Let me start by saying that I have a passion for technology – some might classify it as a love, others might call it techno-lust, but whatever it is, I really enjoy new gadgets, and I especially enjoy learning about what makes them tick. From a young age I’ve been pulling things apart, and I … [Read more…]
To be clear – this rant is not intended to be a personal attack on Roy. Everyone says he is a great guy, and his products at Panucatt Devices are fanstastic – e.g “Roy Cortes is probably one of the nicest guys I have run into in the 3D Printing community” But I think things have … [Read more…]
If you’re like me, and prefer to use millimetre measurement units (MMGS) in your favourite CAD program you’re going to have a very bad time in COMSOL. By default, COMSOL will assume that a imported DXF file uses meters (MGS). The result will be that your simulation runs fine, but you may find that “nothing happens” or the … [Read more…]
Intro While this tablet may be one of the cheapest windows tablets that money can buy, I still see it as a worthwhile challenge to try upgrading one to run windows 10. The tablets only have a meagre 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage. While these are a real limitation, for basic tasks it is … [Read more…]
2018 Update for Windows 10 Users (for builds 1073, 1709 and 1803): It seems the latest driver from Kionix no longer works the same way. If your rotation problems have come back with a recent windows 10 update, or if you have problems with the method described on this page, then please download and install … [Read more…]
I love learning about technology and gadgets, and a topic I have taken an interest in recently is torches. I’ve actually bought a whole bunch of torches lately… so I’ll probably be putting a video comparison and review together in the coming months. There’s a lot of great info out there already, but I distilled down what I’ve … [Read more…]
I was fortunate enough to get a try of the groundbreaking Nura headphones prototypes earlier this week – quite amazing! I love great audio, and have spent quite a bit (though by audiophile standards – barely anything) of money on finding the right pair of headphones – and DAC. Unfortunately for me, I have fairly … [Read more…]
So, if you’re like me, and have a lot of items powered by AA batteries, you’ve probably jumped onboard the rechargeable battery train. I’m finding that with the long shelf life of eneloops, it is finally possible to maintain a stock of charged AA’s ready to go as needed. The problem is – what charger to … [Read more…]
Edit 2: 31/10/18 If you’re having problems and you’re still on an older shibby, irateb provided the following suggestion: “there’s a setting in Tomato called Cut Through Forwarding (CTF) that was enabled in Advanced > Miscellaneous. That setting supposedly gives a slight performance boost by bypassing some of the protocol overhead, but not without some … [Read more…]
I wanted to make myself a mini-retina display to accompany my iMac. I discussed the solution I chose, and both the electronics and software in part 1. Enclosure Design For the enclosure, I considered 3D printing, but instead decided to go with a laser-cut approach. I designed the case to be produced from sheets of material, … [Read more…]