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I have just reinstalled linux and am in the middle of setting everything back up to play with my new Arduino Uno. For some reason best left to the gods to fight over the naming convention for the USB serial … Continue reading →

Thanks to the hard work of Ken Shirriff over at http://www.arcfn.com/2009/08/multi-protocol-infrared-remote-library.html I am having great fun playing with infra red remote control. I would like to document my experiences as well as what I have gleaned from it. Main notes: … Continue reading →

I bought a Garmin Etrex H for geocaching. Geocaching is the equivalent of finding buried treasure mapreading, using GPS coordinates instead of a map and directions. I have ubuntu linux on my main computer, the other computers in the house … Continue reading →

A little bird over at http://www.windows8update.com has announced that the Windows 8 release date is rumoured to be the 26th of February 2012. I am on linux but I suppose I could put one of my old laptops to good … Continue reading →

Mocality http://blog.mocality.co.ke are a company that have manually created a large database (a white pages) of Kenyan businesses to fill a gaping hole in the market. Google Kenya http://www.google.co.ke are google. Say no more. Google Kenya have allegedly been trawling … Continue reading →

Just received another email from the team at Project Honeypot: Gregory – Regardless of how the rest of your day goes, here’s something to be happy about — today one of your donated MXs helped to identify a previously unknown … Continue reading →

Have you visited Google lately? I would consider it a personal favour if you did and typed in the search string “let it snow” https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=let+it+snow I love it, and it is the wrong season so we can’t call it an … Continue reading →

I have a G15 gaming keyboard and a mouse plugged into the USB hub that is built in. Every so often the G15 LCD starts flickering very fast and the only remedy is to unplug the USB lead from the … Continue reading →

In this age of governmental oversight of everything done or said (the old saying about George Orwell being 10 years off is never truer) and your right to basic liberties removed at each turn one company is going out of … Continue reading →

I have just had a lovely Citizen Eco-Drive watch from my wife for a Christmas present. Of course, as standard it came sized to fit a bull elephant. “No problem, two minutes work and I will make it fit” I … Continue reading →