Tag: toys

Remapping remote keys for OpenELEC/XBMC

This past week, I set my Parents up with a Raspberry Pi-based OpenELEC unit, which I built for them to replace an extremely dated Buffalo product. (So far I have been pretty…

The HDMI cable scam

Someone finally published an article that caught my eye about this, so I thought I'd add my two cents. Summary in my own words: Never pay more than $5/foot for an HDMI cable at…

AT&T takes a shit on us again?

Wow - two headlines in the same amount of weeks worth screaming about. They're increasing ETF fees on all devices that actually matter and put any strain on their network. They've…

My recipe for ZFS at home

After spending a lot of time Googling around, reading forums, blogs and bug reports, etc. I was able to come up with the most amount of storage in the quietest case I could find…

"Tonight's project" ... just a couple weeks late

I'm finally getting around to posting all the pictures of this. It actually turned out pretty good, even though I was too impatient to wait to order some more fitting parts from…

I love this frickin' toolkit

I have to give original props to Kevin for first letting me borrow it a couple times. He got it a long time ago but it appears Best Buy is still selling it. It's Dynex, which is…

WiMAX - initial review: killer, if you get a signal

I waited in extreme anticipation for my WiMAX adapter to be delivered. It wound up being a day late due to the weather. I unpacked it and installed the software and plugged it in…

/mode Mike +4G

I did it. I took the plunge. I ordered WiMAX. Thank you Clear for making Portland your second market for the service! I hope it is all that it promises. I've got seven days for…

Updates on home storage solutions

For a while I was looking into and hoping to go the eSATA route. Immature chipsets and lack of OS support have somewhat kept that idea frozen. I want to use ZFS for a filesystem…

The (current) state of (e)SATA port multipliers

For the most part, open source has been good to me. I can run my business on free software that is for the most part better than its commercial counterparts. I'm able to use…

Are you getting the most out of your DVI port?

Did you know there are five types of DVI connectors? I didn't. DVI-D dual link, DVI-D single link, DVI-I dual link, DVI-I single link, and DVI-A. Of course, I learned this the…

Say what you want about Best Buy...

... but they're a big company, and big companies can be useful. I won't mention the obvious bad points - the stupid salespeople, incompetent techs, people getting arrested for…