New Atom Machine
Just built the new Atom machine I will be using in my Final Year Project. Everywhere is a little too dark so no decent pictures..
Spec
Motherboard + Processor: Intel D945GSEJT Low Profile Fanless Atom Mini-ITX Motherboard
RAM: 1GB DDR2 667 SODIMM Memory
Case: M350 Universal Mini-ITX + PCI Riser
Network: Intel PRO/1000 Dual Gigabit Network CardJ1679
100% fanless / no moving parts 
Christmas Holidays
Well it is that time of year again and I suppose this post is slightly late but its Christmas! Santa was very generous this year but on the downside I have had the flu and spent most days watching films in bed drifting in and out of sleep. In all honesty that would likely happen with or without the flu. Santa has helped me acquire various things to aid me with my final year project which is great as now I’m slightly better I can get back in to working mode and start doing some more work on it. I guess I should probably mention my final year project more on here but I may leave that until I find out why my camera isn’t working so I can take some images of my new toys!
Anyway, Happy Christmas and New Year Internet!
My First App – HideMediaFiles
I wrote a small app, not at app as such but more of a little tool for my Windows Home Sever. I suppose its not my first app as well as I have written apps for University but this is the first one I’ve written that I didn’t have to write.
HideMediaFiles is a small tool to hide all the media information in your media directory, all those fanart images and nfo’s. If your like me when you go directly to the folder it annoys you because its filled with lots of useful but annoying to look at files.
So anyway more info and a download link can be found over at the new App page! Here
Fried Graphics Card!
I never really thought that you really needed any kind of surge protection on your computers up until now. A couple of weeks back now the house circuit breaker was tipped by the microwave we think which turns out fried the on board graphics card in the HTPC in the living room. It was due an upgrade really as I liked the sound of it having a HDMI port for the future. Not sure what happened but the VGA or DVI output on the motherboard just flashed white and never displayed anything. Its quite lucky I suppose I though have thought it would have done more damage or at least taken out the PSU!
However after playing around trying to get this fixed I gave in a took a trip to Maplin’s just down the road. I thought it would be quicker and probably not much more expensive than anywhere on the internet. Anyway I came away with an NVIDIA Geforce 210 for £30 with £10 off! Bargain!
Drove home and quickly got it installed! Surprisingly, what with this going in to a Ubuntu installation (Mythbuntu actually) it was extremely simple. Just installed the NVIDIA proprietary and BOOM! sorted! That’s how I like it!
Anyway as I keep saying.. Good story eh?
Cracked iPhone screen!
Well it finally happened, after nearly 17 months I finally smashed my iPhone screen. I can add this to the list of smashed up phones including my D900 and a MP3 player I had in college. I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner but the other day when I was at the gym my iPhone fell out of my pocket and hit the floor. It landed face down and I knew instantly it wasn’t going to be a lucky escape! I don’t have a photo but it was well and truly shattered.
I say was because £40 later I had a new piece of glass in the post. I was luck enough not to damage the LCD and what with replacing my laptop screen twice I thought I had the expertise to replace my iPhone screen. It was quite cheap really £40 included £8 posted as well as a £6 all you need tool-kit for opening up the iPhone. As you can probably tell I don’t have insurance but if you think about it I’m better off without it. 15 months x £9 = £135 or what is £6? still that’s £60 so I have saved myself at least £20!
Anyway I was surprised at how easy it was to replace. I checked out some videos on-line (there are many) and once you’ve removed all the broken glass its pretty simple. However I’m not sure if its because of the new screen or the jailbreak I have but the iPhone is slowly getting painfully slow and sometimes unresponsive I think its time for an upgrade but past Tom decided it was a good idea to tie myself into a 24 month contract.
Probably for the best as I shouldn’t really get any new gadgets while being busy with Uni. Although I have an eye on a Windows 7 Phone. Something with the iPhone I don’t like any more. Maybe its the tight grip the App Store has or the fact every man and his dog has one now… It doesn’t seem as cool does it?
Week 3 Already!
I’m just heading in to week three at university, oh how the time has flown by which is actually quite unusual for university for me. I suppose this week is where is all really kicks off as I am now past the initial final year project stage. This is because I have my idea finalised and my supervisor sorted. Down hill from now eh?
Not much else is going on really which is why there is a lack of posts here. Sorry, but its true.
