So I picked up a generic case for my new Droid phone and I noticed that whenever I pulled the phone out it was unlocking and I was sure I hadn’t hit the button. I was a little puzzled until I accidentally set the phone on the case and caused the phone to enter “Multimedia Station” mode. [...]
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DIY Motorola Droid Multimedia Station or Car Dock
Published November 9th, 2009 in Hardware and Linux. 1 CommentAfter dealing with “one of those people” the other day I had an idea. What if you combined the game of Perfection and a keyboard. Instead of the timer that the original Perfection game included this special keyboard would be triggered by typing something stupid. You thought firing off that “First Post lolz ” message was [...]
Wireless on a Compaq 6715b (BCM4312) under Fedora 7 and 8
Published November 13th, 2007 in Hardware and Linux. 4 CommentsAhh nothing like a bcm43xx card to make life interesting. I haven’t had good luck speed or stability wise using fwcutter. I applaud the direction the project is taking but for now I’m sticking with ndiswrapper. Step 1: Install the livna repository wget http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm (change to 7 to an 8 for FC8) rpm -ivh livna-release-7.rpm [...]
Video on a Compaq 6715b (ATI x1250) under Fedora 7 and 8
Published November 13th, 2007 in Hardware and Linux. 0 CommentsWhen you install Fedora on the Compaq 6715b you’ll be greeted with no X windows thanks to the ATI x1250 graphics card. I looked around for a quick and easy installation procedure and never found one. Hopefully this helps someone. Step 1: Install the livna repository wget http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm (change to 7 to an 8 for [...]