Jukebox Lights: Serial Comms Prototype
I’ve just finished a working prototype for the Jukebox lighting control, doesn’t look like much at the minute but with the right RGB LED driver in place (I’m thinking three logic level MOSFETs may do the job) then this project is only a wiring job and a glue gun away from installation! The C# code […]
New Years Projects
Last year my new years resolution was to never make a resolution again, they seem a counter productive to me. If there is something you want to change about yourself you shouldn’t wait a year to do it. To quote a friend of mine “life’s short, crack on”! That said a new year is a […]
Creamy Mushroom and Tomato Pasta Thing
This is quite a tasty dish I’ve just thrown together, it will produce enough for one hungry person or two as part of a bigger meal. You can probably add other stuff, I reckon a bit of beef mince or some diced bacon would have worked a treat. Stuff You’ll Need; Black cale Four tomatoes […]
Recipes
Those who have been here before know I like to make things, unsurprisingly this also includes food! Just thought I’d give fair warning before random recipes start to appear on here… By the way, if you are as lazy as I am and terrible at remembering to buy veg try and find a local veg […]
Home Server Rebuild
My Home Server has served me well however the aging 1.2GHz VIA board that was in it has long since peaked. Time for an upgrade… I decided to go for the POV MB330-1 which has 4xSATA on board along with a eSATA and a dual core 1.6GHz Atom processor. I also decided to add an […]
Windows Home Server and Windows 7 Network Throughput
I’ve a gigabit network at home and my transfer rates sucked, considering I frequently watch HD content from my Home Server this was less than ideal. Having a chat with a few of my colleagues at work and after performing a simple tweak on my Home Server, throughput went from 30Mbps peak (that’s mega bits […]
Jukebox Cooling Update
Previously I mentioned that the Jukebox was running a little warm when fanless, 80 degrees C in fact which is 5 degrees short of the thermal specs! A fan was added (fan noise = evil) as a temporary solution and brought the temperature down to a more respectable 40 degrees. I decided that more air […]
Jukebox HD: Some Cooling Required
I’ve been running in the Jukebox for a few months now and from a usability stand point it is still running a treat. From a mechanical point of view however all is not well as it runs a little hot. In a normal case this may be fine however in a case such as mine […]
Fix: Macbook, Windows 7 and Black Screens
I was recently given an old Macbook (late 2006) and after upgrading it with 2GB of RAM and a 250GB hard disc I Boot Camped the crap out of it and installed Windows 7. As expected pretty much everything worked after installation, something I have come to expect of Windows 7, however any time I […]
Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Speakers
As my audio/video needs are being satisfied by an Zotac ION and now the case is finished I figured it was time to sort out the audio. Until now I’ve be using an old set of Creative 5.1 speakers that has it’s own decoder and connect using SPDIF. This sounds good, pardon the pun, but […]
