http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/ Technical discoverys, advances, information, answers, hacks, ideas, solutions, rants, problems, reviews. en-us 2005-01-26T19:31:46-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2005_01.php#001633 I had gotten tired of not having my bookmarks with me when I went places. How many times have you wanted your bookmarks while not at the machine with the bookmarks? I use firefox or netscape so they are bookmarks... How to Ben 2005-01-26T19:31:46-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2004_10.php#001507 Last time I went over some uses for old laptops. This time I have some ideas for old desktops. Most of which are better than what I used to do to them. I'd take them appart and simply hang the... Lists Ben 2004-10-22T21:17:55-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2004_10.php#001517 I just got my Alpine CDA9835 with Biolite display installed. I decided to upgrade after my Alpine CDA9811 got stolen in September. The biolite display is beautiful. Very sharp, black and white vs the pixelated blues and greens that are... Tech Review Ben 2004-10-21T14:09:59-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2004_10.php#001498 My good friend Chris and I used to have a habbit of collecting old computers and parts, finding something todo with them. We would run systems despite their dead IDE controllers and PS2 ports. We would take their parts for... Lists Ben 2004-10-06T09:57:13-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2004_09.php#001463 So I started to play with SNMP a while back. I found I could use it in conjuction with MRTG to make nifty graphs of system information like network and disk usage and anything else you can break down to... How to Ben 2004-09-19T21:06:41-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2004_08.php#001404 I recently found my self with the task of. Attaching a large external drive with a FAT32 filesystem to my linux server for bakup reasons. Ok no sweat I've mounted up external USB drives 100 times that normal looks something... Tricks Ben 2004-08-09T19:03:56-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2004_08.php#001400 I'd wanted a digital picture frame for a while. So I made one. Why? because everything else on the market has big short commings if you ask me. Most have a crapy low res screen. Many require a phoneline to... How to Ben 2004-08-07T21:33:30-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2004_03.php#001178 As some of us know I've rencently become an owner of a 94' BMW 325i. This car has some geektental. It is prewired for an alarm system, built very soild like and has plenty of places to hide fun bits... Ben 2004-03-29T18:41:11-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2004_03.php#001151 Alright all you techno tards and barely literate users. STOP CLICKING ATTACHMENTS! The most recent wave of worms to come out have all taken advantage of our inquiziative nature. These e-mails come with a cryptic message and an attachment that... Rant Ben 2004-03-16T20:43:33-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2003_12.php#001026 Winamp 5. It's on its way in. Still in beta at this point but very sweet indeed. The interface has been pumped up to be well modern. You know curves, shine, round courners and crap. Still the same clean simple... Tech Review Ben 2003-12-05T20:00:55-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2003_11.php#001016 I recently bought my self a T610 phone. I as with most of the things I buy I'm going to tell you about it. Pro's Small Big colorful screen All sorts of connectivity (IR, BT, USB, GSM, WAP, POP3, IMAP,... Tech Review Ben 2003-11-28T17:30:51-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2003_10.php#000954 Recently I moved. Prior to the move I had commcast broadband internet. I had the cable internet for aproximatly 2 and a half years. I had stuck with it though 3 diffrent companys and a move. The speed had always... Tech Review Ben 2003-10-19T21:40:40-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2003_08.php#000823 Microsoft has again released some steallar hardware. To me their software leaves much to be desired. Microsoft has alway done good hardware, their mice, their keyboards, and their joysticks have always performed well and looked good while doing it. Sometimes... Tech Review Ben 2003-08-27T20:10:05-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2003_08.php#000830 Sofware. Everyone uses it. But do you know what available to you to get help get your work done? Again I've compiled a list of software that can be quite handy and useful. I'm sure I've forgotten or negleted a... Lists Ben 2003-08-24T12:29:41-08:00 http://junknstuff.net/community/tech/archives/2003_08.php#000844 I love watches. So I've made a small brand over view. This is geared towards helping people find a watch that are primarily geeky type watches that do more than just tell time. I don't get into too much detail... Lists Ben 2003-08-22T19:22:08-08:00