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January 28, 2010

Ubuntu, my 6930p and me

I am a Windows XP user.*
Please excuse the following rant, but I will try to explain why I’ve stayed with Windows XP – until now, that is. Feel free to comment further down below and convince me of something else.
The hardware setup: HP Elitebook 6930p notebook with HP docking station, external USB keyboard + mouse [...]

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January 25, 2010

Baloji | Kinshasa Succursale

If it wasn’t for Twitter, Delicious and Facebook – where I am usually storing and sharing my bookmarks these days -I’d probably cough up a blog post.

For the moment, however, I’ll just post this lovely tune, name the sources (1 & 2) and also remind you of Kongotronic Vol.1, which I had blogged here almost [...]

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January 20, 2010

Creakia E72

A comment on CJs latest review of the Nokia E72 reminded me of something I had also observed on my phone: “a tiny creak in the lower bar below the spacebar”. A noise that irritates the user and shouldn’t be on a brand new phone.

Since I had already opened it up the other day, I [...]

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January 6, 2010

the cable thingy for Nokia’s (E72) WH-601 headset

While searching for a little present for her, I came across this simple cable retractor – which inspired me to build my own.
As with most other headsets by Nokia, the WH-601 that came shipped with my E72 is a little bit stubborn as the cables seem to contain too much rubber. And while this may [...]

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