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I blew the fuse and vendor fixes it for free

Posted on za 21 september 2024 in hardware

While I was away this summer, my wife complained that Internet connection stopped working. I had her switch to 5G, which was fine for a couple of days. On returning, I noticed that my fairly new Deciso Opnsense appliance stopped responding. As I was busy with other things at that …


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Note to self: do not try to set up dual boot machines

Posted on zo 14 mei 2023 in hardware

So dual booting a machine with two different operating systems is a cheap way to run multiple setups on real hardware when you don't need either of time full time. So of course I've been using this solution since forever to able to tweak with more operating systems releases than …


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Ordered a Macbook Air

Posted on vr 05 mei 2023 in hardware

With the dependance for workflows on X86 virtual machines diminished, it was the right time to lifecycle my Macbook Pro. As I am quite unsure what I need now in terms of performance, I went for a more portable and affordable option than the last time around.

Aegir neofetch output

So I went …


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Eindelijk wat gedaan aan de 'meterkast' situatie

Posted on vr 31 maart 2023 in hardware

Na 7 jaar woongenot in dit huis eindelijk iets gedaan aan de 'meterkast' situatie. Het kan nog strakker en completer, maar ik ben zeer tevreden met deze uitbreiding/aanpassing. De rack mount voor de raspberry pi was minder mooi dan ik had verwacht, maar het is alsnog een stuk beter …


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Slimbook ProX does support USB-C power delivery after all :-)

Posted on vr 03 maart 2023 in hardware

Ok so when I got my laptop it came with a leaflet stating that charging over USB-C was not possibly and should not be tried. So that was kind of a bummer, but I figured it would not cause me too much trouble.

Today I was browsing the Slimbook website …


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