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USB Problems

December 25, 2009 - Geek , Openstreetmap , Things that annoy Kyle - by admin - 7 Comments

I have a minor issue that I’d like to get resolved. I have a cheap but very good USB GPS receiver. However, it uses a weird USB connector and the cable for said connector has developed a fault (at the strain relief point, amusingly). Can anyone advise on the type […]

Tagged: cable gps usb

Sure/Smartie LCDProc

December 22, 2009 - Cars , Computers , Cool things , Geek , Land Rover , Linux - by admin - 3 Comments

Recently I’ve been looking at getting a computing device into the Land Rover. Short of buying a full sized 7″ touch screen, I opted to go for a slightly cheaper £20 4×20 LCD display. This was more to be proof of concept, and give me a starter to work on, […]

Touchatag and RFIDIOt

December 13, 2009 - Geek , Linux - by admin - No Comments

A while back, Alcatel Lucent were flogging off cheap Tikitag readers and tags due to a naming error. They subsequently became Touchatag, and I picked up a cheap RFID reader and 100 tags for about 10 quid. Bonus. Now to get it working on Linux. Adam Laurie helpfully wrote the […]

4500G Clustering

December 9, 2009 - Geek , Technology - by admin - No Comments

Recently we’ve obtained a bunch of 3Com 4500G 48 port switches, and we’d like to be able to manage them slightly more effectively instead of leaving them as dumb switches. However, rather than giving each switch an IP address, 3Com allows you to use HGMPv2 to cluster them all under […]

Tagged: network switches

More Land Rover Stuff

December 7, 2009 - Cars , Land Rover , Life - by admin - 1 Comment

Work continues on the Land Rover, and it’s mostly road legal now. More than it’s ever been in the past 3 years 🙂 Things now fitted include… Front lighting grills Radiator grill Reversing switch and lamp New floor New seats Replaced foglight wiring and switching New dashboard switches Extra windscreen […]