Category: NZTekonverse -> Hardware
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Raspberry Pi [2]
Well now that I have this thing I have to find a use for it, and that use is proving to be best made out in hooking it to the TV and playing live Youtube content. It does however turn out able to play some existing video content, provided that you use the built in…
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Raspberry Pi
As we all know the Raspberry Pi is a low cost mini computer that occupies a very small form factor. It runs on Linux and there is an enthusiastic community of supporters. I have elected to acquire a Pi to replace my satellite decoder box and dish for FTA TBN channels. Previously I had entered…
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Canon EOS M100 / Computer Upgrade
Well I have been using a Canon EOS M100 for some weeks as a replacement for my SX260 compact which while it still works, has problems with the shutter on the front of the lens jamming. And while the SX260 was sort of a high end travel zoom and I miss its 20x lens, I…
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New bits for “old” computers [12]
The Win10PC has got itself a bluetooth keyboard now as well as the wireless mouse it already had. The Logitech K380 bluetooth keyboard works quite well and is nice and compact, it can be used with up to three devices and has a battery life up to 24 months. I had an existing Promate bluetooth…
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New bits for “old” computers [10]
As I detailed recently I have changed my desk layout to allow four keyboards to be used easily and have also changed the screen layout to suit. I had four wireless keyboards to make this happen. Unfortunately the MS multimedia keyboard I use with the win10pc has gone wonky and having go slows and keys…
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New bits for “old” computers [8]
After a week or two with the new keyboard layout it has bedded in well and is now pretty much the default as I have been using serverpc to do a lot of time consuming and resource intensive Gimp stuff and are freed from a lot of thumb twiddling as I wait for it to…
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Multiple keyboards [2]
This is what the arrangement of keyboards now looks like with my computers. Basically on the left you have the double keyboard slide with two keyboards on slides under the desk, and then a third keyboard above. Over to the right you can see a fourth keyboard on top, and then below it two KVM…
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Multiple keyboards etc
My last post mentioned keyboard layout arrangements at my desk. I have now completed building a double keyboard slide (two sliding shelves directly on top of each other) the purpose of which is easy access to two different keyboards/mice for working with two computers simultaneously. This job took all day on Wednesday to complete and…
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Bits and Pieces
Old server or desktop chassis make great little tables to put stuff on next to your desk. So that I don’t spill that drink on my keyboard while I am writing my assignments. It is another step along the way in getting everything set up in the house the way it needs to be. The…
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Logitech M185 Wireless Mouse
Well after the struggle of another Microsoft mouse that didn’t do what was advertised, I purchased a Logitech M185 – allegedly the successor to the M215. And what a brilliant progression it is. The M185 is more like the MS Mobile Mouse 3500 – refreshingly basic and cheap, retailing around $25 – but without the…