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May/11

Antec Spot Cool

Filed Under Hardware at 2nd May 2011 0:01 by

Thanks to the (not so) *great* design by Asus and their fanless X58 Sabertooth I decided to make things better with Antec Spot Cool to direct some air over the heat sink. I found the found through Asus’s Forums where … Continue reading →

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Apr/11

Ergotron MX Desk Mount LCD Arm Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware at 27th April 2011 10:59 by

Ever since I saw the University of Westminster computer lab set up I have always dreamed of getting a flexible arm mounted monitor. The ability to move the display to more or less any position effortlessly was amazing! Few years … Continue reading →

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Apr/11

energy@home 0.5.2 Released

Filed Under energy@home at 19th April 2011 10:45 by

A minor release but fixes the issue where Apache was reporting an error due to a missing variable. The new version also contains more changes “under the hood” such as using JSON natively during GET operations (graph data) and clean … Continue reading →

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Apr/11

Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware at 13th April 2011 0:01 by

Tired of my long lasting Logitech “Orb” webcam which which worked but the mechanical movement broke I decided to replace it with Logitech’s latest web cam. The old camera was pre carl zeiss lense but it did the job. What … Continue reading →

03

Apr/11

Chumby Classic Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware at 3rd April 2011 19:14 by

I remember seeing this gadget some time ago and thought it was a good idea but it was expensive and not available in the UK at the time. The availability changed but the price remained more or less the same. … Continue reading →

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Mar/11

Create And Enable SSL On Ubuntu LAMP Server

Filed Under Linux, Web Server, Website, WordPress at 22nd March 2011 0:01 by

Introduction SSL is used to encrypt data between the client e.g a user viewing a website to the web server which hosts the site. SSL uses certificates which are signed and verify the validity of a website. Like any vendor … Continue reading →

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Mar/11

JavaME With Bluetooth GPS

Filed Under Java, Mobile Phone, Programming at 7th March 2011 22:44 by

Introduction I have been getting my hands dirty with the Java Mobile Edition (JavaME) platform and I have had my ups and downs with it. It is the first time I have made a mobile Java application but I have … Continue reading →

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Mar/11

New User Registration Disabled

Filed Under Blog at 1st March 2011 9:43 by

Recently I have been seeing a lot of new user registration and unable to tell if it’s bots or real users so for the time being new user registration has been disabled and only allowing OpenID sign ups for now.