Category Archives: kompyuta

WXGA vs WSXGA+

I’ve upgraded the WXGA screen on my HP nx8220 to a much brighter WSXGA+ display. In other words: from a 1280×800 pixel resolution to a stunning 1680x1050px.

As a consequence of this, my blog now looks like this:

before:

after:

I’ve added a …

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my new toy

Got me a new toy – a “Battery Powered Cordless Soldering Iron” from Weller:

The tip has a diameter of 0,4mm and the packaging says it reaches up to 480°C on the tip, but well….most of these little tips are …

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Zattoo Beta 3

Zattoo (Inet live stream) vs. ProgDVB (DVB-T client), delay of 1-2 seconds…

Wer es braucht und so wie ich kein reguläres Fernsehempfangsgerät hat, wer seinen in ca. 40 cm Entfernung liegenden DVB-T USB Empfänger aus Bequemlichkeit nicht einstecken möchte weil …

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udon pleasures and the x-sato

Buying ready-made food is a bit strange to me, especially as it comes packed within multiple layers of paper, plastic and aluminum foil, but….

UDON nudoools actually look like tapeworms..

…being able to create a tasty UDON soup, enriched with fresh …

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The One Laptop Per Family initiative

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative – yeah, “nice” – but let’s look at reality and at what we can / what we’ve already done in the past: inheriting a used, older computer to a member of the …

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