Posts Tagged ‘hack’

USB Shaver Charger

06Aug14

TL;DR I hacked together my own USB shaver charger using a cheap DC-DC converter I bought on eBay, so fewer worries (and things to carry) next time I’m travelling. Background I use an electric shaver most days, and I travel a fair bit. Usually the battery is enough to get me through a trip, but […]


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Why Raspberry Pi is going to be huge

18Nov11

If you don’t already know what Raspberry Pi is then take a look at the Wikipedia entry and their web site. Their mission to recreate the experiences of 8 bit computing that shaped the lives and careers of my generation is laudable, and I’m sure they will achieve great success. That’s just the start though. […]


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Fixing the fan on my noisy Lenovo s10e

23Feb10

I’ve written before about my trusty Lenovo s10e, which I’ve had for about a year now. Recently though I’ve been loving my little netbook a lot less, as the fan was making such an atrocious noise that people on the other side of my office were complaining. Sadly this seems to be a common problem. […]


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