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ARM Chromebook – one week on
I got my Chromebook a week ago, so it’s time to reflect on my experiences so far (beyond my initial first impressions). The good parts Blogging – it’s pretty much a perfect blogging tool, and I’ve managed to get a lot of posts done in the past week. The holiday may have had something to […]
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Tags: 303C, ARM, Chrome, Chromebook, Chrubuntu, discards, iPad, memory leak, RDP, refresh, remote desktop, Samsung, SSH, tabs, Ubuntu
Netbook mort?
Over the past few days I’ve seen a few articles about netbooks. One was declaring that 2012 was the year the Netbook Died, another saying the netbook isn’t dead — it’s just resting (with perhaps an even more interesting Hacker News comments thread). So what’s really going on? A couple of years ago I wrote that […]
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Tags: AMD, ARM, Chromebook, Intel, Microsoft, netbook, ssd
I’ve been without a laptop for a few weeks[1], and whilst tablets are fine for consumption and the occasional comment I’ve missed having a keyboard for proper creative work. I’ve been tempted by Lenovo’s Black Friday sale for the X230[2], various Ultrabooks and Netbooks[3], but by the time I’d got an SSD[4] I’d be looking at £400-£500. […]
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Tags: apps, ARM, Chromebook, google, RDP, Samsung, SSH, VNC
STM32F3 no dice (yet)
The STM32F3 is the latest in the lineup of Discovery boards from STMicroelectronics. There’s a smaller/cheaper board – the STM32F0 and a more expensive board with a higher spec CPU – the STM32F4. The F3 would be pretty boring on its own, so it’s been spiced up with some interesting onboard peripherals: A compass 3 axis accelerometer 3 axis gyroscope […]
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Tags: ARM, IDE, STM32F3
BYOD
I’ve spent a good part of the last year working on mobile strategy, so I get asked a lot about Bring Your Own Device (BYOD[1]). This is going to be one of those roll up posts, so that I can stop repeating myself (so much). It’s not about cost (of the device) A friend last […]
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Tags: android, architecture, BYO, BYOC, BYOD, iOS, iPad, iphone, mobile, smartphone, strategy, tablet
Raspberry Pi Satellite TV
My kids got quite into a few of the FreeSat channels whilst on a recent holiday, so I thought that after all the fun I had getting DVB-T to work on my Raspberry Pi I’d have a go at DVB-S. Another cheap receiver off eBay A quick search of ‘USB DVB-S’ led me to this receiver for […]
Filed under: howto, media, Raspberry Pi, technology | 13 Comments
Tags: 22f0, 2510, 28.2E, 3344, Astra, dm04, driver, dvb, DVB-S, Eutelsat, frimware, LFE2510, M88RS2000, openelec, Pop Girl, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, satellite, tv, TVHeadEnd, XBMC
Geeks and Guinea Pigs
Anybody who’s talked to me in recent months might be surprised to hear that I recently splashed out for a copy Windows 8, as I’ve not been a great fan of it – particularly the new Metro interface[1]. The £25 upgrade from the release preview I was running seemed like a bargain though, particularly as […]
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Tags: editions, upgrade, windows 7, Windows 8
The wrong sort of radio, redux
Almost a couple of years ago (shortly before taking a role that put me back under the yolk of corporate web filtering) I wrote the wrong sort of radio to describe how ridiculous and counter-productive such things are. It simply doesn’t make much sense to cut off the Internet at the desktop when everybody has it in […]
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Tags: BYOD, censorship, filter, vpn, web
Tablets for Christmas
I remember a Christmas in the late 90s where it seemed like everybody got a mobile phone. This year it’s looking like we’re going to see the tablet equivalent, so I thought I’d do a quick round up of what I’m expecting to see. The home front If I include my in-laws then there will […]
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Tags: amazon, android, Christmas, convertible, Fire, google, HD, iPad, kindle, Microsoft, Nexus 7, Surface, tablet, ultrabook
Moving house
For a few months now I’ve been offering OpenELEC release bundles and SD card images at openelec.thestateofme.com, and more recently I set up resources.pichimney.com to host a broader range of Raspberry Pi related downloads. The servers that I’ve been using were part of the BigV.io beta, so I’ve not been picking up the tab for […]
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Tags: bandwidth, BigV, build, device, hosting, image, loop, openelec, OpenVZ, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, release, RPi, rsync, SD, VM, VPS
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