Random Bits from Boredom

No messing around: setting up VMware to boot a physical Windows 10 installation from a (GPT) partition from Linux. physical installation ...

Recent successes in installing Fedora on a 2010 HP netbook and running virtualised WinXP and iTunes reminded me why I used to be a geek. ...

The wired USB Apple keyboard A1243 (MB110B/B)

I have most my music now ripped to mp3/flac but these either live on my iPhone or on a NAS .. playing them easily through a proper amplifier...

Recently I've needed to spend more time using the Fedora installation on my aging 2010 Dell Vostro however I've found various occas...

The Herman Miller Aeron has been available on the market since 1994 and since then there have been a few subtle changes to the parts since t...

Having successfully completed a recent Fedora 23 installation to an aging netbook, I started to grow frustrated with my ~6 year old aging ...

When using a low powered netbook as a travel companion running Linux , the Gnome EOG image viewer can be used to provide an initial review...

The Gtk/Gnome subsystem provides the basis for many of the popular (along with KDE) window managers on Linux. One of the areas of the curre...

Working with airmon-ng on Fedora 23 running on HP Mini 210 3025sa with an Atheros AR9285 wifi card using stock kernel ath9k module.

I was looking for a small solution that can be used to back up photos/media whilst traveling, but most solutions require a computer - whils...

The HP 210-3025 was sold as a 2011/2012 netbook with a 64bit Intel Atom n570 dual core 1.67Ghz chip with hyper threading, pre installed with...

Currently using Sony MovieStudio 13 Platinum (SMS13P) to cut video files together but have been looking for increased performance on final (...

For even a casual sneaker trainer addict, the image above will be enough to identify the shoe. How does the Nigo touch imprint on it'...

After a full domestic rewire, 7months in with no changes/no new appliances and we started to have the 'fuse box' tripping. How and...

Perspective distortion is an optical phenomenon that can be described as an illusion that occurs when using different focal lengths (wide vs...

Nikon CNX2's death was announced along with it's underwhelming successor, CNX-D, that offered very little backward compatabilities ...

Rediscovered 1990s hifi separates - needed to replace the CD tray gear/cog to avoid the grind...

This is a Z banana plug. Various companies like Nakamichi, Atlas and Chord make these, but this is bare Milty CC124 "BFA / Camcom...

I recently rediscovered the various bits of (entry level) hifi kit that I've accumulated over the years and then were relegated due to t...