I have an Ideapad Pro, and because i can’t stand to see all the wires coming out of the laptop left and right (i would have preferred all the IO to be in the back), i bought a docking station to take over all the IO, so now i have a single thing plugged in, which also serves as power in.
I’m using the laptop as a desktop replacement so it always sits on a stand. It was just bad cable management without the docking station which is nicely tucked behind it.
The Legion had the IO in the back but was double the price, because of having dedicated graphics.
Makes sense. We have different use-cases. This being my “desktop” i have a lot of wires from 2x monitors, data cable for phone, charging cables for wearables, sound, network etc.
For my use case tear IO would have made a lot of sense.
She got me a Gretsch Resonator Ukulele! This little thing packs a great little punch. Another one to add to my collection. I may have to reorganize my wall lol.
Not actual picture, because this beauty is still overseas, but I just sent the money and I am totally excited about it, hence the premature post!
This is a Celestica Seastone DX010 32x 100GbE Switch, as covered here:
Yes, it will die in the next 10 years, probably in no more than 6. But with two Mellanox cards from the bay for around ~200 bucks each I will end up with 700€ TCO for my first forray beyond 10g, as the switch itself is only 250! Super pumped.
I have made a couple of purchases in the last several months, and I wanted to make sure they worked properly before posting.
First.
The power switch on my Be quiet! Silent Base 802 case had become wonky. I would only work when it wanted to. So I decided to build an external switch box the would sit on my desk for it.
1 - plastic project box.
1 - normally open momentary push button switch.
1 - 5v green LED light.
1 - normally open momentary toggle switch and cover.
1 - male DB9 serial port plug.
1 - female DB9 serial port plug with rear case pass through.
1 - USMC emblem just because.
1 - old glasses case with some velcro strips.
3m of CAT 6 Ethernet cable, some rubber grommets, and Dupont connectors later. Here is the result.
To go from the back of my case to the front header on the motherboard.
Broke my (very) old Kindle while trying to do a battery replacement. So, decided to try out a Kobo this time. Works nicely with Calibre, and supports EPUB files, unlike the Kindle. Also, my old Kindle didn’t have a backlight, so that’s an improvement as well. Happy so far.
Oh, I loved my Kindle. It also had some sentimental value, as I bought it with my first scholarship in school. But the battery had sadly degraded to a degree where it won’t stay on for more than two hours. Turning on WiFi meant almost instant death. Didn’t want to give up on it yet, so tried the battery replacement, but cracked the screen during the process.
*90.5TB, because those manufacturers love their sneaky base 10 labelling
It is especially painful now when you’re building anything with heavy duty storage needs, I was never particularly upset when my HDDs were ‘missing’ a couple of GB back in the day but at modern NAS scales (I run a box of 5x16TB Ironwolf Pros myself alongside my home server) it does start to sting!
