I recently rebuilt my home server machine to run Windows 7. I attached my ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint to the machine (love these keyboards – the feel and usability of a ThinkPad keyboard on a desktop!!), but after setup, I found that I was having difficulty logging in with the username and password I … [Read More »]

I’ve been using a Huawei E169 3G stick on my laptop to access Internode’s NodeMobile wireless broadband services for a while now. The other day I got an error saying “the device has been disconnected or is unavailable”. I’ve seen this error before, sometimes the USB port gets a bit confused and unplugging and re-plugging … [Read More »]

Bit of a drama earlier in the week – our digital set-top box got fried by its own power supply. I have a Topfield TF5000PVRtMPB (5000 Masterpiece) digital set top box and PVR, and apparently this model has a known problem where the power supply sometimes puts out a much higher voltage than it is … [Read More »]

I have a couple of Thecus N2100 NAS boxes (Network Attached Storage), which I use for bulk data storage and backup purposes. They are basically just hard drive enclosures with a built in computer to handle file serving requirements – not much larger than two 3.5″ hard drives. They have two drives so you can … [Read More »]

Having major withdrawal symptoms at the moment – a Telstra tech cut our phone line yesterday afternoon while in the process of trying to fix a long running problem with our next-door neighbours phone lines. Unfortunately he couldn’t fix ours – we now have the same problem our neighbours do. Apparently we share the same … [Read More »]