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Welcome, this is my public notebook. This is where I keep my snippets, links and experience. I hope to inspire at least one person. Enjoy :)

I am an IT system engineer and live in the Netherlands. Ever since the first Intel 8086 came out in the XT casing with DOS I wanted to know more about these intriguing systems called PC's. Not only staying focused on the Microsoft OS'es but widening my vision to Unix and Linux and lately Android.

My key interest is getting more performance from the same hardware and software, hence tweaking and tuning.

Beside that I keep an eye on politics, biology, economy, history, science, culture and psychology. Not specifically in that order :)

Note: Since Google Sites moved to a new platform there are conversion/layout mishaps. I work on that.

ELAC DEBUT B5 MOD after makeover "disappeared"

First my definition of good stereo speakers in this order:

• tonality,must be as flat as possible over its frequency range

• clarity, very detailled so you can hear every little sound (due to filter components)

• soundstage, huge and filling the room, almost 3D

• imaging, placement of individual sounds  in the soundstage so you can pin point them

How do they sound now? Imagine you're watching Rembrand's Night Watch painting from very close. Now replace the painting with a similar size "picture of sound".

• Replaced 27 Ohm sand cast tweeter inline resistor with 22 27 Ohm thin film resistor (+2dB from 2.5kHz and up for front grill compansation and clarity/detail)

• Jumped the 1.1 uF high pass capacitor with a 0.01 uF for clarity

• 6" felt ring sticked around tweeter and removed tweeter grill (reduce baffle refraction even more) (edit: outer felt ring removed now, only tweeter beauty ring is still covered)

• Added extra polyfill on bottom and back wall up to bass reflex port (with crossover cutout, even tighter bass)

• Removed the clip-ons from crossover to binding posts, wire now directly connected (see photo of filter above)

Some thoughts and quotes

"Flat earthers around the globe unite" :)

Crime will rise equal with the gap between the rich and poor.

“Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reasons.”  Mark Twain

"If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change things?" (Arrival, 2016)

He said he is a liar. I did not believe him

Absence of evidence is no evidence of absence

We have to close mankinds "childhood" and enter the state of "Universe-al Consciousness"

"Beliefs are not a reliable criteria for reality"  Matilda O'Donnell MacElroy, nurse 509th Bomber Group Roswell 1947

Alien life may be visiting earth as long as mankind existence. In fact, they may be the missing link we look for. That means you and I are alien too.

Some say God created earth in a week. Ever wondered what God was doing the weeks prior to that?

Laser, Optical fiber and silicon IC chips were "invented" within 10 years after the Roswell UFO crash. Coincidence? You are using ET technology today!

"We have the technology to take ET home!" (Ben Rich '93)    Note: Nice sir but do we know how to use it ;)

"Denying Extra Terrestrial Life is like scooping a cup of water from the ocean and state there is no fish in the ocean!"

When a brain in an embryo starts to grow the hard programmed BIOS provides basic functions for the body. But who loads the OS?

The current laws of physics are like half the alphabet. Nice words can be made but we are missing the story.

Democracy is when you think your voice makes a difference, but the real difference is made by the capitalists money.

China has soo many US dollars that the flick of a switch (made in China) can knock down the "stars and stripes". 

Computers are as accurate as the data you feed them with.

Are you a hyper-consumer? Buying the latest and throw away what is so last year? Ever thought about the waste and pollution you cause?

For how much can you sell a bar of gold to an alien?

Many people travel comfortably along worn paths.

In modern life we need each other less, so we become more intolerant / asocial beings.

STARR model is not correct. Must be SCARR - Situation Choice Action Result Reflect :)  Creative ways to deal with challenges in the moment

Self reflection could be like shaving under the shower. Walking to the mirror and notice you missed a few spots.

Luck starts with recognizing opportunities and then work for it. There is no easy way.

When you grow older only Memory Lane gets longer. Other places will look smaller then you remembered.

If mankind is the only intelligent life form in the whole universe wouldn't that bring immense responsibility?

We extend our senses with electronic devices more and more. When do we humans become conscious virtual machines?

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