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Broken Video on a Mac Book Pro

18 October, 2009 (22:37) | Hardware | By: Lyle

Recent disasters and recovery of a failed video chip on a Mac Book Pro restore my faith in regular backups and leave me impressed with Apple Care.  This is a quick accounting of events and resolution.

Just Say “No” to HDMI

30 August, 2009 (16:53) | Hardware | By: Lyle

The little weekend project last week was in the pile of electronics we now call a “TV”.  Tivo has replaced the need for the VCR.  iPod has replaced the need for the jukebox.  The new TV has aboiut 5 signal inputs, so running everything to the receiver first seemed silly.  It seemed like time to [...]

Review: Western Digital “My Book” 1 TB External Drive

6 July, 2009 (11:50) | Hardware | By: Lyle

Product: Western Digital My Book Home Edition 1 TB External Hard Drive
Link: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=357
I’ve outpaced what I can back up on my original Accodata 160 G external Firewire drive, and went looking for a replacement.  I didn’t have a specific brand or model I was looking for since the Accodata drive, which I had never heard [...]

Review: Logitech MX 1000 Laser Mouse

24 April, 2005 (23:48) | Hardware | By: Lyle

A review of the Logitech MX 1000 Laser Mouse, for OS X.

Think Secret – Revealed: New Power Mac G5, iMac G5, eMac Specs

15 April, 2005 (14:23) | Hardware | By: Lyle

It’s best to avoid reading about upcoming computer products after you made a purchase… Think Secret – Revealed: New Power Mac G5, iMac G5, eMac Specs

Recent WordPress Install

25 March, 2005 (00:01) | Hardware | By: Lyle

Some more details…
This site (and some others here) are powered by the wonderful WordPress “blog” content management tools.  The site is currently powered by Red Hat-Apache-PHP-MySQL (the “LAMP” approach), and WordPress is an obvious selection with this framework.  I’ve tried a bunch, and even use Blogger and some other things, but I want to spend [...]

Review: Belkin Bluetooth USB Adapter Model F8T003

19 February, 2005 (20:35) | Hardware | By: Lyle

This refers to the “ver.2″ model of this product.
Manufacturer: Belkin
Product: Bluetooth USB Adapter, 10 Meter
Product Model: F8T003 version 2
Product Web Site: Here
Purchased At: CompUSA
Cost: Around $40 USD
If you want the wireless keyboard with an Apple iMac product there are a few ways to go. When ordering directly from Apple you can request the Bluetooth option. [...]

Hardware: Review: PNY DDR333/400 512 M RAM Kit for iMac G5

19 February, 2005 (14:26) | Hardware | By: Lyle

Description: Blister pack with 2 256 M DDR RAM modules packaged for Apple after market upgrades. Purchased at CompUSA for $130 with iMac G5.
In researching the recent Apple computer purchase I asked around about whether the installed 256 M RAM was enough for the computer. The rationale was wanting to make sure the computer would [...]

Hardware: Review: Altec Lansing AHS-302 Stereo Headset

19 February, 2005 (12:45) | Hardware | By: Lyle

Description: Collapsable headset with stereo input/headphones and integrated microphone boom with separate mic plug.
In wanting to look at voice of IP applications, I wanted to pick up a headset that was a little higher quality than the El Cheapo brand I had picked up at a swap meet at one point. Best Buy had this [...]

Dipole Antenna Installed

7 June, 2004 (20:14) | Hardware | By: Lyle

I crawled up into the attic this weekend and installed a dipole antenna tuned for an HF receiver. The antenna was the easy part — fishing the wires down through the walls takes the patience of a saint!
Seems to be working. Because I did this over the weekend I wasn’t able to try and tune [...]