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Setting up wireless IP cameras

Posted onDecember 5, 2011March 25, 20201 Comment

With Nikki coming to stay, I expected that she would have some “separation anxiety” issues.  I wanted to make sure she wasn’t fretting too much Read More …

CategoriesHardware, How To

I’m not going to miss this “I’ve bent a PIN” problem.

Posted onNovember 22, 20112 Comments

This, pictured right, landed across my desk today. The end user told me “I’ve bent a drive pin, can you fix it.” ‘Maybe’ The problem Read More …

CategoriesHardware

The strange case of the HP Presario CQ61 laptop

Posted onNovember 3, 20112 Comments

The user reported, When I use Microsoft Word, the keyboard randomly selected all text and deletes it.  This doesn’t happen when I use an external Read More …

CategoriesHardware, Windows

HTC Desire breaks Microsoft Wireless keyboard

Posted onOctober 7, 2010October 7, 2010

Or, in other words, your keyboard will no longer work. This                                      too close to this breaks these: The cause, which I only found out by Read More …

CategoriesHardwareTagsHTC Desire, Wireless Keyboard

Logitech Marble Mouse

Posted onSeptember 27, 2010March 11, 2016

I’ve been using Logitech Marble Mouses (mice?) for years.  There are two reasons why: The quality of the Logitech products is very high. Marble mouses Read More …

CategoriesHardwareTagsLogitech

So does your HP 8000 Elite PC not burn DVDs?

Posted onSeptember 26, 2010September 26, 20101 Comment

In the “things I saw ten years ago and never thought I’d see again” category, we recently had the case of the HP 8000 Elite Read More …

CategoriesHardware, It's A BugTagsDVD, hp

One charger to charge them all.

Posted onSeptember 25, 2010September 27, 2010

I love the Apple iPod charger.  Apple call it the iPod charger, but this is the same charger you get with the iPhone. It supplies Read More …

CategoriesHardwareTagsCharger, iPod, USB

DiskDigger says “Excuse me while I nag you to death.”

Posted onAugust 4, 2010December 23, 2015

I liked the DiskDigger un-delete program.  Out of the four un-deletion programs I recommended here, DiskDigger was my first choice. Fast forward to now. I Read More …

CategoriesFreeware, Hardware, UtilitiesTagsDiskDigger

More keyboard & dishwasher fun

Posted onJune 23, 2010June 30, 2010

Was my first attempt at successfully cleaning a keyboard in a dishwasher a fluke?  Well no, as it turns out. Today’s candidate? A 2 year Read More …

CategoriesHardware, How ToTagsCleaning, Dishwasher, Hardware

So is the Western Digital drive really “a permanent USB interface”?

Posted onJune 15, 2010December 26, 2015

Yes, Pierre Jolicoeur, it really is a permanent USB interface: as this photo shows.  I was so disappointed in Western Digital when I saw this.  Read More …

CategoriesHardwareTagsMy Passport, Western Digital

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