Building an Ergodox
Posted on March 3, 2015
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| Ton Kersten
After a lot of thought I decided it was time for a new project, one I would enjoy and a project that would be useful for a long time.
Searching the web and reading articles I found the ErgoDox.
The ErgoDox is a split-hand ergonomic keyboard with mechanical switches and open source, layer-based firmware running on a Teensy microcontroller. While other keyboards offer dip-switches or GUI config tools, the firmware and layouts can be built from source on the command line or through a layout configuration tool.
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CDE is Open Source
Posted on August 6, 2012
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| Ton Kersten
Today the classic, and old, Common Desktop Environment (a.k.a. CDE) was
released into the Open Source world.
I haven’t been able to get a running version by now, but I keep trying.
Yeah, I found it
Posted on June 11, 2011
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| Ton Kersten
A very long time ago, when I was still studying computer science I had a HP15C calculator. And I realy loved it. Unfortunately it was stolen and I couldn’t afford to buy a new one. I ended up using a Casio FX602p. A very, very good calculator, but it’s not a HP15C.
Last Friday I was discussing old times with a nerd like me and we ended up discussing calculators and what the heck, he had used the HP15C as well and hated HP for stopping to sell it, as wel as I do.
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IE(6) Countdown
Posted on March 5, 2011
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| Ton Kersten
If you are using IE6 Microsoft wants us to put this on our website:
Then, if you click it, you are forwarded to the IE8 website.
Click on the image if you really want to upgrade your browser.
No more WikiLeaks?
Posted on December 3, 2010
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The WikiLeaks site cannot be reached. This is because their free DNS
provider everydns.com removed the DNS records.
The last IP address was 213.251.145.96, but nobody is answering the
http requests.
Looks like they where shutdown.
HP's newest invention
Posted on October 25, 2010
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| Ton Kersten
HP has got something new again: HP ePrint.
This surely comes from the `Useless inventions department'.
What is ePrint?
This lets you print from virtually everywhere. One of the ways that ePrint works is to assign an email address to your printer. To print, simply send an email containing your document to your printer’s address. You can print images, Microsoft Word, Excel* and PowerPoint documents, PDFs, and photos. You can view and manage print jobs sent to your printer using your printer Job History that is available on HP ePrintCenter.
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First North Korean website online
Posted on October 11, 2010
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| Ton Kersten
Today the first First North Korean website is online and if you want to
see it, go to http://175.45.176.68. They do not have DNS yet.
A second server is up and running and this one can be reached at
https://175.45.176.7. The certificate is a nice and funny one.
To bad they did’t get a real one.
Buy nice packaging
Posted on September 16, 2010
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| Ton Kersten
On the German eBay i found a lot of these.
Buy my iPod/iPhone/etc packaging. Nothing in it, just the box.
I still have got a lot of them in the attic, so maybe I should open an
eBay account ;-)
Donating blood 100 times
Posted on May 15, 2009
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| Ton Kersten
Being a blood donor since 1982 I have been donating blood on a regular
basis. Today I reached the milestone, that I’m very happy about. I
donated blood 100 times. This equals 50 litres of blood in total.
I would like to urge you all: Please give. It doesn’t cost you
anything but a little time and you help a lot of people. So: Give
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