Category Archives: Hardware

Hardware stuff

Computers

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Arthur

In the last 15 years or so, I’ve gone thru my share amount of computers – initially starting with laptops – then moving back to desktop computers. As a matter of fact – since I went to Canada, I’ve used … Continue reading →

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Seagate open thyself

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Arthur

A year ago or so, I bought a 500 gig Seagate GoFlex portable harddrive. Unfortunately, I dropped it and started to have troubles with it. Initially, I thought the drive was just failing on me but upon thorough investigation I … Continue reading →

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You asked: Linksys WPSM54G

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Arthur

My WPS54G just died yesterday: this is a Linksys (nee Cisco) Printerserver that supports a whole slew of USB based printers. I had it tied up to my Canon MF5650 printer and if I remember correctly, installing was as easy … Continue reading →

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You asked: Creative Live 24-bits review

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Arthur

A couple of years ago, I bought a Creative Live 24-bit USB, after finding out that my latest computer’s soundcard did not include a wave-out mixer. The logical choice was to find an external USB soundcard and luckily I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Unused icons.

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Arthur

When I was playing Call of Duty 4 online (earlier on xsamplex), I used to have a running joke when fellow PC players always asked me about my favourite mouse configuration: I said I was actually playing the game on … Continue reading →

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My. Suck.s

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Arthur

Earlier, I was looking for an OpenWRT version that could run my Linksys WRT54G. This is where I found out that the hardware version of my router (“8”) isn’t supported. Aw. Apparently, Linksys switched to a propriety embedded OS, the … Continue reading →

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You. Read.

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Arthur

Amazon came out with an electronic book called the ‘Kindle’. The regular news sources are mixed about this device. For a company the size of Amazon and the business they’re in (selling books, originally) it makes perfect sense. I’m only … Continue reading →

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Made in WhereEverLand

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Arthur

My Apacer multi-card reader just broke on me. Upon closer inspection, the pins on both ends of the CompactFlash reader seem to have broken off1. Maybe I was in a stage of ‘excited delirium’, which according to popular belief, makes … Continue reading →

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Oh. Noes!

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Arthur

Yesterday, my two sets of Ubuntu 7.10 (“Gutsy Gibbon”) arrived by snail-mail, which means that I’ll be upgrading my ‘v1r7u41 b0xen’ this weekend. Once again, the package came with free stickers. Hey, Sun, what’s that? Still no free stickers with … Continue reading →

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Review: WPS54G

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Arthur

For a long time I’ve been looking for a print server so that I can access that Canon MF5xxx printer from the network, without resorting to leave a computer on all day (you know, via the regular shared printing mess). … Continue reading →

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You asked: Satellite A100-TA9 review

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Arthur

There we go again: you ask and I’ll take a look at it. To start right off: It appears that Toshiba has been rushing to get laptops out before the official Vista release, last week. Their current A100 high-end laptop … Continue reading →

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You asked: Satellite P100 SD3 review

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Arthur

Yes a brandnew category at xsamplex: you ask, we deliver! I’ve been working on a Toshiba Satellite P100 SD3 (action picture) for a while now and I generally like it OK. It’s priced fairly well (it’s currently available at Staples … Continue reading →

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