Archive for the “hardware” Category

That’s No Kitchen

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by primatage

That’s a Sound System.
Image: lucyfrench123.

Retro Hot

Posted on February 7th, 2010 by primatage

I don’t generally have cause to praise LG for anything; they’re not a bad company, and they make some great stuff, they just don’t usually come through with anything I particularly need or want. That’s changed now, because they’ve put together a retro styled CRT television that makes all the snazzy flat-screens in the world [...]

If You Need This Many USB Ports

Posted on January 29th, 2010 by primatage

You’re doing it wrong.
Image: kiske.

DOCSIS 3: So This is How Modems Should Work

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by primatage

We picked up a new Motorola cable-modem lastnight, and it changed everything. It’s a SURFboard model, but not the common 5-series, this one’s their new DOCSIS 3.0 standard-compliant beast, the SB6120.
Using the old, hand-me-down pile of crap that Comcast originally gave us, we were lucky to attain downspeeds of 10 Mbps, while upload speeds rarely [...]

Open Source: Not Just for Software

Posted on November 29th, 2009 by primatage

Meet my new TV-B-Gone; cute, isn’t it? It’s also loads of fun, and so geeky it would hurt if it weren’t equally awesome.
The little guy was a pretty easy build, all things considered, and the kit ran me less than $20. With single-button efficiency, it can kill a whole wall of TV’s by cycling off [...]