Today the new Raspberry Pi 2 model B was announced. ARMv7 CPU with 1 Gb of memory. This made me search for OMD (Open Monitoring Distribution) for ARMv7 (Which can be found here). While searching I stumbled upon an update OMD 1.21 for ARMv6 which is the original Raspberry Pi. I have two Pi’s running. […]
Raspberry Pi Open Monitoring Distributio...
Post updated 29-11-2019. Checkmk is now owned / created by Tribe29. Check_MK has been renamed to checkmk. I haven’t used checkmk for a while, so the code examples below still contains the old name: Check_MK. Read the manual, google and find out for yourself if the commands are still valid or that you have to […]
Create bootable USB stick
I had to create an USB Bootdisk running DOS and preferably using my Mac. I found this great article explaining how to do this. It recommends two different tools of which I tried UNetbootin on the Mac and it created the bootdisk with FreeDos.
Rsync backup Synology to Raspberry Pi
I’ve been using the Strato Hidrive service for a couple of years now to make a remote backup of my local Synology NAS. This is done using Rsync that is available on the Synology and with Hidrive. Strato Hidrive offers much more than only Rsync, but I just use it for remote backup. Actually I […]
Connect your (old) PocketPC to your onli...
I have written a post before about a shared calendar for our family appointments here. This approach is working properly for the past 3 weeks now. I stumbled upon my old HP Ipaq 4700 pocket pc which is not as advanced as the modern tablets like the Apple Ipad but it offers a touch screen, […]
OpenDNS maakt je netwerk en internet geb...
Het DNS (Domain Name System) is het systeem wat de internet adressen zoals www.vdsar.net vertaalt naar het bijbehorende IP adres zodat de website op onze computer getoond kan worden. Elke internet aanbieder heeft zijn eigen DNS server die je automatisch gebruikt als je van je internet aansluiting gebruik maakt. Dit is over het algemeen een […]
Create your own PDF files
The Adobe Acrobat PDF format has become a very popular format which is ideal to share documents. Anybody who has the free Adobe Acrobat Reader can open the document. The format can be read on many platforms like Mac OS-X, Windows, Linux and even mobile devices. The PDF format is usually read-only so it’s ideal […]
One family calendar using MS Outlook & W
This article describes how to setup a family calendar which is accessible on the internet and by multiple users (family members) from within MS Outlook on different computers. My girlfriend and I are using MS Outlook for our work. We work at different companies so we cannot use Exchange functionality to create a shared calendar. […]
Lightroom TreeExporter Plugin
LightRoom TreeExporter plugin offers the ability to export a complete folderstructure with contents to a new location with i.e. JPG files while preserving the folder structure. When you store all your photos in RAW format you might run into the situation that your family members want to view or use the photos without using Lighroom or […]