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The FreeDadJokes PowerShell Module

It's been a busy week, and sometimes you just need something like a dad joke while almost hitting project deadlines, etc. 😉 In this short blog post, I will show you how to use the FreeDadJokes module and add it to your profile to get one every time you start a Terminal.

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell 1 Comment August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 2 Minutes

750.000 Visitors!

And another smile on my face, thank you all for visiting my website to read my PowerShell-related blogs! In this small blog post, I will look back on the things that happened since April 2025 (250K visitors ago 😉 )

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell Leave a comment August 12, 2026August 12, 2026 2 Minutes

PowerShell Typing Speed Tester

We all type a lot, but are you any good at it? Did a lot of typing tests in browsers, but never in a PowerShell console 😀 In this blog post, I will show you how you can use the PwshTyper Module from Shaun Lawrie to train your muscle memory and type faster!

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell Leave a comment August 5, 2026August 5, 2026 1 Minute

Using the PowerShell Webserver Module

Ever needed to start a web server without installing IIS or a similar web server? Then the Webserver PowerShell Module could be something for you 🙂 In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra Fun, Networking, PowerShell, Security Leave a comment July 3, 2026July 3, 2026 4 Minutes

Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts!

My first post was in April 2022, 4 years later, I'm at 250 posts 🙂 In this blog post, I want to look back and thank all the people I met since then who helped me, left comments, or contributed to my scripts.

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell 2 Comments April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 3 Minutes

MVP Summit 2026

My second MVP Summit took place in the week of March 23, 2026. Such a great event with all the MVPs from all around the world. In this blog post, I will show some highlights, pictures, and share information where it's not NDA 😉

Harm Veenstra Fun, Microsoft MVP, PowerShell, Social Leave a comment March 23, 2026July 16, 2026 3 Minutes

“Monad to Millions – Celebrating Jeffrey Snover & the PowerShell Community” Podcast

I was a guest on a podcast before, but never one with Jeffrey Snover! In this short blog post, I will tell you about the podcast hosted by Heiko Brenn (Thanks again!).

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell Leave a comment March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 1 Minute

Over 1.000.000 views!

Today, my site crossed the 1 million views mark 🙂 I'm just looking at this huge number and thinking... How?! To celebrate, I will highlight some things from the journey in this small blog post.

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell 6 Comments February 27, 2026February 27, 2026 2 Minutes

Install Nerdfonts using PowerShell

Yes, I'm a nerd, and nerds like to use NerdFonts 🙂 In this small blog post, I will show you how you can use the NerdFonts PowerShell module from Ryan L McIntyre.

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell 2 Comments January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 2 Minutes

Dutch PowerShell User Group Virtual Event December 3rd, 2025

DuPSUG had another Meetup event scheduled, which was changed from in-person to virtual on December 3rd, where I gave a session on how to code PowerShell scripts from anywhere.  🙂  In this blog post, I will highlight a few key points from the session.

Harm Veenstra Docker, DuPSUG, Fun, GitHub, Learning, PowerShell, PSEdit, Social, Visual Studio Code, Windows Sandbox, WSL 1 Comment December 4, 2025December 6, 2025 2 Minutes

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