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Cleaning my Macbook’s heatsink

Posted on July 11, 2010 by James


For a while I’ve noticed my Macbook getting excessively hot under normal use and while encoding video it locked up registering a CPU temperature of 99c. Not being known for their ventilation design, I decided the machine was probably clogged with dust and that a clean out might help. Also, I’ve not taken my Mac apart before and wanted… Continue reading

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Travel stage 1 complete

Posted on August 15, 2009 by James

I’m at my cousin’s. We’re all packed and just need to get up at 4am tomorrow.

I’m leaving my macbook behind because, while Rob has a macbook charger, it got very hot and the part where the DC wire joins the brick has definite signs of melting and the internal conductors are visible. So I guess my mac isn’t coming on holiday.

Still, i have my iPod touch, T-mobile G1 and a… Continue reading

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A week with no laptop

Posted on August 11, 2009 by James

Having returned from an overnight stay at Amy’s I took out my laptop and noticed the charger wasn’t in my bag, and then realised with some irritation that I’ve left it plugged in at her house. This wouldn’t normally be a problem since I could just collect it next weekend, but I’m going away to America for two weeks, and was planning on taking my laptop with me.

Fortunately my cousin… Continue reading

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Mame Cabinet – With added electroshock therapy

Posted on May 4, 2009 by James

danger-electric-shock-risk-signAs part of my ongoing “learning by my near fatal mistakes” attitude to life I’ve discovered some interesting problems with my MAME cab. While undergoing the torture known as “getting MAME to work” I found the PC kept crashing, or being just plain weird. Having to reset the BIOS every time it was powered up was getting tedious too.

So, deciding the… Continue reading

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Taming the sea of spaghetti behind my TV

Posted on December 27, 2008 by James
Joytech 540c control centre

Joytech 540c control centre

Like most people, I have quite a few electrical devices around my TV, and each one comes – as standard – with a load of wire that needs plugging into various things. In an attempt at taming the snakes behind the telly, I bought a Joytech 540c control centre which is really… Continue reading

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