Koos van den Hout

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Father, recumbent cyclist, technical security specialist at work, book lover, cat owned, snowboarder, linux user, ipv6 fan, radio amateur @PE4KH, born and raised before you could get Internet at home
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Koos van den HoutJan 7

The post I made in 2021 with a satellite image of snow covering the Netherlands is popular again, so I guess it's time to create a new one!

Thanks to NASA sharing data that is very easy!

The result: https://idefix.net/~koos/newsitem.cgi/1767815427

I acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS).

Show threadKoos van den HoutMar 20, 2025
Looking at the TLS 1.2 client hello in TLS 1.3 (I'm confused already) the qualys test is on to something, but I have no idea what exactly.
Koos van den HoutJun 9, 2024
Ik krijg iets te vaak dit soort meldingen van Netflix... kennen we wel maar hebben we niet.
Koos van den HoutMay 21, 2024
I think I scored a new record!
Koos van den HoutApr 16, 2024
I wanted my web 2.0 badges back, and it took me a while to find the right term because the term 'web button' is mostly used for 88x31px images. But I wanted the 80x15px ones.
There is still a generator at http://www.acasystems.com/en/button-maker/
and it worked for my intended use: making a button to indicate my website has no AI generated text or images!
ACA 80x15 Brilliant Button Maker: Make your antipixel button with one click!

ACA 80x15 Brilliant Button Maker is a free web 2.0 style button generator, easy and fast to use. It makes possible to create 80x15 Brilliant Buttons(also known as 'Antipixel Buttons' or 'Badges') without the need of programs like Photoshop.

Koos van den HoutMar 26, 2024
I found f.root-servers.net!
Koos van den HoutNov 21, 2023

Make your next Teams meeting a little different, use a black handset and create an atmosphere like a prison visit phonecall...

Source of the image https://www.wannapik.com/vectors/31070

Prisoner Speaks on Phone - Vector Image

Vector Illustration of Convicted Prisoner Speaks on Phone with Visitor in Prison Jail

Koos van den HoutSep 27, 2023
Even Duolingo knows this!
Koos van den HoutSep 21, 2023

Something doing distributed ssh attempts got very active...

Since 2023-09-21 01:00 CEST (2023-09-20 23:00 UTC) I see a serious increase in ssh attempts, but enough from the same IP addresses to activate fail2ban

Koos van den HoutMar 26, 2023

De verwijzing op de voorpagina had me al aan het knikken:

https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/zomertijd-dus-een-uur-kwijt-hoe-biologische-klok-en-echte-klok-zich-tot-elkaar-verhouden~b735a364/

Zomertijd, dus een uur kwijt: hoe biologische klok en ‘echte’ klok zich tot elkaar verhouden

Zondag gaat de zomertijd in en krijgt onze biologische klok haar jaarlijkse opdoffer. Want gepruts daaraan kan ziek maken. Hoe werkt die klok, hoe ...

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