Archive for May, 2012
I spent time figuring this out due to needing SD cards for my Raspberry Pi, but the instructions apply to pretty much anything on SD. DD on Windows Windows sadly lacks the DD utility that’s ubiquitous on Unix/Linux systems. Luckily there is a dd for Windows utility. Get the latest version here (release at time of […]
Filed under: howto, Raspberry Pi | 9 Comments
Tags: DD, howto, image, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, SD
KVM mort
This isn’t a post about the KVM Hypervisor, which I believe is alive, well and rather good. This is a post about keyboard, video and mouse switches. At both home and work I have multiple machines, and monitors with multiple inputs, so all I need is a KM switch to share my keyboard and mouse […]
Filed under: could_do_better, technology | 2 Comments
Tags: digital, displayport, DVI, HDMI, keyboard, KVM, monitor, mouse, switch, USB, VGA, video
Raspberry Pi on iPad
My second Raspberry Pi came at the end of last week[1], so now I have one to tinker with in addition to the first that I’m using as a media player. It turns out that it’s not just SD cards that the raspi is fussy about, I had a real struggle getting either of my […]
Filed under: howto, Raspberry Pi | 8 Comments
Tags: howto, iPad, iSSH, Putty, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, SSH, vnd
Bolting in security
This is a long overdue reply to Chris Hoff’s (@Beaker) ‘Building/Bolting Security In/On – A Pox On the Audit Paradox!‘, which was his response to my ‘Building security in – the audit paradox‘. Hopefully the ding dong between Chris and I will continue, as it’s making me think harder, and hence it’s sharpening up my […]
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Tags: @beaker, audit, bolt, bolt on, build in, Chris Hoff, cloud, control, Forecast, iaas, in, ODCA, paas, security
I’ve continued tinkering with my OpenELEC media player, and there’s too much stuff to do as just updates or comments to the original post. Build I started out with a canned build[1], but discussion on the OpenELEC thread on the Raspberry Pi Forums suggested that I was missing out on some features and fixes. I […]
Filed under: howto, media, Raspberry Pi | 30 Comments
Tags: 720p, mce, Media Player, mount, nfs, openelec, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, remote, resolution, Synology, XBMC
My old Kiss Dp-600 media player has been getting progressively less reliable, so for a little while I’ve been telling the kids that I’d replace it with a Raspberry Pi. Of course getting hold of one has proven far from simple. Some time ago the prospect of using XBMC on the Raspi was confirmed, leading […]
Filed under: howto, media, Raspberry Pi | 22 Comments
Tags: .config, 1080p, 720p, autostart.sh, cifs, mce, Media Player, mount, NAS, openelec, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, reboot, remote, resolution, restart, spdif, Synology, XBMC
Raspberry Pi Business Card Box
After months of waiting, my Raspberry Pi finally arrived on Friday[1]. Somehow I resisted the temptation to dash straight home and start playing with it, and went along to my daughter’s summer concert at school. This one has been earmarked to replace our decrepit Kiss Dp-600 streaming media player – more on that later. First […]
Filed under: Raspberry Pi | 5 Comments
Tags: box, business card, Raspberry Pi, Raspi
An enterprise Ultrabook
I’ve recently had a couple of laptops on loan that have got me thinking about what the perfect enterprise laptop might feature. Business – Lenovo X220 I was loaned this to try out a super secret new security product. Regular readers here will know that I have a fondness for Lenovo laptops, and this is […]
Filed under: review, technology | 5 Comments
Tags: business, consumer, corporate, displayport, docking, dual screen, enterprise, laptop, network, smartcard, Thunderbolt, ultrabook, Wide Eye, WiDi
For a little while I’ve been experiencing lousy service from my credit card providers, and judging by what I hear from others I’m far from alone on this. The level of false positives from card company fraud detection systems has reached a point where it’s creating a bad customer experience, and it often seems that ‘common sense’ […]
Filed under: could_do_better, grumble, travel | 1 Comment
Tags: algorithm, analytics, big data, card, convenience, customer, customer experience, customer service, data, fraud, gas, social, travel
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