The Curious Engineer

Gough's Tech Zone

2012–2014

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2014 188

December 2014

  1. Project: Audio Induction Loop Receiver (Part 3: More Sydney Trains)
  2. Review: Adonit Jot Touch with Pixelpoint
  3. Tip: Upgrading your FLAC collection to FLAC 1.3.1
  4. Repair: Samsung ARM Chromebook Trackpad that Won’t Click
  5. Warning: Don’t Stack Blank BD-R DL Discs in Sleeves!
  6. Mega Random: Merry Christmas, Site Updates, Transport Updates etc.
  7. Review, Tested: FiiO X1 Portable High Resolution Music Player
  8. Power Bank Endurance Test – Hillo Power Jin Gangxia (Part 4)
  9. Quick Review: Sandisk Ultra 128Gb UHS-I microSDXC Card
  10. Quick Review: *FAKE* Sandisk Ultra 128Gb UHS-I MicroSDXC Card
  11. Teardown: A 9V Carbon Zinc Battery

November 2014

  1. Review, Teardown: Philips GreenPerform Highbay BY619P LED Luminaire
  2. Power Bank Endurance Test – Hillo Power Jin Gangxia (Part 3)
  3. Teardown, Repair: Varta Power Play (Ready2Use) 15 Minute Charger (Type 57275)
  4. Investigation: How Accurate is that 3.5 digit Multimeter?
  5. Tech Flashback: Microsoft Word Version 5.5 (MS-DOS) and 6.0a (Windows)
  6. Quick Review: Toshiba Exceria 64Gb UHS-I Class 3 microSDXC Card (SD-C064GR7VW060A)
  7. Site Update: The Camel’s Back is Well-and-Truly Broken!
  8. Tech Flashback: Dick Smith’s Fun Way into Electronics Vol. 2 and 3
  9. Tech Flashback: Dick Smith’s Fun Way into Electronics Vol. 1
  10. Melbourne Cup Day: A Grid Frequency Analysis
  11. Testing: Charger Doctor and USB Detector Accuracy
  12. Reverse Engineering: The KW203 USB Detector

October 2014

  1. Power Bank Endurance Test – Hillo Power Jin Gangxia (Part 2)
  2. Reverse Engineering: The USB Charger Doctor
  3. Review, Teardown: Two Popular USB Charger Doctor/Detector/Current Meters
  4. Review, Teardown: P.Power (or Generic Unbranded) 12000mAh Power Bank
  5. Random: Sydney Trains Rail Observations, DTRS Sites, Opal & Other Thoughts
  6. Review, Teardown: *Fake* Xiaomi (Mi) NDY-02-AD Silver 10400mAh Power Bank
  7. Review, Teardown: Xiaomi (Mi) NDY-02-AD Gold 10400mAh Power Bank
  8. Visited: Floriade 2014
  9. Random: Site Stuff, LG D686 Fail, Shellshock, Transport Stuff, etc.
  10. Event: Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon) 8th October 2014 in Sydney
  11. Tech Flashback: Microsoft PowerPoint Version 3.0 (1992) & 4.0a (1994)
  12. Teardown: Glade Sense & Spray Automatic Air Freshener (SCJ-158)
  13. Tech Flashback: Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows Version 1.1 (1992)
  14. Project: Audio Induction Loop Receiver (Part 2: Sydney Trains DVA Collection)
  15. Project: Audio Induction Loop Receiver (Part 1)
  16. Real or Fake? The Lexar 600x 64Gb MicroSDXC Card Mystery
  17. Review, Teardown: Xiaomi (Mi) NDY-02-AD Silver 10400mAh Power Bank
  18. Lycamobile Data: No More VPN Shenanigans!
  19. USB Cable Resistance: Why your phone/tablet might be charging slow

September 2014

  1. Quick Review: Tenma SMD Rework Station Bundle
  2. Quick Review: Tenma Insulation Resistance Tester 72-9400
  3. Site Update: WP Super Cache Active
  4. Site Update: CloudFlare Active
  5. Review: Fractal Design Node 804 Micro ATX Computer Case
  6. Random Post: Another Sydney Trains Meltdown, TfNSW E-mail Blunder, iOS8, Opal, etc.
  7. Power Bank Endurance Test – Hillo Power Jin Gangxia
  8. Project: Extracting & Geographically Plotting DTRS Site Information
  9. Random: Site Update, Sydney Trains & Opal Stuff, Tech News, etc.
  10. Visited: ElectroneX 2014
  11. Random Post: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, ElectroneX, Train Stuff, Site Updates, etc.

