Sunday, July 30, 2017

Noctua NF-S12A ULN Silent, great support

PROS:

  • completely silent
  • very high quality
  • silicon mounts
  • good price
  • great customer support: they'll send you a new one if it fails
CONCLUSION: replacing your stock case fans with these will increase comfort substantially.

Monday, August 17, 2015

TSA: how to pass security check if you lost your ID

This just happened to me and when I reached TSA I only had on me 2 outdated passports and GOES pre-check.

Here is what I learned:
In such situation GOES is worth nothing, won't help.
Obsolete passport don't count as ID (this made no sense to the supervisor either)

EITHER

  • 3 pieces with your name, one of which should include your photo: obsolete passports, electricity bill, a magazine with your name and address on it, credit card, Costco card
OR
  • Answer some Bank-security type questions like "give me a former address you lived in"
Then go through pat-down.
That's it.

QLink Ally - it works!

PROS:
  • it works
  • small
CONSLUSION: With cell phone, wifi and now IoT, EMF are everywhere. If you are sensitive to them and don't know how to shift their effect on you, you can use this little device.

Friday, April 10, 2015

Hamilton Beach 96700 orange juicer (+tip to stabilizing the steel bowl)






PROS:

  • sturdy 5mm thick steel enclosure
  • simple
  • easy to clean
  • powerful industrial motor
CONCLUSION: the only dependable juicer under $500.

TIP: to stabilize the bowl, line the top of the motor with gripping fabric.

Friday, April 5, 2013

McDROID

PROS:

  • Better than CoD and Journey combined
  • Very original
  • Gorgeous graphics
  • Rocking music
  • Vast aresenal of kick ass weapons
  • Creative enermies.
  • Addictive gameplay that leaves you a sense of accomplishment.
  • High replayability due to persistence.
  • The Returner made this game
CONCLUSION: Get it!



Unity3d

PROS
  • Well lubed drag-and-drop asset pipeline.
  • Runtime navmesh baking
  • Component based.
  • The API is not bad and the documentation is ok also.
  • Well made sprite based GUI
  • The Asset Store has some very good stuff in it.
  • Supports almost every platform on earth.
  • good performances
Conclusion: It is fun to use and create with.

Monday, March 14, 2011

TIPS: How to mount a Tripod Mounting on a Logitech c910

The logitech c910 is a fantastic camera. Hidef, fast (meaning bright), and fast (high FPS).
But it doesn't have a tripod mount.
I just came back from Home depot and did this:


Here is how it's done:
Buy a 1/4-20 nut (6c)

Superglue gel ($2.75)

Tripod vivitar ($34)

glue the nut to the end of the webcam's base

let it dry then mount
That's all.

And if you like this, get McDROID.

Thanks !