Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category

Don’t buy 1TB disks, kids

They are not worth the trouble.
Fortunately I was able to fix the 33mb vs. 1tb problem with my WD HDD, using the HDD Capacity Restore tool linked in this article. Data was not damaged, everything still there after the fix.
Cheers
-Richard

June 4th, 2008 · Tags Hardware, Rant | No Comments »

SGI O2 in Lexx

Just when I was watching Episode 23 from Season 4 of “LEXX - the Darkzone”: “Lyekka vs. Japan”, two SGI O2 machines came to my attention, check it out in the following screengrab:

Cheers
-Richard

March 28th, 2008 · Tags Hardware, Geek Documents, Lexx, SGI | No Comments »

USB-Hardrives considered harmful

Hi,
I own a 1tb WesternDigital hard-disk, that kept in an USB hard-drive enclosure to connect to my laptop. It works fine so far, but as soon as I start put a little load on it, (like rsyncing 200GB) it just “stops”. It seems as if the USB controller chip just crashes, and nothing works anymore, […]

March 24th, 2008 · Tags Hardware, Geek Documents | 3 Comments »

Dear Lazyweb: Where to buy Electronics-Parts in Tirol

Hi,
do you know any small Electronics Shop in Tirol where I could buy small electronic parts and stuff, like resistors and breadboards, and whatever people would like to play with. I can’t be bothered to order stuff all the time, I just want to browse a little and get my things on the go. […]

February 15th, 2008 · Tags Hardware | No Comments »

The luxury of short cables

I got myself a now laptop computer, and decided on a specific Model because it had a specific feature that others were missing, namely a DVI connector.

I decided to take that model, even though it came with a number of stupid stickers.

But another thing that I noticed was the totally ugly power-supply that came with […]

May 31st, 2007 · Tags Hardware, Rant, Geek Documents | No Comments »

SEE the difference

So today I upgraded to a new display, going straight from 1024×786 to 1920×1200.

October 25th, 2005 · Tags General, Hardware | No Comments »

stupid scroll wheel placement

Hi,
I just thought about the mouse wheel, and I wonder why there aren’t any mice that have it on the left side of the device, to be operated by the thumb, this’d make much more sense to me.

-Richard

September 17th, 2005 · Tags Hardware, Geek Documents | No Comments »

Open source graphics card

Exciting Project postet at Slashdot and OSNews
There’s a Wiki Page too.

November 28th, 2004 · Tags Hardware | No Comments »