Arch Linux for an old laptop
Just sharing some of my experiences with Arch and an old laptop that was given to me. This is what I had to play with, a Toshiba Tecra A2: Intel Centrino 1.6Ghz 40 GB HDD 735 MB RAM (Also the keyboard … Continue reading
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Thunder Missile Launcher with Face Detection
Intro This tutorial expands on the first post about getting the Dream Cheeky Thunder Launcher working within Java. This tutorial is on Face Detection. There will be another tutorial on Face Recognition. The difference is Face Detection can find a … Continue reading
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Using Java libusb Wrapper to Control Dream Cheeky Thunder Turret
Introduction After getting frustrated trying to get any Java USB library to work I figured it’s probably worth writing about one that does (It seems many are old projects). Specifically if you want to control DreamCheeky’s Thunder Turret, this guide … Continue reading
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Double Copy
Ever got in a situation where you have something in your clipboard ready to paste yet there is another piece of text that you need to copy and paste but you dont want to go back and get the original … Continue reading
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Free Hidden Drive Space That Windows 7 Holds Hostage
I know that this post sounds like another attention getting advert but it is true. Windows holds back disk space for the Hibernate feature which a lot of people do not even have enabled on their system Many people don’t … Continue reading
What’s Inside Your External Hard Drive?
So I obtained a broken external hard drive which has lead me to an interesting discovery. In this scandalous case the cat is the main suspect for knocking it off the side. But I get to rip it apart! The … Continue reading
Ps3 via PC monitor with sound
Recently I picked up some very cheap ps3s and got pretty lucky. Now I have a working one but no TV or anything like that to play it on. I do however have a nice 24″ pc monitor. Why not … Continue reading
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A Good (If Not Better) Alternative to Fraps
Not too long ago I was looking to record some video from a game for free. This sounds easy enough but after looking around it was either forking out for Fraps or some other underperforming peice of software that couldnt … Continue reading
Mic Has Suddenly Stopped Working
Windows 7 I had been using my microphone with Skype for a while then it suddenly stopped working. It would give me a recording device problem in skype calls and the mic will not work at all anywhere else on … Continue reading
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DVDFlick Menu Maker
Feedback Anyone? The DVDFlick Menu Maker on my site has been kicking around just over 3 years now and it seems it is still in use, DVDFlick did have a forum but it has been down for a while so … Continue reading