Author: Andrey Mikhalchuk

Posted in Other

DNS problems

It appeared that some DNS servers keep old information about my domain and redirecting some users to the old server. So some comments go to the new server and some go to the old one. I plan to merge them later this week. If you don’t see your comments posted…

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Posted in Linux Robotics

How to add serial interface to WRT54GL router

If you decided to mod your wrt54gl router and turn it into one of the most capable routers for soho network, probably the first mod you should start with is adding serial interface to it. Why? Because when you do the other mods (like adding SD reader, turning into robot,…

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Posted in Other

Moving site …

I’m currently moving the site, so the content (images, in particular) might not be available for for another 24 hours. Sorry about inconvenience.

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Posted in Robotics

How to control Pleo wirelessly via bluetooth

Pleo is a wonderful dinosaur, way more charming then roboraptor and other sapiences. It is the most advanced toy robot currently available on the market in the

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Posted in Other

Web server overload

I experience serious problems with the webserver load. After a few posts about the routerbot (which is 7+months old!) on a few popular websites the server start suffering from low RAM/CPU power. Last time I remember something like this only during pizza.com times.
I beg my apology for this situation. The…

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Posted in Robotics

New video: wireless Pleo (this time via bluetooth)

I’ve uploaded the new video about getting your very own wireless dinosaur. It shows how you can control Pleo from almost any bluetooth-enabled device, including cellphones, smartphones, communicators, PCs etc. All you need is bluetooth and a terminal program.
I’m going to publish more details about how to make Pleo wireless…

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Posted in Other

How to import video from Canon Vixia HF100 to your PC without PixelaMixer

At the moment Canon Vixia HF100 is the best consumer HD flash camera. It’s not perfect, I found plenty of glitches and inconveniences like

Sometimes it takes up to 15 seconds to switch the mode (Play/Record)
The navigation is not very intuitive
The official video backup process via Pixela Mixer (i.e. you need…

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Posted in Windows

How to make Delphi TFrame background transparent

I actually think this method will work for Visual Basic and other similar languages too. Here is the code for a sample frame called TfrKnob:

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Posted in How To Robotics

How did I brick Pleo and returned it back to life.

You’ve probably heard about Pleo – the greenest and coolest dinosaur available on today’s market. My daughter got one for her birthday recently from her loving parents. She enjoyed it for a few days and then just got bored because it was the same moo, mrrr and urf and not…

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Posted in Windows

“Setup cannot continue because some system files are out of date on your system.”

“Setup cannot continue because some system files are out of date on your system. Click OK if you would like setup to update these files for you now. You will need to restart Windows before you can run setup again. Click cancel to exit setup without updating system files.”
First time…

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Posted in How To Web Windows

Problems downloading drivers from hp.com?

I don’t know exactly what causes the problem, but I’m unable to download anything from HP (Hewlett-Packard) website. I tried downloading using multiple FTP clients from different platforms and it appeared that Safari under MacOS can download the files, while Firefox under both Windows and MacOS can’t. Right now I…

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