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The Chernobyl Story [Updated & Expanded] – Album on Imgur

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/16

From the author of [WayBack] The Chernobyl Story [Updated & Expanded] – Album on Imgur:

I’ve assembled this collection of images surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to help people gain a better understanding of what happened. It is a very brief, but complete(ish) retelling of what happened, using edited text from a book I’ve written called “Chernobyl 01:23:40”. The book can be bought from Amazon, if anyone’s interested.

The book is even more impressive: “Chernobyl 01:23:40”

–jeroen

via: [WayBack] #insightful The story of #Chernobyl in pictures. – Jan Wildeboer – Google+

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Macintosh SE/30 link clearance

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/16

Since I own a Macintosh SE/30…

Mac SE/30, maximum hard disk capacity – Compact Mac –.

–jeroen

PS: non-related, but still fun:

PS/2: Nice series of pictures: Macintosh SE/30 Overhaul | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Including

https://www.flickr.com/photos/damianward/sets/72157627731094209

16MB RAM SIMMs in a Macintosh SE/30 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

16MB RAM SIMMs in a Macintosh SE/30

SE/30 System & Newton 2100 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

SE/30 System & Newton 2100

RetroBright – SE/30 System AFTER | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

RetroBright - SE/30 System AFTER

James Wages is a man on a mission. Where you and I might see a tired old computer that’s not much use to anyone anymore, he sees a decent machine with plen

Source: The SE/30 That Does It All: Interview With An Expert Vintage Mac User | Cult of Mac

 

Posted in Apple, Classic Macintosh, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Displaying Linux Log files with journalctl

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/16

journalctl is a systemd utility that allows the journal to be queried. journalctl command examples for displaying system log files on a systemd Linux system. How to enable persistent journal entries.

Source: Displaying Linux Log files with journalctl

Which reminds me I’ve quite some journald research to do, so here are some links for my link archive:

–jeroen

via:

Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, journalctl and journald, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, SuSE Linux | Leave a Comment »

RSS feed for Dave’s Development Blog – mostly OTA articles on the Open Tools API for Delphi and C++ Builder

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/16

TL;DR: http://www.davidghoyle.co.uk/WordPress/?feed=rss2

Since there is no RSS link  on the page [WayBack] Dave’s Development Blog – Software Development using Borland / Codegear / Embarcadero RAD Studio

Since I wanted to follow his “blog” (which is sort of a collection of WordPress pages, mainly about the programming OTA: the Open Tools API interface to Delphi and C++ Builder), I was looking for the RSS feed.

Luckily, Feedly knows how to detect most blogging platforms, so it came up with https://feedly.com/i/subscription/feed/http://www.davidghoyle.co.uk/WordPress/?feed=rss2 which indicates the final bit is the RSS feed URL.

Some interesting links from there:

via: [WayBack] OTA Interface Search 1.1 and GitHub http://www.davidghoyle.co.uk/WordPress/?…

–jeroen

Posted in C++, C++ Builder, Delphi, Development, RSS, SocialMedia, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

OnePlus Stock

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/13

In the past, lots of people were waiting for invites.

Now they’re look at [WayBack] OnePlus Stock:

Overview of products sold by OnePlus! See if products are in stock in your country!

via: [WayBack] Other – Oneplus 3T/3/2/x Availability OnePlusStock – OnePlus Forums

–jeroen

 

Posted in Android Devices, Power User | Leave a Comment »

In this tutorial you will learn how to configure pfSense to load balance and…

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/13

In this tutorial you will learn how to configure pfSense to load balance and fail over traffic from a LAN to multiple Internet connections (WANs) i.e.… – Joe C. Hecht – Google+

Source: In this tutorial you will learn how to configure pfSense to load balance and…

Posted in Internet, pfSense, Power User, routers | Leave a Comment »

Animated SVG vs GIF [CAGEMATCH]

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/13

Often, SVG animates a lot better than GIF. Keep this in mind:

Not only should the image be a good candidate for SVG, but SVG should also be a good candidate for the image.

such as:

  • Logos,
  • non-complex,
  • vector-based illustrations,
  • user interface controls,
  • infographics,
  • and icons.

–jeroen

Source: Animated SVG vs GIF [CAGEMATCH]

Posted in Image Editing, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Learn to fail – Changing our attitude towards failure – booking.com

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/12

TL;DR:

By accepting that failing is part of learning, we decrease our fear of failure and become more willing to experiment with new ideas. As we experiment and seek feedback, we will see how this benefits our customers, by creating a great product that is built on data and not opinions. Innovation won’t happen without failure. We must embrace it to continue learning and grow!

I highly recommend reading the full text by Yolanda van Kimmenade with lots of nice quotes: Changing our attitude towards failure

–jeroen

via: From the Wile E. Coyote-Dept: “Changing our attitude towards failure”, The Booking Blog about fail. – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

Posted in Development, Opinions, Power User, Software Development | 1 Comment »

Static Code Analyzer for T-SQL – MS SQL Server. Plugs into MS SSMS and can al…

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/12

Static Code Analyzer for T-SQL – MS SQL Server.

Plugs into MS SSMS and can also be run from command line.It reports useful clues which you can turn/on off to your liking. http://sqlcodeguard.com/index-database-issues.html

It will spot declared but unused variables, but it appears it doesn’t do code coverage or execution path to spot stuff like variables being used without being initialized.

http://sqlcodeguard.com/ Price: Free

Source: Lars Fosdal on G+: Static Code Analyzer for T-SQL – MS SQL Server. Plugs into MS SSMS and can al…

–jeroen

Posted in Database Development, Development, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Tool for licensing and protect my Delphi Win32 apps – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/11

I like the opinion of Mason Wheeler best. This is the shortened version:

… Only a perfect licensing system would actually do you any good, and there’s no such thing. And in the age of the Internet, if your system isn’t perfect, all it takes is for one person anywhere in the world to produce a crack and upload it somewhere,

…

If you want people to pay for your software instead of just downloading it, the one and only way to do so is to make your software good enough that people are willing to pay money for it….

But if you insist on running the rat-race against the internet of crackers or your software is in such a niche that cracking is more costly than paying for a license: Tool for licensing and protect my Delphi Win32 apps – Stack Overflow

–jeroen

Posted in Delphi, Development, Software Development | 2 Comments »

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