Mini projects on various hardware devices I have (like gameboys, raspberry pi’s and routers)
How to replace macbook air battery. I have a macbook air, its a 2012 13″ – the battery was awesome in the beginning, but after 4 years it was time to replace the battery. I ordered a flueron replacement from amazon prime and it arrived next day. On opening the Read more…
Pihole on a raspberry pi – making a network wide advert blocker with a raspberry pi. I have a router using dnsmasq with adblocking setup on my router. I also have a raspberry pi (which was being used as a retropi machine). I also have a Pizero. My retropi setup Read more…
I upgraded from my subox to a Coolfire Plus and Aspire Cleito tank. I have to say that this combination is awesome!
I got some Atom Gold plated clapton coils for my Subox mini :D I’ve not smoked an analog for 3 weeks now, there is no chance I’m going back. The atom coils make a difference – there are no leaks, and the ‘draw’ is a little more ‘closed’ if that Read more…
I decided to give up smoking (smoking analogs is the correct term – I’ve since learned) a week ago today. I bought a Kanger Subox Mini in black – its a ‘vape mod’ – a fancy e-cigarette that takes flavoured liquid and evaoprates it so that you can inhale the Read more…
Trendnet 811dru optware – I tried for days and couldn’t get optware to work, so I ended up using entware (optware alternative) – at the end of the day it allows me to install stuff with a package manager in the 811dru, so I’m not bothered what its called :D Read more…
This post will explain ddwrt dnsmasq caching dns server configuration Using a ddwrt dnsmasq caching dns server lets machines in your LAN resolve DNS from a machine inside your local network, ultimately reducing the time to resolve an IP address from a domain name. If there is a result in Read more…
ddwrt custom prompt in ssh. This post will show you a quick way to set a custom prompt when you log in to your dd-wrt router using the web-ui. The advantage of adding your scripts here is that if you don’t have permanent storage (eg a usb drive plugged in) Read more…
I ordered a Pibow Ninja Coupe a few days ago, and got it delivered to work this morning. This post is full of photos, unboxing the case and assembling the case with the raspberry pi inside it! The case arrived at work this morning At home, waiting to be opened Read more…
I have ordered some things for my raspberry pi, I have a raspberry pi case, an SD card, a mini usb wifi adaptor and a usb cable for power. Raspberry pi case Pibow ninja coupe The case I went for is a PiBow Ninja Coupe I like that the GPIO Read more…
My brother and his wife got me a raspberry pi for my birthday :D So far I haven’t decided what to do with it, But I have lots of ideas – I could turn it into a gameboy (though I already have a couple of handheld retro gaming machines – Read more…
My New HomeLab Gigabyte Brix – 8 GB HyperX DDR3 ram for now (another 8GB on its way) Another 8GB has been ordered, bringing me up to 16gb. I’ll be upping the available ram for my Kali install and upgrading my windows 8 to windows 10! – 16GB usb drive Read more…
The data in the Western Digital MyBook drives is stored in a raid on the 4th partition of the drive. Mounting the western digital mybook NAS to recover data in another linux install isn’t for beginners. But here is the process: 1) Remove the drive from the western digital NAS. Read more…
I got a good few tech items for christmas this year (xmas 2014): 1) pxp3 slim-station I got one for my brother, and my girlfriends sister got one for me :D It’s basically a SEGA game-gear. 2) Android TV box It runs jelly-bean and has a dual core cpu. I Read more…
The LG 34um95 yosemite resolution bug is pretty annoying. I have an lg 34um95 screen – it runs at 3440×1440 – its a great screen, unless you have upgraded to OSX Yosemite. This issue is now fixed on Yosemite 10.10.2 – if you are using a macbook air, then you Read more…
I had an old usb harddrive caddy sitting about that only worked with IDE drives. I also had an old usb to ide (both 2.5 and 3.5 drives) and sata drives with no power supply. I also have a variable PSU. I have a pile of old harddrives that I Read more…
I have a little hp mini 210 that I decided to mount an external wifi antenna on. here are some pics of the Hp mini 210 external wifi aerial mod and some little descriptions to go with it. The main aim of the mod was to get an rp-sma connector Read more…
My aluminium mac is dirty. Time to clean it. The screen is easy – I have the cloth from the box. I just rub it with that – the screen attracts fluff (thats usually 1 pixel in size). There are no fingerprints. I have a screen wiper thing that I Read more…