May 2, 2017

One day, I opened my Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Series (the name is important in case any poor soul decides to buy this mechanical travesty of a laptop) to find the screen was coming away slightly from the casing. I thought "I should really investigate that" and being a normal person, I did absolutely nothing about it.... Read More

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computers

Christmas Amp

Jan. 4, 2017

What good is a brand new amp for your stereo system if you don't immediately build some sort of switch comparison circuit to test it against another amp? My parents got me a new amp - an Onkyo A-9010 - for my sound system for Christmas. I had one (Rotel RA 972) that was good once upon a time. Though the volume control was always a bit finicky and for the last 4 years it sometimes only played out of one speaker.... Read More

electronics

Christmas

Jan. 2, 2016

Battery powered Christmas decorations are a source of distress in the Middleton household. My Mum bought a nice string of lights with bows, and 3 AA batteries. No sooner had she adorned the windowsill than my Dad was working out the current draw and subsequent amount of time to drain the batteries.... Read More

electronics

Christmas