Author Archives: scott

Does the Xoom fit in the Belkin Flipblade?

Yes. Yes it does. Very nicely.

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Cheap rural friendly WiFi

Living in a rural area you generally have the luxury of space but that space can be a curse when you want a decent WiFi signal anywhere outside your house (and even sometimes within it). The good news is I’ve … Continue reading

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How to get wireless broadband out in the sticks

Where I live we we can’t get ADSL and we don’t have a local mobile phone tower but that doesn’t stop us getting high speed internet access.

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Reusing old computer hardware

One of the great things about netbooks is that they are cheap. This means when they break it’s not much of a hit to the back pocket to simply replace the hardware. But these little machines can still be useful … Continue reading

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Don’t let your FME connector get wet

Just this Friday we had a pretty heavy downpour of rain.  50mm in less than 30 minutes and then just constant rain for the remainder of the day. The following day I noticed that my wireless internet had lost 10db … Continue reading

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