August 2014

  1. Project: 20th Anniversary Pentium G3258 – Part 2: Overclocking & Benching
  2. Project: 20th Anniversary Pentium G3258 – Part 1: The Nostalgia & the Parts
  3. An SSD in a USB 3.0 Enclosure: Part 3 – Sandisk Extreme II & Transcend SSD340 (again)
  4. Review, Teardown: Sandisk Extreme II 480Gb Solid-State Drive (SDSSDXP-480G)
  5. An SSD in a USB 3.0 Enclosure: Part 2 – Transcend SSD340 256Gb + StoreJet 25S3
  6. Review, Teardown: Transcend SSD340 256Gb 2.5″ Solid-State Drive (TS256GSSD340)
  7. Further Investigation: Power Bank Endurance Issues and Modification
  8. Random: Site Stuff, Sydney Trains Stuff, Raspberry Pi Fun, Permissions Creep, etc.
  9. Quick Review: Samsung Evo 32Gb (MB-MP32D) microSDHC Card
  10. Marketing Confusion: Wireless 802.11ac Data Rates Explained
  11. Tech Flashback: Fujitsu M2266SA – Part 4 – A Time Capsule Unleashed
  12. Exploration: Improving Power Bank Ripple Performance
  13. Review: Raspberry Pi Model B+ & Multicomp Raspberry Pi B+ Case
  14. Amaysim: Unlimited now $44.90/mo w/5Gb Data but no free Social Media
  15. Review, Teardown: World Solution Technology (WST) A28 8000mAh Power Bank
  16. Review, Teardown: Wonderful Life Because of You 8400mAh(?) Power Bank
  17. Random: Sunset, More Rail Stuff, Facebook Meltdown, Recovering an Arduino, etc.
  18. JJC/9VF Kyodo News Radio Fax (August 2014)
  19. Review, Teardown: Power on the go! 6000mAh Power Bank
  20. Review: Pioneer BDR-209DBK 16x SATA Internal Blu-ray Writer
  21. Laptop Wireless Card Whitelists: An upgrade nightmare

July 2014

  1. Review: Panasonic/Matsushita UJ240 6x Slim SATA Blu-ray Writer
  2. Tested: Two Secure Digital (SD/SDHC) to CompactFlash (CF) Adapters
  3. Review, Teardown: Lanu Power LP-401B 4400mAh Power Bank
  4. Review, Teardown: HIP-300 300w Pure Sine Wave Power Inverter
  5. RoadTest Review: Tektronix PA1000 Power Analyzer
  6. Tech Flashback: Fujitsu M2266SA – Part 3 – Transplant & Teardown
  7. Tech Flashback: Fujitsu M2266SA – Part 2 – Pulling Data in More Ways than One
  8. Tech Flashback: Fujitsu M2266SA – Part 1 – It Arrives!
  9. Visited: Blue Mountains (10th July) and Kangaroo Valley (11th July)
  10. Random: Refurbished Asus Laptop, D-Link DDNS, AldiMobile Speeds, etc.
  11. Review, Teardown: Moko Technology MK555 8000mAh Power Bank
  12. Review, Teardown: “Quality Assurance” LP-406B 5200mAh White Power Bank
  13. Review, Teardown: Lipstick Battery LED 3000mAh Silver Power Bank
  14. Teardown & Test: Hillo Power Jin Gangxia Series Power Bank
  15. Tested: Two Naked Power Bank Internals (5600mAh, 4400mAh)
  16. Powerbank Testing: A New Test Rig & Powerbank Endurance
  17. Random: DWI RMA, Granville Upgrades, Uniwide Upgrades, Tech and the Elderly, etc.
  18. Quick Review: Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBL Limited Edition Professional Monitor Headphones

June 2014

  1. Teardown, Test: PGH Bricks & Pavers Promotional USB Key
  2. Getting Started: Freescale Xtrinisic Sense Board on RPi & KL-25Z
  3. Random: Computer Mayhem, Z97 Build Frustrations, Sydney Trains & Opal Stuff, etc.
  4. Genuinely Fake Pt 4: Samsung Galaxy SIII Batteries (EB-L1G6LLA/U)
  5. Review & Teardown: ViewSonic VA2249S 21.5″ IPS Full HD Widecreen LED Monitor
  6. First Look & Teardown: Western Digital MyNet N750 Wireless Router
  7. Quick Review: Microsoft LifeCam Studio Webcam
  8. Review, Teardown: Intel 730 Series 240Gb (SSDSC2BP240G4) Solid-State Drive
  9. Review: Kingston DataTraveler G4 128Gb USB Flash Drive
  10. 4Tb Head-to-Head: Western Digital Green WD40EZRX vs Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000
  11. RMA with Digital World International (DWI) – A Fruitless Endeavour
  12. Exposed: Power Bank Ripple – Devices at Risk?
  13. Tech Flashback: Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Mobile Adapter
  14. Random: Opal Stuff, DTRS, Bus Advertising, Drive by Download, etc.
  15. Review, Teardown: Crucial M500 240Gb Solid State Drive
  16. Teardown: IKEA 11w BC & Philips Genie 11w ES CFL
  17. Teardown: Zalman ZM-RSSC v1 External USB 5.1ch Sound Card
  18. Visited: Vivid Sydney 2014
  19. Laptop Diet: Swap the ODD for an SSD or nothing at all!
  20. Random: Full-Colour Opal Onslaught, Station Upgrades, Drive-By-Download, etc.

