There still no clear idea of what a hipster can or cannot be. Rides a fixed gear bicycle, knows more about music than world politics, spends more on fashion than Kraft Dinner and wears complicated hair? Has more ink in permanent body art across the body than has ever used through the tip of a ball point pen?
Oh, I forgot to mention that an iPhone and eating granola for dinner is part of the equation.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
CH-03 or BT-09 Bluetooth mouse update
I feel like saying the mouse is a horrible device, but it may be more of a way that Windows tries to make power savings all while improving security :
The Bluetooth adapter may be turned off for power reasons
The Bluetooth may invisible to avoid other from bluejacking your system...
I still prefer using the trackpoint, but the mouse is occasionally useful.
The Bluetooth adapter may be turned off for power reasons
The Bluetooth may invisible to avoid other from bluejacking your system...
I still prefer using the trackpoint, but the mouse is occasionally useful.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Colour inkjet vs Colour Laser - Quality, Cost, Function
I have two colour printers : Samsung CLP-310 / CLP-315 and a Canon All-in-One MP490. I acquired the second by pure chance - someone was throwing it out due to an object that was stuck inside.
The laser printer offers :
Fast multiple prints (17ppm)
Excellent black and white fine prints
Slow to start up ( cold start or from sleep because it has to heat the fusers )
Waterproof and smudge proof printing
No calibration
Better choices of media for printing ( except sandpaper )
High output capacity ( 20 000 pages a month )
Duplex models exist ( saves time to flip pages over )
The inkjet printer offers :
Stellar photo prints
Quick start up
Compact space usage
Easy to refill cartridges
Regarding noise, I find that they are about the same. Nothing unbearable from either, but the inkjet can cause the desk to move when printing as the head moves back and forth on its carriage.
As for cost, the initial price of both kind of printers are not so far apart. However, if you only do occasional prints, a laser printer may be the better option : you avoid the risk of ink drying out.
As for energy costs, the laser printer is a compact room heater. It takes a lot of electricity to bring the fuser to temperature. I am unaware if the cost per page takes into account the energy costs.
To summarize, if you are printing a lot of documents, whether colour or monochrome, go with the laser. If you need to make good photo prints, go with an inkjet.
The laser printer offers :
Fast multiple prints (17ppm)
Excellent black and white fine prints
Slow to start up ( cold start or from sleep because it has to heat the fusers )
Waterproof and smudge proof printing
No calibration
Better choices of media for printing ( except sandpaper )
High output capacity ( 20 000 pages a month )
Duplex models exist ( saves time to flip pages over )
The inkjet printer offers :
Stellar photo prints
Quick start up
Compact space usage
Easy to refill cartridges
Regarding noise, I find that they are about the same. Nothing unbearable from either, but the inkjet can cause the desk to move when printing as the head moves back and forth on its carriage.
As for cost, the initial price of both kind of printers are not so far apart. However, if you only do occasional prints, a laser printer may be the better option : you avoid the risk of ink drying out.
As for energy costs, the laser printer is a compact room heater. It takes a lot of electricity to bring the fuser to temperature. I am unaware if the cost per page takes into account the energy costs.
To summarize, if you are printing a lot of documents, whether colour or monochrome, go with the laser. If you need to make good photo prints, go with an inkjet.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Not even my inflatable doll would use an iPad
You can go a retro store and find a whole lot of classic items which make you laugh as they bring a sense of nostalgia. Many items are still used today : cups, clothing, ashtrays (sort of), can openers, syrup jars etc. Other items are just trends of technology : a tape deck, record player, massager.
Although I spend far too much of my time in front of the computer, I have a hard time seeing people being nostalgic about an iPod in 5 years time, even less in 20 years. The electronic apocalypse, a world in which all our abilities are extended by tools, is very far off, however I wonder what will be items in the past decade that we will become nostalgic about.
Then again, those are things that only 20-30 year old people would care about. Once you make money, you realise that all objects are replaceable, and later on, they will be replaced again...
