Martijn Brant
@mbr.bsky.social
🇳🇱 Microsoft Cloud and Infrastructure Architect/Consultant. MSFT. Sometimes talks in GIF. Words are my own. Also on @martijnbrant@mastodon.nl
Low Pressure, Fatal Consequence: Explosion at Yenkin-Majestic
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December 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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I know this is the least nerdy of the social media networks but I can't deny you this gem.
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars or Trek, LOTR, or Marvel. 🎬
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars or Trek, LOTR, or Marvel. 🎬
Mini review:
- apps look great, Playlist function under windows bit broken
- 97% of my music is there, bunch of hifi
- it should integrate with car/de on hifi
- offer free migration service
- tracks play faster, even hifi
- no lyrics or videoclips
- more release metadata
- search bit meh
- apps look great, Playlist function under windows bit broken
- 97% of my music is there, bunch of hifi
- it should integrate with car/de on hifi
- offer free migration service
- tracks play faster, even hifi
- no lyrics or videoclips
- more release metadata
- search bit meh
Although project self-hosting my ripped music is going strong, also giving Qobuz a try as Spotify alternative. SO and I both have playlists with a bunch of single songs which is hard buy/rip/self-host. So far it's looking good.
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Mini review:
- apps look great, Playlist function under windows bit broken
- 97% of my music is there, bunch of hifi
- it should integrate with car/de on hifi
- offer free migration service
- tracks play faster, even hifi
- no lyrics or videoclips
- more release metadata
- search bit meh
- apps look great, Playlist function under windows bit broken
- 97% of my music is there, bunch of hifi
- it should integrate with car/de on hifi
- offer free migration service
- tracks play faster, even hifi
- no lyrics or videoclips
- more release metadata
- search bit meh
Although project self-hosting my ripped music is going strong, also giving Qobuz a try as Spotify alternative. SO and I both have playlists with a bunch of single songs which is hard buy/rip/self-host. So far it's looking good.
December 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Although project self-hosting my ripped music is going strong, also giving Qobuz a try as Spotify alternative. SO and I both have playlists with a bunch of single songs which is hard buy/rip/self-host. So far it's looking good.
(Content warning: AI slop, Dutch)
tweakers.net/geek/241876/...
Hoe hard kun je de plank misslaan? @tweakers.net
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Hoe hard kun je de plank misslaan? @tweakers.net
Redactieblog #19 - Hoe we 'Wi-Fi 7' de Top 2000 in willen stemmen
Mijn hele leven was Wi‑Fi 7. Hoeveel tweakers hebben dit liedje het afgelopen jaar al in hun hoofd gehad? We gaan proberen het nummer in de NPO Radio 2 Top 2000 te krijgen, als eerste AI-liedje. Dit i...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
(Content warning: AI slop, Dutch)
tweakers.net/geek/241876/...
Hoe hard kun je de plank misslaan? @tweakers.net
tweakers.net/geek/241876/...
Hoe hard kun je de plank misslaan? @tweakers.net
I just saw an ad for 96GB of RAM... 1200 EUROS. 2nd hand, 6 months old. That set was 300-ish back then.
People that are selling 2nd hand 8yr old DDR4 memory sticks for hundreds of euros.. What's wrong with you? Grifters.
two men in suits and ties are talking to each other in an office .
Alt: Man in suit shaking his head in disappointment to another man and walls away.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I just saw an ad for 96GB of RAM... 1200 EUROS. 2nd hand, 6 months old. That set was 300-ish back then.
People that are selling 2nd hand 8yr old DDR4 memory sticks for hundreds of euros.. What's wrong with you? Grifters.
two men in suits and ties are talking to each other in an office .
Alt: Man in suit shaking his head in disappointment to another man and walls away.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
People that are selling 2nd hand 8yr old DDR4 memory sticks for hundreds of euros.. What's wrong with you? Grifters.
Happy stuffing-stuff-in-poultry day to my American friends! I don't pretend to understand your customs but I wish you well. Thank you for time, thoughts and help throughout the year. The world is a weird place, I hope you find some normalcy and warmth this longer weekend.
a man with a turkey on his head is wearing a black vest
Alt: a man (Joey from the TV sitcom Friends) with a turkey on his head is wearing a black vest
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November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Happy stuffing-stuff-in-poultry day to my American friends! I don't pretend to understand your customs but I wish you well. Thank you for time, thoughts and help throughout the year. The world is a weird place, I hope you find some normalcy and warmth this longer weekend.
A marketing email (filled with 10+ MB of photos and images) asked me to delete the email after reading as to reduce our footprint on the world.
LOL, like 2kb of html data is going to reduce our datacenter needs.
Im all for going green but seriously, lol.
LOL, like 2kb of html data is going to reduce our datacenter needs.
