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Getting Back Into MiniDisc

Posted on September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

Back in the late 1990s, not long before I left Australia, I had a co-worker from Hong Kong who was always bringing back interesting things from HK. VideoCD players (and loads of great HK movies), my first DVD player – region free, of course – a NES clone with a bunch of those yellow Chinese…

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RFC1149 Kit

Field Diagnosis of RFC1149

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

RFC1149 (A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers) was the April Fool’s RFC in 1990. A co-worker who works with WiFi a great deal, and who therefore travels with various kits of WiFi diagnostic gear, has been enamored of the possibilities of this RFC for some time. Thus, as a random…

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Beetle Dash 2020

Posted on June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

It’s been a while since I last posted a Beetle repair article. In the intervening months, I’ve visited LKQ Pick-A-Part junkyards in Southern Florida many, MANY times looking for parts on my list. (I’ve also relocated to southwest Indiana, where the nearest LKQ is three hours’ drive away). Unfortunately, in the intervening months, the mostly-plastic…

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Chromebook N22 closed

Isolation: Day 13. Chroming.

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

With the soon-to-be-nationwide Covid-19 school shutdown in the United States, and need to move to e-learning (either formally or informally), and/or to work from home, there are a lot of people in my immediate circle who find themselves suddenly needing computing devices for every member of the family, and not necessarily being able to afford…

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Isolation: Day 5. Curb your enthusiasm.

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

With widespread closures and restrictions of population movement and retail commerce in force (and likely more coming), one of the stimulus items being bruited about most loudly is a direct cash payment. The exact amount(s) vary from “$1000 per American” to “$1000 per American adult and $500 per child”, and both a one-time payment and…

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I am not a smart man.

Posted on March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

I am not a smart man. I have ways of doing things. Those ways are not always the best ways. So when I compare, as above, a dollar bill to the size of my mini-wallet (license, 3 credit cards, and a small cash pocket), I see this in my mind’s eye: Clearly, a dollar bill…

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Surface Pro 3 with Type Cover

The Surface Pro 3 in 2020

Posted on January 3, 2020January 4, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

My travel kit until recently has been a 13″ MacBook Pro (work computer), a ThinkPad T460S UltraBook running Ubuntu (personal computer, mainly used for email and also running Quicken inside VirtualBox), and a 5th-generation iPad (an unwise impulse purchase used primarily for watching movies inflight). Naturally, all the chargers and various other cables and so…

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HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF

A short honeymoon…

Posted on July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by Lewin Edwards

Four months ago I was pleased to have put together a reasonably useful gaming system from mostly junkbox components plus an ancient Goodwill chassis. Unfortunately, on Monday June 24th I noticed that the machine was running extremely slowly. It should be noted as a matter of interest that this occurred after the PC had been…

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Asset Dump: C2018000012

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

This is a “raw asset picture dump” post. It is a fairly un-annotated dump of pictures taken while archiving a vintage asset. Click any picture for the full-resolution version. The title indicates the asset catalog number. Raw notes for this asset: “Occasionally gives correct FG/BG color screen with random colored text garbage, usually just black…

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Quarter Pounder NOM

YYZ, EVV – McFight!

Posted on November 10, 2018November 12, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

Let’s buy a Cheeseburger, a Quarter Pounder and a Big Mac all at once, unwrap and bite into each one, and take pictures, comparing the craftsmanship at two different McDonald’s restaurants. This is what the Internet is all about. Be advised that I fully intend to repeat this activity with different pairs of fast food…

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