At Make, Hack, Void we've had a Rep Rap Pro Huxley 3d printer since the beginning of the year.
Unfortunately we've also struggled with a couple of long-standing problems. One of them is the PTFE "bowden tube" that encloses the filament between the extruder drive and the hot end. In …
Demo page with data from the last week in September
A few months ago, in the dead of Canberra winter, we discovered our flat had a mould problem. Insidious disgusting mould had crept in around our walls. Much scrubbing ensued.
Black mould found behind a cupboard - eww!
We bought a …
This is a follow-up to the review I wrote last August of the Huawei Sonic U8650 $189AU Android smartphone.
Someone posted a comment last week:
How is this phone holding up since you bought it last August? Are you still happy with it?
Ten months on and I'm still using …
This post is about running Debian GNU/Linux on the Mesada/Flexiview FV-1 "AndroidTV" unit. This post has been a bit delayed, I got very sidetracked with other things this month!
By following these steps, you should be able to use the FV-1 a bit like a normal desktop Linux …
I'm calling this a "technical review" because I'm not going to spend much time talking about using Android on this device. The reason for that will become apparent.
I recently purchased two "Android TV" boxes from aliexpress, for investigation and general hackery.
You can buy these from various online vendors …