The concept is this- you put a plug into the wall in different parts of your house, plug ethernet cables into the plugs and voila! Instant ethernet network. I recently installed a pair of these in the house, and here’s my experience but first a little history- When we moved into a new place recently we finally had an upstairs
I ordered one of these because I spend a lot of time in the car, on the phone, and on the phone in the car. I’ve gone through about 5 bluetooth earpieces, and was despairing that I could get something that worked, and simply. It’s great. I tried turning it off and on every time I left the car
I have one of the original iPhones, imported for me by a customer (thanks Urs!) and it’s been interesting to see the development of the hacking tools that go with the software updates. I tend to update infrequently because of the difficulty- it’s like hitting yourself with a hammer- it feels so good when you stop. So I upgraded to
We’ve recently been testing the Data Robotics Drobo Data Storage Robot. They call it a robot because it handles all of the complex stuff behind making a RAID. It’s a black box with flashing lights, some of which work as a capacity indicator, and it looks very cool. It’s a struggle to get people to back up at all (less
During the Christmas holidays last year I decided to attempt to install Mac OS X on standard PC hardware, and this is what happened. I started by looking at compatibility lists on the internet, then proceeded to buy a bunch of hardware. I wasn’t too concerned at this stage to plan things down to the last bolt, as I figured there
