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Alchitry Cu V2 Case

Strange World Posted on February 28, 2025 by PatrickFebruary 28, 2025

I’ve added a case for the the Alchitry Cu V2 FPGA development board, another press-in case that covers the bottom of the board. I don’t know yet if it works with the Alchitry Au V2 yet, but it looks like … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged 3DPrint, Devel, FPGA

DreamBlaster X16 Case

Strange World Posted on February 27, 2025 by PatrickFebruary 28, 2025

Here are links for files to 3D print a very minimal case for the DreamBlaster X16 or X16GS MIDI synth board that covers the bottom and is great if you’re using one connected to USB on a computer. I’ve included … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged 3DPrint, Audio

Arduino Uno R4 LED Matrix

Strange World Posted on July 6, 2023 by PatrickFebruary 28, 2025

The Arduino Uno R4 was recently released in two versions, one of which (the Uno R4 WiFi) includes a matrix of 8×12 red LEDs. Here is a handy utility that will accept a text input and output the code necessary … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged Arduino, Devel, Maker

cPanel and CentOS

Strange World Posted on January 11, 2021 by PatrickFebruary 28, 2025

After CentOS had announced the discontinuation of CentOS 8 with a final support date of December 31, 2021, companies and groups such as CloudLinux have announced their own ongoing support of CentOS 8. CloudLinux will not only provide continuing support … Continue reading →

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Courier MTA and DKIM

Strange World Posted on October 13, 2015 by PatrickOctober 13, 2015

Not only is DKIM important for email security, but with changes in Google’s mail filtering it’s becoming necessary to support. Thanks to Alessandro Vesely, the author of zdkimfilter, it’s fairly easy to set up with Courier MTA on Linux. These … Continue reading →

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Securing Your Network

Strange World Posted on March 25, 2014 by PatrickMarch 25, 2014

I read an article discussing how the U.S. government needs to step in to protect people from their computers and various Internet connected devices getting hacked into. Does this person also expect government to protect him from doing stupid things … Continue reading →

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Bluetooth Earpieces

Strange World Posted on August 29, 2012 by PatrickNovember 17, 2021

If you ride a bicycle or enjoy driving around with the top down in a convertible, you’ll find that the most important feature in a bluetooth headset is the noise cancelation. I set out to track down the best headset … Continue reading →

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CNET Adware

Strange World Posted on August 30, 2011 by PatrickAugust 29, 2012

CNET (cnet.com / download.com), aka CBS Interactive, a popular repository for free, shareware, and trial software, is now an adware/spyware site. They now wrap the legitimate programs with their own malware installer. From now on it’s best to avoid them. … Continue reading →

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Dropbox

Strange World Posted on June 22, 2011 by PatrickAugust 29, 2012

A small article on the second page of the business section of today’s L.A. Times mentions that Dropbox had a glitch the other day where all Dropbox users had access to all other users’ files for four hours. Dropbox did … Continue reading →

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Keyboards for Typists

Strange World Posted on May 13, 2011 by PatrickAugust 29, 2012

Ever since Fujitsu stopped making their FKB47xx series keyboards I’ve been unable to find a suitable replacement keyboard.  I need a quality keyboard that’s responsive and has a solid feel to it.  None of these membrane keyboards with keys stuck … Continue reading →

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Apple Tracking

Strange World Posted on April 29, 2011 by PatrickAugust 29, 2012

Apple says it was a bug that caused iPhones to log user location information?  Oh, they say they weren’t tracking the user, they were just tracking the places where the user would go… Didn’t someone have to write the code … Continue reading →

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Tablets

Strange World Posted on April 22, 2011 by PatrickAugust 29, 2012

Toshiba’s coming out with an Android tablet – this is a tablet I might even consider instead of the laptop I use on rare occasion.  Although, it ‘s substantially thicker than an iPad 2, the Toshiba does have the benefit … Continue reading →

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