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Upgraded Windows 7 to 10 on my MacBook Early 2009

Posted on May 15, 2020 by

I still have my Early 2009 MacBook for my kids. It runs El Capitan and Windows 7 (bootcamp). Since the support for Windows 7 ended on January 14 2020 an upgrade was needed. Unfortunately the bootcamp 3 that comes with … Continue reading →

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Computer setup COVID-19 update

Posted on April 17, 2020 by

I invested in a good computer setup for working-from-home a while ago. When the lockdown for COVID-19 came I was prepared. Still I made some changes and investments to go from one-day-a-week to fulltime working-from-home. Time for an update. No … Continue reading →

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Transcend Jetdrive lite review (after a year)

Posted on January 24, 2020 by

My MacBook Pro Mid 2015 has SSD. That is very fast and helps me to be productie. Back in the day šŸ™„ this kind of storage was expensive so I limited it to 256 Gb. With my Photos, Music and … Continue reading →

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Iā€™m Eric Tummers, Software Architect at Statistics Netherlands, and this is how I work

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

My jobs description says Software Architect. I’m guiding my team through the technical hurdles and do some programming/testing/analysing myself. We follow the scrum guide and are working towards continuous integration and deployment. We do this in small steps. Every sprint … Continue reading →

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My alternative to Pebble

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

About a year ago I backed the latest kickstarter project from Pebble. The battery life, the timeline and the support for my running app justified the purchase. But as we all know the device never made it to my wrist. … Continue reading →

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