Few people would agree with the phrase “I love and trust marketing companies”. Even having worked in marketing, I would still disagree with this statement. Marketing is primarily about finding ways to persuade people to change their behaviour, in order to commercially benefit a company. This is not hard to do, and decades of psychology … [Read more…]
For those suffering with this issue, please comment on the eM Client support forum so this issue gets the attention it needs: iCloud Calendar Sync problems: [CALDAV] Subfolder Synchronization for folder “notification” failed due to the following error: Not Found Thanks! Overall eM Client is great, but it’s things like this that are definitely frustrating … [Read more…]
I’m switching to PC after 27 years of Mac. I have a problem. I need a new computer, and I have money to spend. But this time, I don’t think I’ll be buying a Mac. I already have an iMac Late 2014, fully upgraded and top of the line, but it is too slow in … [Read more…]
So you’re a uni student, and there’s a paper you want to access. Here’s a simple hack that you might like, that will probably save you some time. Instructions Drag the Open Sesame bookmark below to your bookmark bar Visit any journal article Click the “Open Sesame” button in your bookmark bar Login… Receive full … [Read more…]
For those interested in trying the new (beta) community Marlin 2.0 firmware, please see this post on the JGAurora forum here. As I previously posted, the JGAurora A5S and JGAurora A1 come with an entirely new motherboard, that uses a new 32-bit processor, using the ST Micro STM32F103ZET6 CPU. While this means we have a … [Read more…]
A follow up to a previous post, this is a listing of all the chinese 3D printer motherboards I could find, along with their CPU. I’m noticing that STM32 is overwhelmingly the most popular choice. Additionally, the STM32F103ZET6 seems to be the most popular selected CPU as well. Considering alternate firmware options for these boards, … [Read more…]
Here’s a fun one. Load this page in Firefox, on a Mac. Drag the red square below to your Desktop. Finder will crash and restart. Yes, I have reported this to apple. This is a file URL overflow bug. Here the URL is converted to a filename, without proper checking of the extension length. … [Read more…]
If you’re like me, you probably have a knack for underestimating the depth of rabbit holes. This was one that I knew could get a little hairy, and I’m not out of the woods yet. I’ve been playing with the STM32F103C8T6 blue pill board and the JGAurora A5S board with a STMF103ZET6 chip. Here is … [Read more…]
Photobucket Embedded Gallery HTTPS Support – PHP Proxy Script Edit: Apr 2019 – Photobucket has updated their site, and HTTPS is now supported properly with embedded galleries! Hurrah! It has been a tough few years for photobucket’s reputation… In 2017 they launched their new paid “P500” plan, holding millions billions of images on the web … [Read more…]
If you’re looking for replacement parts for your Xiaomi Robot Vacuum cleaner, just be aware that there are a lot of fake (3rd party) replacement components for sale on the market. I am not sure if the quality is measurably worse, but the genuine components sell for 3x to 4x the price of the aftermarket … [Read more…]