May 2014

  1. Tech Flashback: Microsoft Excel for Windows Version 3.0
  2. Review: Sony MDR-10R “High-Res Audio” Headphones
  3. Lycamobile Data: Going a Long Way to Cut Costs on Transit
  4. Review, Teardown: Unbranded Bluetooth Stereo Audio Receiver
  5. Random: Granville Trains, Station Refurb, DWI RMA Problems, Cybersquatters, etc
  6. Quick Review, Teardown: Garmin eTrex 10 Handheld GPS
  7. ADSL2+ Woes: What’s in a Training Signal?
  8. Random: Hiatus, Opal, Station Upgrades, DTRS, CeBIT, Things Breaking
  9. Review & Teardown: Intempo HD Action Camera
  10. Photography: Sydney Royal Easter Show 2014
  11. Quick Review: Agilent Technologies U1733C Handheld LCR Meter
  12. D-Link SecureSpot DSD-150: The death of an idea?

April 2014

  1. FB Friends: Thanks for Participating in the Birthday Experiment!
  2. Random Post: Transport Sydney Stuff, Webinar, AudioTechnica RMA, UNSW etc.
  3. RoadTest: Pico Technology PicoScope 2205A
  4. Dyn says Goodbye to DynDNS Free Users
  5. Obituary: Microsoft Windows XP (24 Aug 2001 – 8 Apr 2014)
  6. Review, Teardown: Kingmax SME35 Xvalue 240Gb SSD
  7. Review, Teardown: Orzly Portable Power Bank (Black) 4050mAh

March 2014

  1. Visited: Inner West Light Rail Extension to Dulwich Hill
  2. Teardown: Energizer A23 12v “Car Alarm Remote” Battery
  3. Genuinely REAL: Samsung Galaxy SIII Batteries (EB-L1G6LLU)
  4. Visited: NRMA Crashed Car Showroom
  5. Photography: Natural Selections Klahanie Granada Hibiscus Flower
  6. Random Post: Railcorp GSM-R Rollout, Opal Stuff, and other observations
  7. Salvage: Peppercon LARA IP-KVM
  8. Tech Flashback: The SIMMs
  9. Salvage: Conner CFS210A, Maxtor 7080AT, Seagate ST52520A, Quantum ProDrive 2100S Hard Drives
  10. Genuinely Fake Pt 3: Samsung Galaxy SIII Batteries (EB-L1G6LLU)
  11. Review: 4D Systems Display Starter Kit (Arduino & Raspberry Pi) & Bezel
  12. Aldi Mobile: Ain’t no data for you this morning!
  13. Aldi Mobile Discontinues $35 Plan and 2Gb Data Pack
  14. Random: Site Update, Media Fails, TV Retune, Transport Sydney, Micro*sigh*ft, etc.
  15. Salvage: ATi Radeon HD 2400XT OEM Low-Profile PCI-e Graphic Card
  16. Tested: Teac CA-200 Internal USB2.0 Card Reader (OEM for Dell)
  17. Genuinely Fake Pt 2: Samsung Galaxy SIII Batteries (EB-L1G6LLU)
  18. Genuinely Fake Pt 1: Samsung Galaxy SIII Batteries (EB-L1G6LLU)
  19. Tech Flashback: Microsoft MS-DOS Version 4.01
  20. Random: element14 Webinar, UNSW OWeek, Transport Sydney, etc.
  21. 32Gb microSDHC Shootout: Sandisk Extreme, Toshiba Exceria HD, Kingmax Pro
  22. Review & Testing: Powertraveller Powermonkey Discovery 3500mAh Power Bank
  23. Review & Testing: Comsol 11000mAh Dual Output Power Bank

February 2014

  1. Tech Flashback (& Experiment): Fujifilm DLTtape IV Cartridge
  2. Tale of two Flash drives: LaCie Porsche Design 16Gb vs Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 32Gb
  3. Quick Review: Sandisk Ultra 32Gb UHS-I microSDHC
  4. Review: Avantree Bluetooth 4.0 Micro USB Dongle
  5. Quick Review: Sony 32Gb UHS-I MicroSDHC Card (SR-32UYA)
  6. Quick Review: Samsung Pro 32Gb UHS-I microSDHC Card
  7. Review: Nickel-Zinc (Ni-Zn) Rechargeable Batteries and Charger
  8. Quick Review: Samsung Plus 32Gb UHS-I microSDHC Card
  9. Random: Taking Photos, Siemens A55, Valentines Day, Tandy, etc.
  10. Review & Teardown: Kogan USB 3.0 Universal Memory Card Reader
  11. Tech Flashback & Teardown: National PE-201C Electronic Flash Unit
  12. Review: Native Union POP Bluetooth Handset
  13. K22/Decabit Signalling Schedule Analysis
  14. Quick Review: 5w & 13w Philips LED Light Globes at Woolworths
  15. Tech Flashback: MP3 Encoding Through the Years
  16. Tech Flashback: The Unintentional MSY Price List Archive
  17. Yay! A surprise package from element14!
  18. Project: Analyze Mains Power Flicker Issue & Ripple Signalling

