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Archive for the ‘Geekery’ Category
Raw idling power!
Posted in Geekery on June 25, 2010 | Comments Off
Let's Get Small
Posted in Geekery on October 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Those with iPhones will be delighted to find that Pants in Motion now has a mobile theme! Now you can read my rarely-updated blog more easily! ENJOY!
Hey, let's secure our blogs!
Posted in Geekery on September 6, 2009 | Comments Off
I was already up to date with my WordPress updates, and so should you be too if you want to avoid hassle. The most recent releases can auto-update themselves so it’s worth going through a manual update yourself (which only takes a few minutes) for the peace of mind that comes later. And here’s a [...]
Fail!
Posted in Geekery on March 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Note to self: When you measure out a distance between two spots on the floor, REMEMBER TO ADD A COUPLE OF METRES for slack! And for the distance between the switch and the hole! What a waste of time and money. Back to Jaycar I go to get 15 metres of ethernet cable instead of [...]
The Tao of Wiring
Posted in Geekery on March 28, 2009 | Comments Off
A few weeks ago our naughty greyhound nommed through the ethernet cable that connected the router in the geek room to the switch in the front room, killing Net access for the PS3 and stopping the Airport Express from seeing the network. I got around it by switching the Airport to act as a wireless [...]
Copyright is awesome
Posted in Geekery on February 1, 2009 | Comments Off
I just got a notification that a video that I had uploaded to YouTube contained audio that had not been cleared by Warner. YouTube had automatically disabled the audio. Now, I am a believer in fair use. I credited the band in question and didn’t use the entirity of the track, plus it was overdubbed [...]
Posted in Geekery on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I bet this is the sort of thing Crumpet would like me to write for her.
Keep Dec 13th free
Posted in Geekery on December 2, 2008 | Comments Off
If you value a free Internet, you might want to join me in the city.
Thinking. It's so important.
Posted in Geekery on December 1, 2008 | Comments Off
Has anyone tried using the Netgear ReadyNas Duo as a media server with the PS3? If so, can you play .mkv files and other media files not normally supported by the PS3 with it? Really? That’s your question?
Laziest. Scam. Ever.
Posted in Geekery on November 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just got this email. How many problems can you see with it? From: europeean.securedbanks@yahoo.com Subject: Security Issue Date: 26 November 2008 6:51:14 AM Dear Customer, We are collecting information about our customers for verifying our database that recently was hacked. We cooperate with the EU and US banks so we can process the mails [...]
