New Toy: Unicomp SpaceSaver PC Keyboard
New Toy: Unicomp SpaceSaver PC KeyboardOk, I’ll admit it … I messed up my IBM Model M keyboard while cleaning it a few months back. Somehow the keyswitch for the “End” key stopped working....
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New Toy: Intel 310 mSATA SSD
New Toy: Intel 310 mSATA SSDI’ve been into SSDs the last couple of months. It’s the kind of thing where a day or so after installing it, the speed of your computer feels just...
Just replaced a failed disk in my home RAID Array
Just replaced a failed disk in my home RAID array. The other two aren’t looking too good either (some SMART warnings), looks like I should install a spare or replace them both. The old...
Last remnants of Palm finally dead
Ooo … Last remnants of Palm finally dead. Toldya so …!RIP webOS: HP kills off its mobile operating system, considers PC spin-off and Autonomy buy http://m.bgr.com/2011/08/18/rip-webos-hp-kills-off-its-mobile-operating-system/ This post was originally published publicly on Google+...
Cleaning Out My IBM Model M Keyboard
I received the 7/32″ x 75mm Nut Driver I ordered specifically to open up my IBM Model M Keyboard, so went ahead and started stripping it apart. There are 4 screws on the back...
Lenovo G460: No sound on headphones
Symptom: On Ubuntu 10.10, plugging in headphones, and the sound continues to play from the internal speakers. Fix: Append to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf: options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad So that’s one issue solved. Quite a nice keyboard on this...
Replacement Gadget: Yet another Portable Electronic Scale
Months ago, I bought a portable electronic scale of eBay. I figured it would be extremely handy for weighing luggage so as not to exceed the allowance. I bought a second one from the...
New Toy: Apple iPad
what? What? WHAT? did you read that right? .sha — the android/google lover has gone and bought an iPad???? Well it all started about 3 weeks ago, when we were in Ipoh and my...
New toy: Sunnies!
Those of you who see me regularly in real life will know that I am a vampire that cannot handle bright sunlight, and will always be seen with a pair of sunglasses when out....
MythTV: XMLTV for UniFi IPTV channels
Managed to squeeze some time over the weekend to start work on an XMLTV grabber for UniFi. Right now I’ve just got channel declarations with no actual grabbers for the tv schedules yet, but...
