During my recent Linux distributions experimentation, I noticed a few times that Windows 8.1 would no longer “see” a particular USB stick I was using. It would appear within the device list, would test correctly but would not appear in the left-hand pane in explorer.
I learned that this was because one or more of the distributions I was testing would, for unfathomable reasons, prep the USB stick strangely.
Why Windows wouldn’t just offer to format the stick is unknown to me.
Hardware > 3D printing >
was kickstarter.com/projects/tiko3d/tiko-the-unibody-3d-printer
https://web.archive.org/web/20180308021128/https://tiko3d.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160610093758/http://www.tiko3d.com:80/forum/
Tiko is a unibody 3d printer which I backed.
To get this working, I had to really push hard to get the filament to load. This was a frustrating first experience. I was then entirely unimpressed with the quality of its prints, even after a lot of fiddling.
Later, when I returned to use it, it seems that filament has snapped off inside it, and it thinks its loaded and will not load new filament. Heating does not remove it. I fiddled a lot, once more.. I’m giving up on it, it’s garbage.
I did end up fixing it.. after giving it away.
See Tiko first impressions. It fails, hard.
You require a wireless connection to it.
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Computers > Quiet cases >
https://web.archive.org/web/20150206201839/http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/103-h2-case.html
NZXT H2 Silent Mid-Sized Tower
aka NZXT CS-NT-H2-B or H2-001-BK
Conclusion: Seems great!
NZXT H2 Silent Mid-Sized Tower
I snapped off the front door, tried to glue it on and then snapped it off again. While it’s not fragile as fuck, I’m clumsy and it’s not very well made.
2014-07-29 – I used to use Antec Sonata – (computer case)
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I write short stories. On paper. With a pen.
One of the obvious questions one would have come to mind when seeing me work is “Why use pen and paper?” In an era of computers and sophisticated writing software, isn’t the pen obsolete? Not even close.
See also:
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on Wikipedia
https://web.archive.org/web/20201128185034/http://cubieboard.org/
CubieBoard 3
Abandoned
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(List of Logitech products, Wikipedia)
https://support.logi.com/hc/en-ca/articles/360024149454
Probably the best mouse ever made, whose style has never been matched.
The fact that it has a unique style makes it unfortunate and impossible to replace.
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Microsoft SideWinder X3 5 Buttons USB Wired Laser 2000 dpi Mouse
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External eSATA and internal SATA expansion card.
NOTE: This did not do port multiplication under Linux when I tested it back then. Perhaps it does now.
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was thermaltake.com/C_00001852.htm?id=C_00001852
A tool-free dock. Plug a hard drive in like a floppy. Does not support hot swapping, but doesn’t need to. Turn it off, plug in a hard drive, turn it on.
Has two front-facing IDE ports.
