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My take on a retro proxy

My take on a retro proxy

Or how to browse the modern internet on your retro computer. If you love prehistoric computers and handhelds like Psion, Palm Pilot etc, and just like me you like to connect these to the internet, you've probably found out that the old browsers that are available for these

Fix: Prolific PL2303 Windows 10/11

Fix: Prolific PL2303 Windows 10/11

The people at Prolific obviously want to sell new hardware, so they decided to cripple the PL2303 USB to serial adapter cable by disabling it with new drivers. When installing this cable, you'll find that it doesn't work, and if you look it up in Device

How to connect your Psion or Palm PDA to the internet in 2024

How to connect your Psion or Palm PDA to the internet in 2024

I wanted to connect my Psion 5mx to the internet without using a computer. I have used an old Nokia with IR port, but that needed a data sim card, so not an ideal solution. I was looking for a solution using a Raspberry Pi as a modem. I found

New website for decoding Game Boy Photos

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New website for decoding Game Boy Photos

As I wrote before, there are multiple ways to get your Game Boy Camera photos on your PC or Mac [https://gameboymaniac.com/how-to-tranfer-photos-from-the-game-boy-camera-to-your-computer/] . One of them is by using an arduino nano, capture the serial output of a

How to tranfer photos from the Game Boy Camera to your computer in 2020?

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How to tranfer photos from the Game Boy Camera to your computer in 2020?

The Game Boy Camera really is an awesome camera, but how do you actually transfer the photos to your PC?

How to make real color photos with your Game Boy Camera

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How to make real color photos with your Game Boy Camera

In this how-to I will show you how to make actual color photos with the b&w Game Boy Camera. All you will need is some Red, Green and Blue filters.

How to make a fake Game Boy Camera photo

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How to make a fake Game Boy Camera photo

Learn how to create a fake Game Boy photo using free software.

How to create real color Game Boy Camera photos

How to create real color Game Boy Camera photos

Shortly after I wrote on this site how you can create fake Game Boy photo's, I finally got the link cable I needed and made an Arduino based printer emulator to get my photo's to my Mac. Of course I started shooting a lot of photo&

Generate a fake Gameboy Camera Photo

Generate a fake Gameboy Camera Photo

Learn how to create a gameboy camera photo without an actual gameboy camera.

Best console quality iPad Pro games

Best console quality iPad Pro games

A curated list of great console-quality iPad Pro games without In-App-Purchases

Learning Blender

Learning Blender

Although I haven't been working in the field for the last 12 years, I actually graduated from TU Delft as an Industrial Design Engineer. Mainly the 3D CG work always interested me, but I never took the time to do something with it and the software needed always

Install WD Blue M.2 SSD into MacBook Air mid 2012

Install WD Blue M.2 SSD into MacBook Air mid 2012

The MacBook Air mid 2012 is still a very capable notebook for everyday use. When my wife ordered one in 2012, we thought that a 120GB SSD would suffice, but times have changed and so has the size of IE. digital photo's. Time to upgrade the SSD! I

Download all files from Blackvue dashcam to your Synology over Wifi

Tips and tricks

Download all files from Blackvue dashcam to your Synology over Wifi

To archive all files from your Blackvue cloud-enabled dashcam to your Synology NAS without removing your SD card, simply do the following: 1. Connect your Blackvue dashcam to your local network using its cloud feature. 2. Find the IP of your Blackvue dashcam by checking the dhcp settings from

Inimini H 4" 180mm race quadcopter

Inimini H 4" 180mm race quadcopter

Hoeveel fun kun je hebben? Een 180mm Inimini H frame van dquad met 4 Tiger 2300kv 1806 motoren en 20A Littlebee ESC's. Absoluut een aanrader! Meer info op www.fpv-racing.nl.

Elegant iPhone 6 Plus dock for 3D Printing

Elegant iPhone 6 Plus dock for 3D Printing

Because I couldn't really find a design I liked on Thingiverse, i decided to design my own. I designed it with Colorfabb Woodfill - a wood like material - in mind, because since I finally got it to print, it's by far my favorite material to print with.

Printing with Colorfabb Woodfill on an Ultimaker 2

Printing with Colorfabb Woodfill on an Ultimaker 2

When I ordered my Ultimaker 2, I was very excited about all the special filaments out there. Woodfill was my favorite. There was only one issue: It didn't print. It got stuck in the nozzle every single time. I used the profile found on the colorfabb website, tweaked

Routes maken voor Tomtom Rider op een Mac

Tips and tricks

Routes maken voor Tomtom Rider op een Mac

Voor Mac gebruikers is het nog een hele toer om een route te maken voor de Tomtom Rider (Speciale Tomtom voor op de motor). Er bestaat wel een bookmarklet voor Google Maps om een GPX bestand te exporteren van een route, maar bij mij deed die helemaal niets. Ook kun

Google Aanbevelingen uitzetten

Tips and tricks

Google Aanbevelingen uitzetten

Heb je ooit in het verleden wel eens op een +1 knop geklikt dan kan het nu zijn dat je Google+ foto ineens bij een advertentie op Google of een andere website met Google advertenties wordt weergegeven. Heb je bijvoorbeeld ooit een restaurant een +1 gegeven, en iemand uit je

Nest thermostaat nu ook in Nederland te gebruiken

Nest thermostaat nu ook in Nederland te gebruiken

Hoewel niet alle van de eerder besproken gebreken van de Nest voor Nederlandse gebruikers hiermee meteen zijn opgelost, is het nu mogelijk om een Nederlandse postcode op te geven voor de Nest thermostaat, waardoor deze nu de lokale tijd en het lokale weer weergeeft. Deze mogelijkheid lijkt er tevens op

Using the Nest Thermostat in Europe (or not)

Using the Nest Thermostat in Europe (or not)

When I first learned about the Nest Smart Thermostat I was very excited about it. I of course enterend my email address on the Nest.com website to receive a notification as soon as it became available. In the meantime I did check compatibility with my heater with the Nest