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Keyboard to the PC I've reused as a Ubuntu Linux automated test box.

As you can see its been under my desk for a while.

Guess you could work out the password from the clean keys?

I've installed Synergy mouse and keyboard sharing on my three active desktops so I don't have to use this keyboard much. If you use more than one desktop computer I'd recommend you install it, saves you having to change between input devices. You just move your cursor off the edge of the screen and you are controlling the pointer on your other machine.

When I'm bored I go and play with the servers.

Too big to fit into a single photograph, here's a video of my workspace.
Its a bit messy I know o_O

Saving the docs off my broken hard disk (bad sectors) to an old 30GB disk.
Windows refused to start even in safe mode so I used Puppy Linux to copy the files between the disks.

Now need to get a new(ish) 80+GB IDE disk to put in the machine.

Extra Ice Mints
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

The new Extra Ice Mints, okay mints, excellent tin.

The tin would be useful for all those home electronic projects you’ve been meaning to try.

Doodle’s Geek Monkey by Alastair Montgomery

Looks cool

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I want one of these



Video of the Eee Keyboard PC - http://tinyurl.com/cr789n

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Another cool article from Life Hacker

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Another thing for my wishlist

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More drool worthy kit, just wish I could justify getting a Netbook o_0

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Samsung NC20, 3G NC10 now available for pre-order in the UK

02-05-2009

The Russians have already declared their love, and soon you'll be able to get your mitts on the Samsung N20 and see for yourself what all the fuss is about. It's now available for pre-order from UK retailer BT Shop, priced at £390.98 ($565) VAT included, with a white model due out in February and a black iteration in March. Both models sport a 12.1-inch WXGA display, Windowx XP Home Edition, 1.3GHz VIA Nano U225 CPU processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Bluetooth, 3-in-1 card reader, 1.3 megapixel camera, and a 6 Cell battery -- no SSD option at the moment. Additionally, the shop is also showing a new NC10 equipped with HSDPA coming next month for £416.63 ($602) with VAT, which is £107 ($154) more than its non-3G equivalent. Not to worry, US readers, we're sure Sammy will be asking for your Benjamins soon enough.

[Thanks, Darpan]

How cool does this look?


Having trouble figuring out how a touchscreen Eee PC could fit into your life? No worries, ASUS just did all the heavy synaptic lifting for you with the release of a near 6-minute video showing its new Eee PC Touch UI. A UI teased at CES and built specifically for ASUS’ new touchcreen Eees. All in all it makes a pretty case for why you should pick up a new Eee PC T91 or T101H convertible tablet later this year. Let’s just hope the processor can cope.
Originally posted at Engadget


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Something to add to your wish list?

Something else to add to my wish list.

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hongkiat.com Online Tips For Tech Users, Bloggers and Designers

50 Greatest Computer Workstation (PC/Mac) Setups By hongkiat Whether you are working on a Mac, a PC, or even both, the way your workstation is setup tells more or less about your attitude and style of working. The workstation could also be your source of inspiration, therefore you might want to put in more thoughts on the place that you’ll spend most of your time at. We crawled through the net, checking out at how people setup their workstations, focusing how what machines they use, how they are positioned, the decorations, and how other peripherals come in order. Some might think setting up a cool workstation is nothing much but an ‘ego-thing’ but we’ll like to add a point - lots of great ideas and inspiration came from great working environment, particulary the workstation. Now if you agree, or maybe just curious to see how other people’s workstations look like, here a compilation of 50 Greatest Computer Workstation Setups. Full list after jump. read more Fuzebox, open source gaming Note: 2 of this post’s 18 links are now broken — mostly dead 2008–2013 feed-syndication infrastructure (FeedBurner, Gawker, AOL’s old blog network, Pheedo, Yahoo Pipes). Left as originally published. Take me back to my 8bit gaming youth? Life GH Com Pipes Output Fuzebox, open source gaming Adafruit has just put their Uzebox based console into production. The Fuzebox is an 8bit game console based around the ATmega644-20PU microcontroller. Full 256 color 240×224 resolution video output is provide by either a composite connection or svideo. There is an SD card slot on board for future expansion. The chip takes care of all the I/O, so you just need to write your game code in C on top of it. read more Hybrid 3d rendering on GPU Note: 1 of this post’s 5 links are now broken — mostly dead 2008–2013 feed-syndication infrastructure (FeedBurner, Gawker, AOL’s old blog network, Pheedo, Yahoo Pipes). Left as originally published. Hot hot hot…….sweet eye candy. The Amusement Machine The Latest Creation From The Amusement Machine By 1Green Thumb Ever wonder what it would be like to be inside a UFO? Well wonder no more, this is a preview of hybrid 3D rendering on the gpu…aka your graphics card. You are on a terraforming ship. For more info and videos check out our site here! read more T-Mobile G1 First Google Android Phone Note: 19 of this post’s 24 links are now broken — mostly dead 2008–2013 feed-syndication infrastructure (FeedBurner, Gawker, AOL’s old blog network, Pheedo, Yahoo Pipes). Left as originally published. Could be a replacement contender for my aging K800i Life GH Com Pipes Output T-Mobile G1 First Google Android Phone The mobile phone company T-Mobile announced a first version of a new phone called T-Mobile G1 just a few days ago. The mobile phone will be the first to make use of the Google Android Open Source plattform. The G1 will be manufactured by Taiwanese company HTC and hit shelves on October 22 in the United States in colors white, black and brown. Europeans have to wait a little bit longer - as usual - before they can get their hands on the phone that is also known as the gphone. read more How-To: Web server on a business card (Part 2) Note: 12 of this post’s 91 links are now broken — mostly dead 2008–2013 feed-syndication infrastructure (FeedBurner, Gawker, AOL’s old blog network, Pheedo, Yahoo Pipes). Left as originally published. I wish I had the time to make stuff like this. Life GH Com Pipes Output How-To: Web server on a business card (Part 2) read more