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Unbricking a Seagate Barracuda
Recently, one of my hard disks ‘disappeared’ from my computer – it was not being detected in the BIOS. It turned out that this was a known issue with my drive, and one for which Seagate had released a...
View ArticleAustralian copyright law is ridiculous
For a number of years it was illegal for an Australian to tape the footy and watch it later. At one time it was also illegal to copy music from a CD and onto an iPod. This sort of innocuous activity...
View ArticleConverting .wtv to .mpg in Windows 7
I use a PlayStation 3 to watch TV programmes recorded in Windows 7. The media sharing functionality in 7 is much better than in Vista, and it’s quite simple to share the Recorded TV folder and watch...
View ArticleVGA video with HDMI audio on the Acer Revo
This information is for a specific setup of the Acer AspireRevo 3700 with XBMC, but it shows that there is no hardware limitation and may provide hints for achieving the same result with other models...
View ArticleReplace caps lock with something more useful
I rarely use the easy-to-reach caps lock key, but I often stretch my little finger to get to the control key. And I never use the scroll lock key. So, in a fit of ergomania I made some changes to the...
View ArticleForce RGB mode in Mac OS X to fix the picture quality of an external monitor
Update, 27 Oct 2013: If you’ve applied this fix before, the OS X Mavericks update will overwrite it. I’ve successfully re-applied the fix by following exactly the same steps, and other commenters below...
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The N40L NAS with the Icy Dock DuoSwap
A recent tech buy was an HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer, which serves as a NAS, a Sick Beard/SABnzbd+/Deluge server, and as a backup server. I’ve added an IcyDock Duo Swap to the 5.25″ bay. I use its...
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The Silverstone SG05 “steambox” and HTPC
I’ve long wanted to set up my idea of the trinity of home computer hardware, and I finally got around to doing it a couple of months ago. I previously posted about procuring a small server for...
View ArticleThe Dvorak-QWERTY Layout for Windows
This post is pretty much just to shill this tool, since I like it a lot: Dvorak-QWERTY Layout for Windows. I’ve been using a Mac a bit lately and, since I type with the Dvorak layout, I like that Mac...
View ArticleUse Getflix or Unblock-Us servers selectively with Dnsmasq
I subscribe to Getflix, which is quite similar to Unblock-Us in that it allows users to access geo-blocked content. The basic method to use these services is to set one’s device to use their provided...
View ArticleDelete old tweets selectively using Python and Tweepy
For some time I’ve used an online service to delete tweets that are more than one week old. I do this because I use Twitter for levity, for throwaway comments and retweets on issues of the day, and I...
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A new tiebreaker for footy tipping
When people used paper to manage their workplace footy tipping competitions they needed a simple method to decide tiebreakers. The closest guess to the margin of the round’s blockbuster game was...
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