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 [...]
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 [...]
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” text box, enter [...]
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 x [...]
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 had a [...]
XBMC With VDPAU and iPlayer
There’s an interesting article on the How to do something differently… blog about getting VDPAU working with iPlayer under Linux with the SVN build of XBMC. I’ll be sure to look into it some more when I install Ubuntu onto my Revo.
Opening the Acer Aspire Revo
There’s a useful page on opening the Acer Aspire Revo here. Will come in useful for when I add an extra 1GB RAM to the existing 1GB, or maybe swapping the hard drive for a larger one.
