Indrukwekkende video van “Zendmast Lopik” (staat in IJsselstein en heet officieel Gerbrandytoren):
[Wayback/Archive] EXCLUSIVE TOUR GERBRANDYTOWER | TALLEST STRUCTURE NETHERLANDS – YouTube
Achtergrondinformatie: Gerbrandytoren – Wikipedia
--jeroen
4-digit Dell Optiplex models – Difference between model-series – Dell Community
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/18
A while ago I bumped into the below post but forgot which Google Search query brought me to it. Very to the point info at [Wayback/Archive] Optiplex models – Difference between model-series – Dell Community (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Philip_Yip – Dell Community!) Read the rest of this entry »
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If I have not found pfSense hardware by now: Gowin R86S mini PC offers 2.5GbE and 10GbE networking for $310 and up – CNX Software
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/15
I have been contemplating on pfSense hardware as there has been a large shortage on that market especially for having more than 2 ports (similar to for instance Mikrotik PoE router unavailability).
If by now I have not found any, I might want to revisit [Wayback/Archive] Gowin R86S mini PC offers 2.5GbE and 10GbE networking for $310 and up – CNX Software has 3 RJ45 ports and 2 SFP+ cages.
They found it via this 4 page review:
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Steps to enable remote control of a computer with Intel® AMT using MeshCommander
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/15
For my link archive to remotely administer some Intel 3060 Micro machines: [Wayback/Archive] Steps to enable remote control of a computer with Intel® AMT using MeshCommander
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Example how not to return a HTPP-500 result: Amazon DE – Tut uns Leid!
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/14
Amazon shows how not to return an HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) result page: a page with content 500, but result HTTP 200 (OK).
[Wayback] https://www.amazon.de/errors/500
--jeroen
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MQSystems – Home Page
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/14
For my link archive: [Wayback/Archive] MQSystems – Home Page:
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In case I need a small 5-port managed switch that can do port-mirroring: GS305E | Easy Smart Managed Essentials Switch | NETGEAR Support
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/13
[Wayback/Archive] GS305E | Easy Smart Managed Essentials Switch | NETGEAR Support which can do many-to-one port mirroring.
This is a newer and cheaper hardware revision than the:
- GS105Ev2 (which is managed and can do port-mirroring, and is confusingly sold as GS105E-200) which in Germany already is end-of-life
- GS105Ev1 (which is unmanaged and cannot do port-mirroring and is confusingly sold as GS105E-100) which is end-of-life but still sold
Via [Wayback/Archive] Everyone Should Have One of These – EASY Packet Capture! – YouTube who explains very well why you need a switch that can do port-mirroring, then recommends the GS105E but forgets to mention:
- there are different revisions of the GS105E with the above drawbacks
- there is GS305E
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Comment Only What the Code Cannot Say | by Kevlin Henney | Medium
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/13
Often after having taught a topic for decades, somebody rephrases it in a beautiful concise way:
[Wayback Comment Only What the Code Cannot Say | by Kevlin Henney | Medium
Kevlin has the same two quotes I have included teaching software quality for a long time:
In The Elements of Programming Style, Kernighan and Plauger note thatA comment is of zero (or negative) value if it is wrong.Instead of writing apologies and apologia, follow Kernighan and Plauger’s advice from the 1970s:Don’t comment bad code — rewrite it.
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10 years ago, Toru Iwatani showed his original drafts for Pac-Man : gaming
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/12
I missed this back then, so here is a reminder: [Wayback/Archive] Toru Iwatani shows his original drafts for Pac-Man : gaming
Of course these had a big red stamp on them marking them classified. The detailed game experience and sprite transformations in just a few pages really shows how great Toru Iwatani was.
Images were posted first on [Wayback/Archive] Toru Iwatani shows his original drafts for Pac-Man – Imgur:
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Quick batch file hack to download a file calling PowerShell to do the heavy lifting
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/12
I needed this download-file.bat a while ago, but forgot how I found out.
It’s in this gist too: [Wayback/Archive] Quick batch file hack to download a file calling PowerShell to do the heavy lifting.
Here we go: Read the rest of this entry »
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