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Welcome to my blog page! Here you will find information on personal hobby experience in computing and electronics, small projects and tips. For more complete projects please see my Electronics and Computing sections.

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23 entries

My TV Recording Setup

Here's how I record and process TV files, without adverts.
10 Mar 2024
Labels: Linux | PC | TV

Cinnamon Nemo File Browser Custom Actions

How to create a new action by right clicking a file to compress a PNG in Linux Mint or other DE's that use Nemo.
08 Feb 2024
Labels: Linux | Linux Mint | PC

Lenovo IdeaPad 120S SSD Upgrade

Making a really cheap laptop much better with an SSD (soldering required!)
30 Dec 2023
Labels: DIY | Electronics | Laptops | Linux

Electric Heating Radiators Timer Thermostat using Raspberry Pi Pico W

Wi-Fi enable your heaters
29 Dec 2023
Labels: DIY | Electronics

Nobo Heating Electric Radiators Battery Repair

Don't send that heater to landfill if the timer misbehaves - here's how to fix it.
29 Dec 2023
Labels: DIY | Electronics

PC Gamemax GT-300 TFX (ATX) Power Supply Fan Replacement

If you are very careful, and have some electronics tools, the fan in a PC PSU can be replaced
15 Dec 2023
Labels: DIY | Electronics | PC

PC Upgrades Ryzen 5900x

Purchased some new upgrades for my desktop - here's how it turned out.
23 Feb 2023
Labels: DIY | PC

Tri-amped Klipsch R-34C Centre Speaker

I changed my centre speaker to improve vocal clarity, but then went several steps further by removing the speaker's passive crossover and building an active equivalent powered by three amplifiers (one stereo and one mono).
10 Oct 2022
Labels: DIY | Electronics | TV

Linux Mint Cinnamon Multi-Monitor show all apps on every panel

This code edit allows you to show every application on every panel that has a window list applet (like Windows 10 style).
09 Aug 2022
Labels: Linux | Linux Mint

Potential Windows Update High CPU Fix wuauserv svchost.exe netsvcs

Windows update misbehaving on Windows (including servers?)
27 Jul 2022
Labels: Microsoft Windows | PC
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