Archive for the 'hardware' Category
HowTo: Set up a Home Server
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 15th Aug, 2008
Came across a great post on WebMonkey entitled: Set Up a Home Server. It’s a tutorial explaining what you need to do to set up your own server at home. You may choose to do this to store and share your photos, to store and play media files, to server webpages or your email.
Here [...]
iPhone frenzy hits the streets
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 11th Jul, 2008
It seems like everyone and his dog is after the new 3G iPhone today. Here are a few snippets of information from my feeds at the moment:
The App Store: Day One - A synopsis what’s selling on the iPhone store and some interpretation of the numbers.
New iPhone goes on sale - The Guardian talks about [...]
Nintendo Wii Porn
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 18th Dec, 2006
Here’s your chance to watch someone take the covers off a brand new Nintendo Wii. All the bits must come off, including the controllers. So, turn down the lights and
enjoy!
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Lasers are cool
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 17th Dec, 2006
Home made lasers are cool. They can light matches, pop balloons, cut electrical tape,
and do all sorts of cool things. And this
article explains how to rip one out of an old DVD player to make your own portable
laser. Cool stuff. If anyone tries this, drop me a line.
Just remember to play safe and protect your [...]
Improve WiFi Reception
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 10th Dec, 2006
Came across a great article today outlining a number of methods to improve WiFi performance. Here’s some ideas to improve your reception:
Put large furniture along the walls of your rooms
Minimise mirrors
Put your router at some central point of your house
Keep antennas away from power cables
Read all about it, as well as [...]
Clearcube Blades
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 9th Nov, 2006
We’re looking into blade servers at the moment at work for our consolidated dev environment, primarily because of the amount of computing power you can get in a small space (the plan is then to run Virtual Servers on them), so I was just pottering around looking at different vendors’ offerings
Clearcube have a really cool [...]
Focus on Laptop Jacks
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 27th Oct, 2006
If you have problem with your laptop power jack, I found a website that specialises
in laptop power jacks. That’s all they
do! Well, they also offer installation services, as replacing your power jack involves
desoldering and soldering components to your laptop PCB; and you really don’t want
to mess that job up! They have a choice of over [...]
