In case display specifications and dongle-madness wasn’t confusing enough, here’s an example of a dodgy product to watch out for, by LESHP. I have an older 2015 Macbook Pro 15″. It has 3 display outputs: 1x HDMI port (HDMI 1.4) 2x mini-displayport ports (DP 1.2) Now, my laptop supports 4K on all ports. However, the … [Read more…]
Warning: A rant on bluetooth. Ah, bluetooth. You have been serving us faithfully for now over 20 years. With over 4 billion devices shipping this year alone with bluetooth support, you’re both ubiquitous and omnipresent. You made the promise to us, that it would be easy – that things would Just Work™. It’s a shame … [Read more…]
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…]
Edit: Seems to be resolved! 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 … [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…]
Edit: Dec 2020. Apple fixed this bug in Finder late last year. Keeping this article up here for posterity. 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 … [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…]