January 2014

  1. Random: Happy CNY, DASH, Drive-by-Download Ads, Zoom H1 F/W Upgrade, etc
  2. RIP Grandma: Funeral 26th January 2014
  3. Project: Analyze Infrared Remote Signals with PiFace Control and Display
  4. Bye Bye LogMeIn Free: No More Free Rides
  5. My Last DSE Kit: The Story of How I Got into Electronics
  6. Analysis: Australian Hearing’s Telscreen 1800 826 500
  7. Mega Rand: Inspiration, Fails, CeBIT, Unwanted S/W, iOS Safari Image Resizing etc.
  8. Reverse-Engineering & Emulating the Kogan Active-Shutter 3D TV IR Protocol
  9. Active Shutter 3D Glasses: Teardown & Kogan Compatibility?
  10. Testing: SD Card Sequential, Medium & Small Block Performance Round-Up
  11. Quick Review: Toshiba Exceria Type 2 64Gb UHS-1 SDXC Card
  12. element14 RoadTest: Raspberry Pi Media Centre Bundle
  13. Random: Bump/Flock to Shutdown, Inside Acer Iconia W3, Webcam Sensor, etc.
  14. Project: Read, Collect & Decode SD Card CSD Register Data
  15. Project: Read, Collect & Decode SD Card CID Register Data
  16. Random Post: Happy New Year

2013 254

December 2013

  1. Review: Adonit Jot Script (Evernote Edition) & Jot Touch 4 Styli
  2. Review, Teardown: Sanyo Eneloop Batteries & Charger NC-MQN04A
  3. Teardown, Recordings: 1 by One Wireless Door Chime R/X QH-0031 (Quhwa QH-09D)
  4. Quick Review, Teardown: Efergy Elite Classic 2.0
  5. “Dead” laptop battery? Better remove it!
  6. RTL-SDR: 433.92Mhz ASK/OOK Decoding of Various Devices with rtl_433
  7. Obituary: Nullsoft Winamp (21 Apr 1997 – 20 Dec 2013, 16 y.o.)
  8. More RTL2832U Tuners: Full-Size FC0013, Mid-Size R820T
  9. Teardown: Sunshine T5 S13582W 13W Ballast
  10. Salvage and Take-Apart: Samsung DLP Lamp BP96-00826A(P)
  11. Random Post: RIP Grandma, Ankle, Postal Delays, etc
  12. Teardown and Project: Clone Nikon ML-L3 IR Remote and Emulation
  13. Freeview Sydney: New Digital DVB-T Carrier at 184.500Mhz (Ch 7)
  14. Obituary: Analog TV in Sydney (1956(ABC,ATN,TCN)/1964(TEN)/1980(SBS) – 3 Dec 2013)
  15. Random Post: My Ankle MRI Scan (with Images)

November 2013

  1. Teardown: Clone Nikon EN-EL14 “Fully Decoded” Battery
  2. Quick Review: Kingston 32Gb Ultimate SDHC and 128Gb SDXC
  3. Random Post: Ankle, Aldi Mobile “Unlimited”, Xmas Post, Device Updates, Pennytel, etc.
  4. Analyzing the Efergy HM01 Air Data Format
  5. Review, Teardown: Efergy HM01 Electricity Display Device
  6. Random: Arrgh, my ankle! Energy Monitor Fun – tracing “vampire loads”
  7. Sharing the Data: Efergy Wireless Energy Monitor
  8. Efergy Wireless Energy Monitor decoding now in Windows!
  9. Improving RTL-SDR Decoding of the Efergy Wireless Energy Monitor
  10. Efergy Energy Monitor Decoding with RTL-SDR
  11. Project: Building a DVB-T TV Tuner Server with mumudvb
  12. RTL-SDR: A tool for Visualizing Broadcast Satellite Signals
  13. Digital TV Switchover Sydney – 3rd December 2013
  14. Mixed Post: Solitary Confinement, WD RMA, Tablets, BluRay, APs, etc.

October 2013

  1. Tech Flashback: Retail Blank Recordable Disc Collection (Part 3)
  2. Tech Flashback: Retail Blank Recordable Disc Collection (Part 2)
  3. Tech Flashback: Retail Blank Recordable Disc Collection (Part 1)
  4. Another one bites the dust: Pennytel is in trouble!
  5. Recordable Blu-Ray Disc Longevity – Periodic Survey Part 3
  6. Random: Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow …, Acer Iconia W3 and Windows 8.1, Site Update
  7. RTL-SDR: Elonics E4000 Tuners are Elusive!
  8. ALDImobile slashes Unlimited Bolt-On Data Allowance
  9. Sydney Buses Route 418 New Bus Route Service Information
  10. Random Post: Rail Stuff, Win 8.1 Upgrade, Bushfires, Scanning NSW-GRN
  11. Tech Flashback: Symantec Iomega Zip Rescue Promotional Video
  12. Tech Flashback: I’m SCSI and I know it … Part 2!
  13. /dev/random: Trains, Aus Post, Sick Seagate, and other amusing thoughts
  14. Review/Teardown: Unbranded Mini Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard (BK3001BA)
  15. Review: TBS TBS6925 PCI-e Professional Satellite Tuner Card
  16. rand(): Happy Long-Weekend! Syd Trains stuff, FB Ad, Wonky WD, Carrier Locking
  17. Analysis: Foxtel Satellite DVB-S/DVB-S2 Services
  18. Review: Acer Iconia W3 (Intel Atom Z2760) 8.1″ Windows 8 Tablet
  19. Experiment: USB to SATA bridge chips and >2Tb drives
  20. Analysis: DVB-T Freeview in Sydney, NSW, Australia
  21. How to: Disassemble Toshiba Canvio Desk (3Tb) External Hard Drive

