Artemis / Moonlight / Retroarch

Gaming + Datatalk

You can use Sunshine + Moonlight (or Artemis + Moonlight) to stream your Windows games to another client (another PC, a phone, whatever). What this effectively does is grab the game screen on your PC and stream it.

It's like VNC on steroids 😁 

Chrome Remote Desktop

Windows

Niet alles kost geld! Je kunt nog steeds gratis een vriend of bekende of familie lid helpen met zijn / haar computer op afstand. Veel apps zijn betaald geworden, en sommige apps erg onveilig, maar deze optie werkt nog altijd.

Een kleine post omdat ik steeds vergeet hoe het werkt...

Lees meer...

Windows + Shuttle Pro

The older version of the Contour Jog Shuttle Pro (the v1) was also sold under the brand name Hercules back in 2002... I got one of those.

Fortunately, the old drivers still work on Windows 11 (with one caveat) so I can still use it to edit videos. Yeah!

This is how to set it up with KDEnlive.

Edge losing its voice

Windows + TTS

I'm using Immprep and Microsoft Edge's Read Aloud function for some text to speech verification of my written work (using Immprep).

I noticed that an overenthusiastic fooling around with the different voices in Edge can make Edge 'lose its voice'.

Symptoms: the 'read aloud' options are greyed out, or when started you hear nothing, and you can no longer change the voice in the 'read aloud' mode of Edge.

The Long Road - Part 3b - Testing Longer Drying Times and Cover Insulation

3D Printing + The Long Road

I used my printed drying cover to heat two spools over a longer period of time, and the results weren't impressive, so I decided to try to improve it...

1. By printing it with thicker walls, and

2. by adding some heat reflecting material.

Those two steps did the job!

Cleaning up Windows shite... Onedrive / Copilot / Startup / Companion Apps / Cloud Content / Adds...

Windows

Let's get rid of OneDrive and CoPilot and streamline some other stuff... Who needs that crap...

Unfortunately, Microsoft may at random decide to reinstall this crapware, or re-enable some of these settings... sigh.

The Long Road - Part 2 - (Stacked) Peltier Elements

3D Printing + The Long Road

Peltiers are interesting things. Inefficient interesting things.

The Long Road - Part 1 - Modifying an old 123-3D Spool Holder

3D Printing + The Long Road

"I love it when a plan comes together."

Yeah, so do I. But sometimes... It doesn't.

So, here's the challenge I set myself: design and build my own filament dryer.

Now what does that have to do with a 123-3D Spool Holder?!?

Plate Lab - X2D / P2S Aruco codes

3D Printing + Plate Lab

With the P2S and X2D Bambu made some changes to the Aruco codes. I couldn't find a detailed description yet (and I don't own an X2D or P2S yet) but this is what I figured out thus far...

Plate Lab - Test Objects for Testing Build Plate Adhesion

3D Printing + Plate Lab

In modern day 3D printers you have a lot of choice in build plates, filaments, temperatures, speeds, making it almost impossible to compare the actual adhesion of the different combinations.

When fooling around with buildplates (see PlateLab) I tried to come up with a way to properly (and objectively) test material / plate adhesion.

Placing a link / shortcut to a web page on your task bar in Windows 11

Windows

Sometimes Windows 11 is sooooooo annoying.

Place a link to a webpage on your desktop... works. Drag it to the taskbar... can't pin it.

Why oh why? Well, here's the work-around...

Jellyfin - Install Server and Client

Datatalk

Jellyfin is a free alternative for Plex (and as you may have noticed Plex has gotten a little top heavy lately).

Unfortunately, the people behind Jellyfin dropped the ball with the latest version - at least for Windows - as it simply doesn't 'auto' install. But fixing it isn't too hard.

Frankenblocks Concept - Part 3

Frankenblocks + Concept

It's time to settle on a specific module size, and decide how a default 'baseplate' should look like.

Frankenblocks Concept - Part 1

Frankenblocks + Concept

So, I decided to create my own STEM system. Step number one was the decision to adapt and adopt Lego bricks. Step number two was figuring out the concept and sizing.

I got some input from an Internet contact who is a teacher, and I used quite a bit of his experience and insight. (He didn't want to be mentioned, but you still deserve the credit, mister X! We'll call you 'Fred' from now on.)

Shrinking an oversized System Volume Information folder

Windows

After an update, I was suddenly left with a 500 GB hidden folder on drive O: (this is my Drivepool storage machine), and I couldn't figure out the owner.

It turns out, the owner might be anyone, and the folder could have gone 'plus-sized' due to a (partially) failed update.

Not all (modular) power supplies are created equal... Not even connectors or pinouts...

Datatalk

Especially not pinouts!

I have multiple modular PSUs in use, and a box full of cables matching these PSUs. You'd expect some form of standardization, but there isn't. Suppliers do deviate, and especially the six pin 12V plug knows lots of variations.

Shortcuts to Windows 11 (and other) settings

Windows

I've updated the old page with some new entries. Go here.

VirtualBox 7.2.4 - Client resolution doesn't automatically adjust to window size

VirtualBox + Windows

VirtualBox has a few more options in its latest incarnation, and a few defaults are different from previous releases.

Auto-adjusting client resolutions is one of those.

VirtualBox - Windows 11 install is stuck at 10% on Windows 11 Host

VirtualBox + Windows

Symptom: stuck at 10% when installing Windows 11 Guest on Windows 11 Host in VirtualBox.

Solution: lots of small things, but mostly Memory Core Integration... I still have some testing to do, but this looks promising!

VirtualBox 7.2.4 - Windows doesn't recognize a (dynamic) .VDI that has an increased max size

VirtualBox + Windows

Situation: You're running out of diskspace in a Windows client. Increasing the size in VirtualBox seems to work, but when you try to use the additional space from within your Windows Guest (via drive management) it doesn't see the larger drive.

This work-around fixes that.