Sub-£200 Hackintosh

Here are the specs of my soon-to-be-built hackintosh…
Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L iG31 Socket 775 mATX Motherboard
Manuf Code: GA-G31M-ES2L
£ 32.35
Intel Celeron Dual Core CPU – E1500 2.2 GHz (800 MHz) Socket 775 512kb Cache
Manuf Code: BX80557E1500
£ 34.63
Asus 8400GS Silent 512MB DDR2 DVI VGA Out PCI-E Graphics Card
Manuf Code: 8400GSILENTP512MA
£24.86
Crucial 2GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 RAM
Manuf Code: CT25664AA800
£ 34.00
Shiny [...]

Installing Torrentflux on the Viglen MPC-L

This is a quick guide to installing Torrentflux on my Viglen MPC-L.
First, make sure that python, mysql-server and mysql-client are installed.
Then simply install the software with apt-get: -
sudo apt-get install torrentflux
Once it is installed, point your web browser at the following location (where a.b.c.d is the IP address of your Viglen).: [...]

Pictures of Hard Drive Swap in Revo

Here are some pictures of swapping the hard drive in my Acer Aspire Revo.

Windows 7 and Samba Shares

This is a quick guide to setting up Samba file sharing on my Viglen MPC-L server which is running Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS. The client is a Windows 7 machine – no changes to the registry or local security policy were needed. The following applies to the version of samba from the repositories –   smbd version [...]

Netgear DGN2000 with o2 LLU Broadband

Here are the settings for if you want to replace the standard o2 Thomson modem/router with the Netgear DGN2000. These should be entered into the web interface.
Setup / Basic Settings
Does Your Internet Connection Require A Login? No
Account Name: Blank
Domain Name: Blank
Internet IP Address: Get Dynamically From ISP (If you have a static [...]

Accessing ADSL Line Stats from o2 Wireless Box III

I can’t find any easy way to access ADSL line stats through the o2-supplied “Wireless Box III” (a Thomson TG585n).
The only way that I could access them is by using this link.
Once you’ve got them, you can copy them into a stats checker such as this one.
This should all work with the standard “Administrator” [...]

Writing Python with PSPad

PSPad is a great editor for programmers. Instead of using a dedicated Python IDE, PSPad can be tweaked to compile and run scripts directly. Here’s how: -

Go to Settings -> Highlighters Settings
Select “Python” in the left hand pane (if its not selected already)
Select the “Compiler” tab
In the “compiler” [...]

Updating twitter from python

Just looking into posting twitter updates from python. I’ve found three methods so far: -

Python Twitter Tools
python-twitter
Command-line via Curl (can possible do with urllib)

Hmmm, more investigation required…

Pimp my Revo!

I’ve added some extra RAM and a new larger hard drive to my Acer Aspire Revo so here are the final specs: –

1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 CPU
2GB DDR2 RAM
500GB hard disk
Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics
HDMI, D-SUB out
eSATA
6 x USB
4-in-1 card reader
Gigabit Ethernet
802.11bg WLAN
Size: 30mm [...]

Swapping Hard Drive in Acer Revo

The Acer Aspire Revo has a lot of potential for a home media player but the 160gb hard drive won’t be large enough for everybody.
I spotted a special offer on a Iomega Prestige 500gb Portable Hard Drive which contains (in my case) a Seagate Momentus 5400.6 drive, model ST9500325AS .
I already [...]