September 2013

  1. Random Post: Trip to Canberra, Dr. David Suzuki Lecture, Sydney Trains “Upgrades”, etc.
  2. Tech Flashback: SynOptics Model 928 10BASE-T AUI Transciever and LattisHub 2803
  3. Tech Flashback: I’m SCSI and I know it …
  4. TP-Link TL-WR740N: Cheapest DD-WRT/OpenWRT Router Ever?
  5. First Impressions: iOS7 goes live
  6. ALDImobile introduces new AUP similar to Kogan Mobile
  7. Tech Flashback: Netcomm SmartModem 2400SA
  8. Tech Flashback: A Trip Down 5.25″ Alley
  9. Tech Flashback: Assorted 5.25″ DS/DD (360kB) Media
  10. Tech Flashback: Microsoft Works (v4.0a) for Windows 95, PowerPoint v4.0 Upgrade
  11. QSL Card: Radio Taiwan International
  12. Weekend “Soup Pot” Post – Politics, Rail Observations, etc.
  13. Kogan Mobile’s Website Updates with Further News

August 2013

  1. RoadTest: Keithley Model 2110 5.5 Digit USB and GPIB Digital Multimeter
  2. Follow-up: USB Power Bank Tested and Repacked (5000mAh, 30000mAh)
  3. Impact of Kogan Mobile’s Demise Felt – Porting Delays
  4. Odds and Sods: More Opal and Trains, Creative Ads, Mobile Situation, etc.
  5. Teardown: IKEA 11w (E27) Compact Fluorescent Lamp
  6. Quick Review: j5create JUA330 USB 3.0 DVI Display Adapter
  7. That’s it – ISPOne is finished, as is Kogan Mobile *BUT NOT* Aldi Mobile
  8. Weekend Post: Some Opal Stuff, Some Other Stuff
  9. Salvage: Seagate U8-series ST38410A 8.4Gb Hard Drive
  10. Salvage: Stuff from a Macintosh G4 Tower
  11. Salvage: Quantum Fireball 1280Mb AT Hard Drive
  12. News Flash: The end of all resold Telstra offerings?
  13. Quick Review: Kogan Smart Covers (Nexus 7 Black and iPad Blue)
  14. XB9000: Jaycar’s Mystery Goodies Bag
  15. Review: Blackberry Playbook
  16. Weekend Assorted: Photowalk, Sydney Trains Rebranding, Opal, etc.
  17. Weekend: CNET Australia and Olympus Photowalk at Luna Park, Sydney

July 2013

  1. Gough’s Take on “What would Wi-Fi look like if we could see it?”
  2. Kogan Mobile to raise prices effective 1st August
  3. Teardown: CE01-IPO 2xAA USB Emergency Charger
  4. Teardown and Warning: Unbranded USB 500mA Charger
  5. Teardown: NK-806 Lithium-Ion Cell Charger
  6. Teardown: Trustfire “Flame” 14500 Li-Ion 900mAh Protected Battery
  7. Weekend “Box of Chocolates” Post: Parraconnect Wi-Fi, Android 4.3, Transport stuff
  8. Tech Flashback: DaynaPORT SCSI/Link-T
  9. Project: A long fogotten Syquest cartridge visits …
  10. Teardown: Anatomy of a Failed Aftermarket Laptop Battery
  11. Review: Unbranded 30000mAh 2 Port USB Power Bank
  12. Increasing ADS-B Reach with dump1090
  13. Project: ADSBpi with dump1090
  14. Teardown: Unbranded 5000mAh USB Charger Pack/Power Bank
  15. RTL2832U+R820T Full Size USB TV Tuner
  16. QSL Card: Voice of Russia
  17. Weekend Update: Still no ADSL2+, More Southern Star “Adventures”
  18. Cityrail re-branding soon to hit intercity trains
  19. SDR# – My favourite SDR program for the RTL2832U dongles
  20. Weekend Assortment: Situation at Home, Warratah Trains, Biking
  21. ADSB# Range Testing with the RTL2832U+R820T Tuner
  22. Opal coming to Granville? New liveries on NRCs!
  23. An Update on the Situation at Home
  24. Opal and Train Stuff: Auburn Update, Screen Firmware, New Warratah Livery, etc.
  25. Review: OneCable Apple Lightning, 30 Pin and Micro USB Sync and Charge Cable
  26. Site Update: Reachability Problems

