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If You Need This Many USB Ports - January 29th, 2010

You’re doing it wrong. Image: kiske.

Tags: ads, fail, hardware, japan, lol, usb
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DOCSIS 3: So This is How Modems Should Work - December 31st, 2009

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 [...]

Tags: comcast, hardware, internet, isp, modem, motorola, win
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Open Source: Not Just for Software - November 29th, 2009

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 [...]

Tags: DIY, fun, hardware, hobby, open source, shenanigans
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