Although I spend far too much of my time in front of the computer, I have a hard time seeing people being nostalgic about an iPod in 5 years time, even less in 20 years. The electronic apocalypse, a world in which all our abilities are extended by tools, is very far off, however I wonder what will be items in the past decade that we will become nostalgic about.
Then again, those are things that only 20-30 year old people would care about. Once you make money, you realise that all objects are replaceable, and later on, they will be replaced again...
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Samsung CLP-310 CLP-315 Reset
If you have a Samsung CLP-310 or CLP-315 you have probably already looked around how to reset the memory of the cartridges.
Refilling the cartridges and replacing the chips in one method, but a messier and more elaborate approach is to get right to the main board.
Look for U1 Amtel 24C64 a 32K EEPROM memory which is written to each time you print a page, and makes the default cartridges unusable after a number of prints regardless of what quantity of toner is left in them.
Before you start changing things you may want to take the measurements of components that may be removed if you have to remove the EEPROM.
For example
U1 24c64
Resistor Values
R1 2.0k Ohm
R2 2.0k Ohm
If you are still on the default cartridges and have no less than 300 pages left per color (CYMK), you can change the connections of U1 : Unsolder pin 7 and bind it to pin 8. This will write protect U1 preventing the printer from writing the number of prints, thus allowing you to refill your original cartridges.
If you are equipped with a PIC programer, you can get the original programming image from the 24c64 according to your firmware ie 1.29.11.52 or 1.29.01.17 then reprogram the chip. I believe there is a service port on the back of the printer, however you may have to be sure of the connections. Otherwise you can remove the chip, solder it to a board ( the pins are too fragile to solder wires to it) reprogram it then solder it back on.
I've read some posts where connections from the programmer were just soldered on to the pin's leads that may be safest : you reduce the risk of ripping out the traces on the circuit board.
Refilling the cartridges and replacing the chips in one method, but a messier and more elaborate approach is to get right to the main board.
Look for U1 Amtel 24C64 a 32K EEPROM memory which is written to each time you print a page, and makes the default cartridges unusable after a number of prints regardless of what quantity of toner is left in them.
Before you start changing things you may want to take the measurements of components that may be removed if you have to remove the EEPROM.
For example
U1 24c64
Resistor Values
R1 2.0k Ohm
R2 2.0k Ohm
If you are still on the default cartridges and have no less than 300 pages left per color (CYMK), you can change the connections of U1 : Unsolder pin 7 and bind it to pin 8. This will write protect U1 preventing the printer from writing the number of prints, thus allowing you to refill your original cartridges.
If you are equipped with a PIC programer, you can get the original programming image from the 24c64 according to your firmware ie 1.29.11.52 or 1.29.01.17 then reprogram the chip. I believe there is a service port on the back of the printer, however you may have to be sure of the connections. Otherwise you can remove the chip, solder it to a board ( the pins are too fragile to solder wires to it) reprogram it then solder it back on.
I've read some posts where connections from the programmer were just soldered on to the pin's leads that may be safest : you reduce the risk of ripping out the traces on the circuit board.
AMD FX CPU Standard water cooling?
Having a SSD, top notch CPU and graphics card, would be really satisfying playing games. However, if the computer is making so much noise from the fans, that may not be such a good thing.
It seems that AMD is planning to put in liquid cooling in stock heat sinks for the FX Bulldozer CPUs.
It that does not affect cost too much, it sounds like a good plan. Air is fine, but there is the risk of dust build up.
It seems that AMD is planning to put in liquid cooling in stock heat sinks for the FX Bulldozer CPUs.
It that does not affect cost too much, it sounds like a good plan. Air is fine, but there is the risk of dust build up.
Is there a difference between surfing social networks or looking for computer parts?
Myspace died and nobody cared.
Facebook is about to take a faceplant, and people will still make asses of themselves online.
Forums which precede the social networking boom are still around. They will continue as not everybody wants to put too much effort in merging their online socialization.
Facebook is about to take a faceplant, and people will still make asses of themselves online.
Forums which precede the social networking boom are still around. They will continue as not everybody wants to put too much effort in merging their online socialization.
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