June 2013

  1. Tech Flashback: Future Vision Multimedia’s Infopedia
  2. Teardown: Huawei E153u and E160E 3G USB Modems
  3. Situation update and a mixed bag of opinions …
  4. Cityrail ticket barriers being upgraded for Opal – Western Line next?
  5. More Trouble at Home: Roof Leaks
  6. Project: Arduino Clock with DVD Player LED Display
  7. Pipe Excavation – Offending Tree Root Found!
  8. Salvage: Duracell RM4R Mercury Cells
  9. What happens when heavy machinery meets telephone line?
  10. Tech Flashback: Tcard
  11. Salvage: HP 5243L/5245M/5426L Frequency Counter Plug-in Modules
  12. Salvage: Foxtel Cable Smartcard
  13. Kogan LED Light Globes – Unwelcome RF Noise!
  14. RTL2832 (ISDB Mini) ADS-B Reception Field Test
  15. Review: Kogan 8W LED Light Bulbs (E27 and B22)
  16. Checking out NFC Smartposters
  17. Opinion: Tech giants stumbling …
  18. My Opus: Vivid Sydney 2013 Timelapse Video – Final Version
  19. Teardown: Kogan Pixie Digital Radio
  20. DAB+ Digital Radio in Sydney and Review: Digital Radio Receivers
  21. ADS-B with RTL-2832 based USB TV dongles made easy!
  22. Opal Card trial expanding to the Train on 14th June
  23. e-QSL Cards: Radio New Zealand International, Metservice
  24. Cheap Li-Ion Replacement Batteries – “Lies, damned lies …”
  25. Site Update: Sewage Flooding, CeBIT Australia, Vivid Sydney, etc.
  26. TPG DNS Problems – VoIP not working, sites unreachable

May 2013

  1. Review: PiFace Digital – now with Musical Relays!
  2. Review: PiFace Digital
  3. Vivid Sydney Opening Night (24th May 2013)
  4. Project Kryoflux – Part 6: Dealing with Difficult Disks and Drives
  5. Salvage: Newtronics Model 200SPC Sweep/Pulse/Function-Generator
  6. Review: GoTek System SFR1M44-U100K USB 1000 Floppy Disk Emulator
  7. Salvage: Muirhead & Co. Ltd. Type A-2-B Rheostat
  8. Salvage: Advance Electronics Volstat
  9. Dealing with Bad USB Keys
  10. Tech Flashback: iomega ZIP 250 IDE/ATAPI Drive Teardown
  11. Tech Flashback: iomega ZIP 100 vs 3M/Imation Superdisk LS-120 Showdown

April 2013

  1. Testing: Unbranded 1.44Mb USB 100-floppy emulator
  2. Review: Unbranded 1.44Mb USB 100-floppy emulator
  3. Project Kryoflux – Part 5: Making use of the Images
  4. Project Kryoflux – Part 4: The Hidden Secrets
  5. Project Kryoflux – Part 3: Recovery in Practice
  6. Project Kryoflux – Part 2: Why Bother with it?
  7. Project Kryoflux – Part 1: The Board and Associated Hardware
  8. Tech Flashback: 50 ways to use your ZIP disk
  9. Further Cityrail Live Data Analysis
  10. Site Update: Happy Birthday to Me!
  11. Visualizing Recorded Cityrail Live Train Data on Google Earth
  12. Review: Manson HCS-3102 1-36v/0-5A Switch-Mode Benchtop Power Supply
  13. Checking it out: Cityrail Real-Time Train Information
  14. Kogan Mobile and Aldi Mobile – apples from the same tree
  15. Salvage: Kodak Professional RFS3600 Film Scanner
  16. Quick Review: Cheap Unbranded 4-port USB 3.0 Hub from eBay
  17. Quick Test: E-Blue Professional Printable 6x 25Gb BD-R (UMEBDR-016)

March 2013

  1. Salvage: Inside a Synaptics Touchpad
  2. QSL Card: All India Radio
  3. QSL Card: Radio Romania International
  4. Quick Review: Verbatim 4x LTH BD-R (VERBAT-IMv)
  5. A More Detailed Study of Blu-Ray Scanning
  6. Kogan Mobile Quietly Introduces 400Mb/day Limit
  7. Quick Review: Itead Studio IBoard Pro
  8. Rail Stuff (and a Rant): UNSW was supposed to have a Train Station
  9. That’s (Taiyo Yuden) LTH BD-R 25Gb 1-6x
  10. QSL Card: Radio Vaticana
  11. Spotted: Another soon-to-be Opal Ready Bus
  12. Automatic Fare Collection Systems on Sydney Buses
  13. Tech Flashback: iomega SCSI ZIP 100 Drive Internals
  14. Tech Flashback: SyQuest SQ5110 Drive Internals
  15. Mysteriously Lost Photos – What Happened?
  16. Tech Flashback: SyQuest 88MB Removable Hard Disk Cartridge
  17. New MVNO: Aldi Mobile
  18. A few interesting Hard Drives
  19. Civil Engineering Building gets uniwide upgrade
  20. Tested: Mr Data 6x BD-R CMCMAG-BA5
  21. Sydney Buses Opal Card Readers Spotted!
  22. Transcend RDF8 USB 3.0 Card Reader
  23. Site Update: Redirection from gough.ath.cx taken offline
  24. QSL Cards: Adventist World Radio, Bible Voice, KTWR, Overcomer Ministry
  25. BMF Taiwan Radio Fax
  26. Blu-Ray Scanning Across Drives, testing PRODIS-CR0 BD-R blanks
  27. Toshiba Canvio Desk 3Tb External Drive
  28. SSDs and Power Failures: Why SSDs in a USB enclosure might be a bad idea
  29. Salvaged: Canopus EZDV PAL PCI Card
  30. QSL Card: Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
  31. Hard Drive Disassembly: The IBM Deathstar

