How to erase marker stain from the wall.
I’m moving to another place. Right the next day I submitted the notice to the leasing office my kids, being under great impression of “Blue’s Clues” TV program, started playing clues. Soon they invented that the best clues can be made with marker on walls. I spent about 1 hour…
Consolidating All Media Files With Archos 605 and Linux Media Server
Many people are dreaming about consolidating all media files (video, music, pictures etc) in a single place. For some it is a huge full of DVDs, CDs and photos. Others buy hardware media servers and store all files in them. I chose a solution based on Archos 605 WiFi and…
Archos 605 WiFi Review
Couple days ago I became happy owner of Archos 605. Here is a short review of this wonderful/horrible device and explanation why most people won’t like it.
Not All Batteries Are Equal. Some May not Work in Your Gadget (like Archos DVR Station).
I’ve got new Archos DVR Station recently. The nice thing about it is a cool remote with tons of different buttons that provide full keyboard+mouse functionality for Archos 605 PMP. Unfortunately the remote appeared to be dead. I was almost ready to pack it and send back to the store…
This blog is semi-available in a few other languages
Thanks to N2H Global Translator now you can conveniently translate this blog to couple other languages using free online translation services. Just click the appropriate flag in the top-right corner of the header and get the page in the “language” of your preference.
Unfortunately the quality of translation for many…
MineStream Defender – the ultimate network security device
Last 12 months I was working on an interesting device that provides the network security features many companies and families are dreaming about. You probably already have heard about different threats out there like internet predators, viruses, spyware, dangerous websites, confidential information leaking from your business and others. Also…
A typical wireless camera. Let’s take a look inside and get amazed.
Here is a typical wireless video camera you can find on ebay and also available from many other e-stores. What do you think about it? Pretty cool – for just $30-50 you can buy ability to see all uninvited intruders crawling towards your house in the night darkness. However before…
Solving “configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables” problem
You ran ./configure and got “configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables”. Here is how to fix it …
Squid: unrecognized httpd_accel_port, httpd_accel_with_proxy on, httpd_accel_uses_host_header
I was recently installing squid at home as a single caching proxy for all computers in my home network. The simple way is just running squid on your linux router as is and configuring every single browser on all computers in your network so they access internet using squid. That’s…
1000th viewer of routerbot video (routerbot is a domestic router turned into a robot)
I just noticed that my video about domestic router turned into robot got its 1000th viewer. This is my very first youtube video and I’m very proud of that.
If you’re thinking about what to do this weekend, building a robot for your kids could be a good idea. This is…
I’M NOT THE OWNER OF PIZZA.COM DOMAIN!
I’m getting really nice emails with congratulations on selling pizza.com. From time to time I’m also finding posts and articles about how lucky I am. Thank you very much!! The only problem with that is
I’M NOT THE OWNER OF PIZZA.COM DOMAIN!
Never was and most probably never will be. I’m…
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