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Sony’s Open Source Smartwatch? Not yet. 16 Jun 2013 | 06:59 am
“Sony Smartwatch now open-sourced“? “takes wearable tech into open-source territory“? It’s a shame this is almost entirely untrue. My initial excitement really cooled when I started digging around the...
Debian Installer for Zealz GK802 “Android TV” quad core ARM MiniPC 21 May 2013 | 07:22 am
I’ve assembled a network installer image to install Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” on the GK802 “Android TV” Mini PC. This is intended for people who want to run the GK802 headless or semi-headless, for server o...
Unlocking an encrypted rootfs over ssh with Debian wheezy 16 May 2013 | 06:51 am
Problem: You have a computer running Debian 7.0 wheezy with an encrypted root filesystem. At startup you’d like to be able to unlock the disk over ssh, maybe because it runs headless. There are some e...
LG USB Hub 15 May 2013 | 07:51 am
I bought this LG branded USB 2.0 Hub for $10 from PCDIY. Seems to be an LG promotional item that PCDIY decided to resell. (I don’t mind, it works properly in Linux unlike most cheap hubs.) However, th...
Anatomy of a cheap USB to Ethernet adapter 20 Mar 2013 | 05:00 am
Taking apart a very cheap USB to Ethernet adapter and pondering on the parts found inside.
Rep Rap Pro Huxley Extruder Upgrade 31 Oct 2012 | 03:02 pm
At Make, Hack, Void we’ve had a Rep Rap Pro Huxley 3d printer since the beginning of the year. Unfortunately we’ve also struggled with a couple of long-standing problems. One of them is the PTFE “bowd...
Flatdrier 1 Oct 2012 | 03:19 pm
The Flatdrier project is my overblown personal project to monitor & control our dehumidifier.
Huawei Sonic U8650 – 10 months on 18 Jun 2012 | 07:43 pm
This is a follow-up to the review I wrote last August of the Huawei Sonic U8650 $189AU Android smartphone. Someone posted a comment last week: How is this phone holding up since you bought it last A...
Debian on Flexiview FV-1 27 Feb 2012 | 02:31 am
This post is about running Debian GNU/Linux on the Mesada/Flexiview FV-1 “AndroidTV” unit. This post has been a bit delayed, I got very sidetracked with other things this month! By following these st...
Mesada Flexiview FV-1 “AndroidTV” Technical Review 10 Jan 2012 | 12:13 am
I’m calling this a “technical review” because I’m not going to spend much time talking about using Android on this device. The reason for that will become apparent. I recently purchased two “Android ...
