

About a year and a half ago, JenMsft (Jen Gentleman) pointed me to the cool “Shortcut Guide” part of the Windows PowerToys: [Wayback/Archive] microsoft/PowerToys: Windows system utilities to maximize productivity.

The PowerToys install is an all or nothing approach which will elevate you as admin during installation:

winget install Microsoft.PowerToys --source winget

From the [Wayback/Archive] PowerToys Shortcut Guide utility for Windows | Microsoft Docs:

Open the shortcut guide with the shortcut key combination: ⊞ Win+Shift+/ (or as we like to think, ⊞ Win+?) or hold down the ⊞ Win for the time as set in the Settings. An overlay will appear showing keyboard shortcuts that use the Windows key, including:

  • common Windows shortcuts
  • shortcuts for changing the position of the active window
  • taskbar shortcuts

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Troubleshooting Errors with winget… | FileWave KB

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/14

Need to figure out what is the cause here for [Wayback/Archive] Troubleshooting Errors… | FileWave KB

General Errors

Hex Decimal Symbol Description
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0x8A15003B -1978335173 APPINSTALLER_CLI_ERROR_RESTAPI_INTERNAL_ERROR Rest API internal error
…

I got the error following the install steps at [Wayback/Archive] Download and install Google Chrome with winget

winget install -e --id Google.Chrome

Usually I don’t install through winget because it is often slow and during upgrades often fails to be silent (causing all kinds of popup Windows to appear), but Chocolatey had a history of hashing problems when installing [Wayback/Archive] Chocolatey Software | Google Chrome 130.0.6723.92.

This package always installs the latest version of Google Chrome, regardless of the version specified in the package. Google does not officially offer older versions of Chrome for download. Because of this you may get checksum mismatch between the time Google releases a new installer, and the package is automatically updated.

Yup the page contains the above warning, but often this happens a week at a time: not something I want to spend on installing a web-browser.

Error

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Corona pictogrammen actie: PictoCanvas drie maanden gratis

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/12

Voor min link-archief, want wellicht in de toekomst relevant voor mijn verstandelijk beperkte broer is [Wayback/Archive] Corona pictogrammen actie: PictoCanvas drie maanden gratis:

Stuur ons een e-mail met antwoorden op de volgende vragen en wij beoordelen of je in aanmerking komt om tot eind maart PictoCanvas gratis te gebruiken.
  • Jouw voornaam en de voornaam van je kind of cliënt.
  • De voor- en achternaam van de verzorger, familielid of contactpersoon.
  • Het e-mailadres van de verzorger, familielid of contactpersoon.
  • Wat is de impact van de corona-maatregelen op je kind en je gezin? Denk aan verlies contact met familie en vriendjes, wegvallen dagbesteding en onderwijs etc.

–jeroen

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