February 2013

  1. Toshiba DT01ACA300 aka Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 3Tb 7200rpm Hard Drives
  2. The Good with the Bad: Kogan Mobile SIMs delayed again!
  3. Am I Crazy? An SSD in a USB 3.0 Enclosure
  4. Alps Electric Touchpad Internals
  5. Weekend Collation: Cassettes, Computers, Data Recovery and E-mails
  6. Salvage: IBM Deskstar 75GXP Hard Drives
  7. Tech Flashback: SyQuest SQ5510 88Mb Removable Hard Disks
  8. Salvage and Tech Flashback: Pioneer CT-W430 and Compact Cassettes
  9. DRM DXing Session: More fun than AM broadcast DXing!
  10. Deutscher Wetterdienst (Hamburg, Germany) Radio Fax – the Ultimate DX?
  11. Sounds of Fax Modes and ECM
  12. DRM Radio: The Disco Palace
  13. Salvage: Unisearch PC-ECG ISA Card
  14. Telstra Fax On-Line Diagnostics (FOLDS) Test
  15. Testing: Kenko 2x MC4 DGX Teleconverter for Nikon
  16. The Color Run – Olympic Park, Sydney (10 Feb 2013)
  17. Salvage: Axiom Technology AX5411/AX5411H DAQ Card
  18. Tech Flashback: Sony MiniDisc
  19. Salvaged: Dranetz Series 606-3 Line Disturbance Analyzer
  20. JMH/JMH2/JMH4 Japan Meterological Agency Radio Fax
  21. Cheap Data: Kogan Mobile and Telstra Modems
  22. Browser Comparison on the “new iPad” (3rd Generation)
  23. Comparing Browsers on an original iPad
  24. Some cheap cables are fine … some are rubbish.
  25. Design Simplicity: Twinhan VP-7045A/7046 USB DVB TV Tuner
  26. SCL3711 SCM Microsystems NFC Reader/Writer Teardown
  27. VMC/VMW Australian Bureau of Meterology Radio Fax

January 2013

  1. Saving the Adret Electronique CS201 Frequency Generator Synthesizer
  2. Salvage of the Day: Adret CS 201 Generator Synthesizer
  3. HLL2 Seoul Korea Radio Fax
  4. KVM70 – 9982.5khz Great Propagation
  5. A demonstrative subset of my ticket collection …
  6. Cityrail Ticket Vending Machines and EFTPOS
  7. Nature is cruel …
  8. NMG NOAA New Orleans Radio Fax
  9. KVM70 NOAA Honolulu, Hawaii Radio Fax
  10. JJC/9VF Kyodo News Radio Fax
  11. Bureau of Meterology Marine Weather Radio Anomalies
  12. Keeping Old Machines Going – Adapt-ing to the times …
  13. Site Update: Incorporated content from my travel blog
  14. Site Update: Tagging, Trackbacks, Related Posts
  15. Seeedstudio DSONano v2
  16. Working with the IC-R75 and IC-R20 – Handy Radio Software
  17. Displaylink USB Adapters
  18. Tech Flashback: Tektronix 1106 Oscilloscope Battery
  19. Smartphone and Tablet Apps: A marketing wasteland
  20. Workstation Bi-Annual Dusting
  21. Tech Flashback: BWD 141 Signal Generator
  22. Review: Samsung Chromebook
  23. Welcome to the New Site
  24. Verifying the Frequency Accuracy of a Radio
  25. Macro Photos – Trinkets, Heads, Chips and Disc BCAs
  26. Allied Telesyn International MC103XL Fast Ethernet Fiber Media Converter
  27. D3200 Performance Test
  28. Canon, you’re fired! I’m a Nikon shooter now. D3200 Review
  29. Screwdrivers – Cheap ones aren’t always good enough
  30. Aftermarket GPS units for Geotagging on Nikon Cameras
  31. Upgrading an Icom IC-R75 with the CR-282 High Stability OCXO Unit
  32. Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon Lookout
  33. A closer look at DGPS data
  34. DGPS Data Reception
  35. Recordable Blu-Ray Disc Longevity – Periodic Survey Part 2
  36. Opinion: Freeview Digital TV in Australia

