TL;DR. If you swap batteries in a UPS, it needs recalibrating for the new batteries. If your UPS is made by APC and you just want to fix the UPS […]
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0March 18, 2014
Graphing custom data using Cacti and Python
Collect data using Python, graph it using Cacti. It’s really quite simple…
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0November 17, 2013
Fixing an LVM2 snapshot so your machine boots
The Ubuntu rescue CD won’t help you here…
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0August 15, 2013
Quicker Ubuntu SSH logins
Does there seem to be an irritating five or so second delay between you logging in with SSH and the prompt appearing? Here’s how to make it better…
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0June 22, 2013
Make Emacs default to your Documents directory
If you open Emacs in Windows its default directory is the place where Emacs itself is installed to. Having to navigate all the way up the directory tree to your […]
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0May 25, 2013
dtach – it’s like GNU Screen but simpler
And I use it for running Minecraft servers and other things that really need a daemon mode. Here’s some commands that might be useful…
Enabling ADB USB debugging on a Nexus 4 or Nexus 7
Here’s how to make the Android Debugger (ADB) and a Nexus 4 or 7 talk to each other in Windows 7. This is probably documented on the Android developer site, […]
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0February 27, 2016
APC Smart-UPS SM1000RMINET Battery Calibration
TL;DR. If you swap batteries in a UPS, it needs recalibrating for the new batteries. If your UPS is made by APC and you just want to fix the UPS […]
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0February 14, 2016
Indesit IWC8123 Door Catch failure and troubleshooting
Sometimes, when doing a wash I would find my washing machine – an Indesit IWC8123 – stuck half way through the wash cycle with all its status lights flashing Usually […]
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0September 7, 2014
SunForce solar security light hack
Turns out a solar powered light is as daft as it sounds, but for not the reason you think…
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0October 31, 2013
Earlex Steam Cleaner
Seems I’m quite susceptible to advertising first thing in the morning. I’ve been trying to work out if steam cleaners are actually any good. They seem to either be expensive […]
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0March 19, 2013
Installing a HxC2001 Slim Floppy Emulator in an Atari ST
I hate floppy disks, they’re so fragile. Here’s how I converted my Atari ST so that it uses SD cards.
Is it a tablet? Is it a netbook?
If you’re an Apple user or quite fond of Google, the following post may offend. If it does, feel free to spread this around your favourite social network to show […]
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3May 21, 2013
Microsoft Excel IF function
TweetHow to use AND, OR and NOT in an Excel IF function…
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2September 15, 2011
Restoring missing Microsoft Excel workbook windows
TweetI just had a rather strange problem with Microsoft Excel 2010. When opening the workbook nothing appeared on the screen: Evidently something had loaded since the formula bar contained data […]
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0June 16, 2011