Im all for going green but seriously, lol.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A marketing email (filled with 10+ MB of photos and images) asked me to delete the email after reading as to reduce our footprint on the world.
LOL, like 2kb of html data is going to reduce our datacenter needs.
Im all for going green but seriously, lol.
LOL, like 2kb of html data is going to reduce our datacenter needs.
Im all for going green but seriously, lol.
OK.. I've been running the ARM version of the Surface Laptop 7 for a couple weeks now and here's the quick verdict:
It. Just. Works.
Stop worrying about whether software will work.. it'll work. For business, this stuff just all works. For weird funky dev scenario's: Maybe sit it out.
It. Just. Works.
Stop worrying about whether software will work.. it'll work. For business, this stuff just all works. For weird funky dev scenario's: Maybe sit it out.
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
OK.. I've been running the ARM version of the Surface Laptop 7 for a couple weeks now and here's the quick verdict:
It. Just. Works.
Stop worrying about whether software will work.. it'll work. For business, this stuff just all works. For weird funky dev scenario's: Maybe sit it out.
It. Just. Works.
Stop worrying about whether software will work.. it'll work. For business, this stuff just all works. For weird funky dev scenario's: Maybe sit it out.
In case you don't want the 1 minute hype-video: It's a spotlight-clone, for Windows.
Oh damn, Raycast for Windows is a thing now. www.raycast.com/windows
Raycast for Windows
Download Raycast for Windows. Your shortcut to everything.
www.raycast.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In case you don't want the 1 minute hype-video: It's a spotlight-clone, for Windows.
When very young, would buid computers out of cardboard. One day, my older brothers made one for me. Day later, they showed me to lift up the cardboard to find an actual computer. 486dx4 with DOS.
That led to me getting super involved with computers at early age. Rest is (ancient) history.
That led to me getting super involved with computers at early age. Rest is (ancient) history.
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
When very young, would buid computers out of cardboard. One day, my older brothers made one for me. Day later, they showed me to lift up the cardboard to find an actual computer. 486dx4 with DOS.
That led to me getting super involved with computers at early age. Rest is (ancient) history.
That led to me getting super involved with computers at early age. Rest is (ancient) history.
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I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Wow!
Oh, didn't expect this: New Stargate show coming on Prime Video! Not a reboot! Immediate Qs: How is our beloved SG1 doing? Did Atlantis return to Pegasus? Will we see what happened to Destiny & Eli?
See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e82u... #Stargate #StargateSG1 #StargateAtlantis #StargateUniverse
See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e82u... #Stargate #StargateSG1 #StargateAtlantis #StargateUniverse
Stargate Announcement | Prime Video
Amazon MGM Studios has greenlit a new Stargate series for Prime Video. Join creator / executive producer Martin Gero, consulting producers Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi, Darren Sumner from…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Wow!
Having a discussion on some Microsoft products, remind myself Microsoft has a video on the topic on YouTube, so I link it.
That video is now 17 years old..
That video is now 17 years old..
a close up of a man 's face with a gray shirt on
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November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Having a discussion on some Microsoft products, remind myself Microsoft has a video on the topic on YouTube, so I link it.
That video is now 17 years old..
That video is now 17 years old..
Oh we need a highly available website.. let's go with AWS.
*AWS goes down
Well we can just use Azure FrontDoor
*Azure FrontDoor goes down
Well surely we can build on CF
*CF goes down...
Not much left to really try, huh?
*AWS goes down
Well we can just use Azure FrontDoor
*Azure FrontDoor goes down
Well surely we can build on CF
*CF goes down...
Not much left to really try, huh?
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Oh we need a highly available website.. let's go with AWS.
*AWS goes down
Well we can just use Azure FrontDoor
*Azure FrontDoor goes down
Well surely we can build on CF
*CF goes down...
Not much left to really try, huh?
*AWS goes down
Well we can just use Azure FrontDoor
*Azure FrontDoor goes down
Well surely we can build on CF
*CF goes down...
Not much left to really try, huh?
Framework Desktop and Valve GabeCube is the hardware crossover you're waiting for but probably never get.
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Framework Desktop and Valve GabeCube is the hardware crossover you're waiting for but probably never get.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Upgrade your Proxmox to v9 they said. It'll take 5 minutes they said...
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Upgrade your Proxmox to v9 they said. It'll take 5 minutes they said...
Maybe we should invest more in having tech events in Europe..
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Maybe we should invest more in having tech events in Europe..
Watching the new Vince Gilligan series... which is completely nothing like you can ever imagine... Without looking it up, never in a thousands guesses, would you be correct.
two men are sitting at a table in front of a crowd and one of them is saying that 's a bold strategy cotton
ALT: two men are sitting at a table in front of a crowd and one of them is saying that 's a bold strategy cotton
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November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Watching the new Vince Gilligan series... which is completely nothing like you can ever imagine... Without looking it up, never in a thousands guesses, would you be correct.