2012 92

December 2012

  1. Tech Flashback: AMR, CNR cards
  2. Tech Flashback: PCI Graphics Cards
  3. LCD Monitor Service/Factory Menus
  4. NDB Band Spectrogram
  5. VLF, LF and MW Radio – NDB Hunting, ATIS, DGPS and Broadcast
  6. Site Update: Unscheduled Downtime
  7. About HF Radio and the Sydney to Hobart Skeds
  8. Pixel Pitch Visual Comparison
  9. Counterfeit Nikon Battery Charger – Part 2
  10. Counterfeit Nikon Battery Charger – Part 1
  11. Tripview Bus Time Offset Visualization
  12. Update on Tripview Live Bus Data
  13. Youtube Rewind 2012 Australia – Easter Eggs!
  14. Tripview and Sydney Buses Realtime Data
  15. Setting off a Flashgun with an Arduino
  16. Point and Shoot Photosite Areas
  17. Digital Photo Frames – why they never really took off …
  18. Photosite sizes on DSLR Sensors
  19. No computer case? No worries!
  20. Refurbishing unwanted laptops
  21. Special Event: 12/12/12 12:12:12pm
  22. Addendum: LG GGW-H20L DL Performance Oddity
  23. Adonit Jot Mini
  24. Recordable Blu-Ray Disc Longevity – Periodic Survey
  25. Tech Flashback: Citizen 3.5″ Floppy Drive
  26. Nexus 7 Browser Comparison and Overclocking
  27. Running Ubuntu on the Nexus 7
  28. RS Components – they just can’t get it right!
  29. Tech Flashback: Kaypro Keyboard – It’s still alive!
  30. Milleniata M-Disc on non M-Disc burners?
  31. Tech Flashback: Reviving the Kaypro 4

November 2012

  1. Tech Flashback: Internal Modems
  2. Tech Flashback: SCSI Controllers
  3. Tech Flashback: Madge Smart 16/4 Token Ring Network Card
  4. Tech Flashback: Jayton Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder
  5. Tech Flashback: The Golden Age of Sound Cards and Creative Labs
  6. Tech Flashback: A Kaypro 4
  7. Tech Flashback: The Networked Media Player (Zensonic Z400)
  8. Site Update: Open for Search Engine Crawling and Stats Gathering
  9. Tech Flashback: A dead Netcomm NC-35C Modem
  10. An Obiturary: LiteOn SOHW-1633S, and LH-18A1P
  11. Optical Discs, and Milleniata DVD+R Discs
  12. Tech Flashback: Other external modems in my collection
  13. Tech Flashback: Banskia Technology Modems
  14. Tech Flashback: Dot-Matrix Printer Ribbon Cartridge
  15. Tech Flashback: Pocketmail
  16. Tech Flashback: iBurst, another IP-only network
  17. A tribute to Unwired
  18. Printers: What to do with them?
  19. Tech Flashback: Quantum Bigfoot CY 4.32Gb Hard Drive
  20. Tech Flashback: Cornice Storage Elements
  21. How to use old floppies, by USB of course!
  22. Tech Flashback: Before ATAPI CD-ROMs, were proprietary interfaces
  23. Tech Flashback: Netcomm NP3620 Mini Print Server
  24. Tech Flashback: 2-port VGA PS/2 KVM Switch
  25. Tech Flashback: Verbatim Teflon Coated Floppies
  26. Attempted SSH Breakins
  27. Tech Flashback: Mitsumi CR-4804TE
  28. Old CHS drives and modern IDE Controllers
  29. Tech Flashback: A 486 that wasn’t quite a 486
  30. VoIP, Internet and Routes …
  31. Tech Flashback: A discarded BEAST of a 486
  32. Tech Flashback: MS-DOS 5.0, 6.22 and Windows 3.11 Install Disks
  33. Operation Bake Raspberry Pi
  34. We’ve got a Pi down … I repeat, a Pi down …
  35. Tech Flashback: Windows Mobile 2003SE in Pictures on HP iPAQ h5550
  36. RFID and NFC – what are they, and what are their applications?
  37. Nexus 7 Owners – NRT is the tool you need!
  38. Tech Flashback: iomega ZIP 100 and the Superdisk LS-120
  39. Before iOS came Windows Mobile and Palm

October 2012

  1. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
  2. Nokia N800 “Internet Tablet” – finally retires!
  3. Hello Guys!

February 2012

  1. In Shanghai, on the tour and then back to Hong Kong
  2. Tactics of Shopping Tours
  3. Train trip to Shanghai
  4. In Retrospect: Henan Scenic Tour Days 3-6
  5. Henan Scenic Tour, Day 2 and 3
  6. Henan Scenic Trip – Day 3 of 6
  7. Arrived at the hotel – Aloft in Henan
  8. Going back over Chao Zhou Day 2 and 3 and now Shanghai Day 1
  9. At HK Airport, on the way out
  10. Chao Zhou, Day 3 of 3
  11. Chao Zhou Day 2 of 3
  12. First trip – 3 day trip to Chou Zhao
  13. Last real day in HK
  14. Lunch, and a (long) chat with Uncle Herbert
  15. Morning on the second day
  16. From the Plane (not really – actually in HK, I’m OK)
  17. At the airport …
  18. Packing …

January 2012

  1. Hello Everyone!

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