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De-bricking a B593-s22
I finally did it! The unit has been non-functional for over a year now. See details in my previous post. But I got it back.First, I'd like to clarify the myth of "equipment mode". Yes, that does exist....
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Swedish ISP reviewed - Comhem
It took a lot of time and effort to rent an apartment, Sweden (especially Stockholm are) is notoriously difficult with that. And the first thing any new apartment needs is an Internet-connection....
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Wi-Fi access point - TRENDnet TEW-818DRU - Part 1: Hardware
As I mentioned in my post about Swedish ISP, that I like to run Linux on my stuff. My weapon of choice for wireless networking has been DD-WRT for many years (I'm not sure how many exactly, 15+ or so)....
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New toys: iPhone 7
My employer was kind enough to issue me new toys. Any proper nerd loves new toys, I know I do!So, I got an upgrade for my old(ish) iPhone 6. To a rather big surprise, they're exactly the same thing....
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Mini-PC for a router
In my network setup, it's almost done: we have 1) an Internet-connection, 2) a wireless access-point to pass some mobile device traffic trought it, but something is missing: a router to tie it all...
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Mini Arcade Machine
Looks like I've been nice, as Santa Claus brought me a nice present. A Mini Arcade Machine!By the looks of it, it must be some sort of Android device placed into an arcade cabinet.There are 240 games...
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QNAP Stopping Maintenance of TS-419P II
As usual, I got an e-mail from my NAS-box stating, that it has a new firmware upgrade QTS 4.3.3.0404 build 20171213.It had the usual release notes telling the changes. What really caught my attention...
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Replacing MacBook Air SSD
I've never disassembled an Apple laptop. A while back I got a chance to peek into one, as I was summoned to add more SSD-capacity into an Air. As you can see from the spec, it is a rather early model...
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Xyloband - What's inside one
If you're lucky enough to get to go to a really cool event, it may be handing out a Xyloband to everybody attending it.For those who've never heard of a Xyloband, go see their website at...
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Refurbishing APC Replacement Battery Cartridge #7
Roughly 4 years ago, I blogged about a battery change to my UPS. The post is at APC Smart-UPS battery change. My unit eats APC Replacement Battery Cartridge #7 as replacment, and they are generally...
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Today, I'm combining to previous post into a new one. I've written earlier about going fully Let's Encrypt and the problems I have with them. Now that I'm using them, and those certs have ridiculously...
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This is a weird one. Beginning of this year Qnap made a choice to EOL my NAS-box. I posted about that at the time. Well, that happens. Its just that my current box works for me and all, I don't...
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Cleaning out old PCs
Now that my new PC is done (see my previoius post and Larpdog's Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/videos/319110553):It's finally time to make some space to my old junk storage. I found two of my previus PCs...
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New toys: iPhone 8
Whenever there are new toys, I'm excited! Now that I have new iPhone 8, there is no other way to phrase it: it IS same as 7, which was same as 6. The observation Woz pointed out when X and 8 came...
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iOS Voicemail number
The other day I realized, that my mobile subscription has a voicemail. Since its a corporate one, I really cannot control it much, it just ... well ... is.This existence of voicemail became evident for...
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Going beyond recovery on a hard drive
This is where an angle grinder meets aluminium.Angle grinding through a 3.5" hard drive case, spinning platter and controller electronic circuitry will produce enough heat and metal scraps to produce...
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What's inside a credit card
Most of us have a credit card (or debit) for payment purposes. As I love tech, technically speaking, it is laminated polyvinyl chloride acetate (PVCA) piece of plastic conforming to ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1....
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The trouble with a HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 530T Adapter
A while back I got my hands on a nice PCIe 2.0 network interface card.The thing looks like this:In theory, that's an extremely cool piece to run in one of my Linuxes. Two 10 gig ethernet ports!...
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Apple iOS device reset - Dismantling an old phone to be sold
Every one of use will eventually end up in a situation where old mobile device is upgraded to a new one. Most of us can manage getting the new one working without problems. There are backups somewhere...
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Adding a source of randomness to a Linux
Randomness in computersYou don't need to know much about computers to understand, that computers cannot do random things. Yes, all programming languages and libraries do offer you a rand()-function to...
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