H. E. Amb.Therese Baptiste-Cornelis ( Republic of Trinidad & Tobago to ...

I sooo want to do a remix of this vid... but so hilarious on it's own!



Foreigners, Please do not take this as a true reflection of our country.

Acer beeps while loading windows

I am fixing a laptop which was cleaned with a much too damp cloth and now it beeps while showing the windows loading screen. It takes a minute longer to start up and inside Windows items would open multiple times even though I clicked on them once. The problem is a bad 'Enter' key. I removed the laptop keyboard and used a usb keyboard and windows loads and runs fine. Keeping my finger on the Enter key on the external keyboard gave the same beeping as when the original is in place. The beeps sound the same as a post beep but are about 3 per second. A new keyboard on Ebay is $15usd with free shipping.

Medialink MWN-WAPR150N review (vs. Linksys WRT54G)

This is a comparison of my new Medialink MWN-WAPR150N (v11.8-Nov 18 2011) to my old Linksys WRT54G (DDWRT v24 micro).


I have had the Linksys for a few years now and I wanted to upgrade to an N router. The cheapest and most popular was the Medialink so I gave it a shot. I am a little disappointed! I have a repeater approx 450 feet away from the Linksys router and I was hoping the Medialink would do at least as good but hopefully better.

Good news: I am getting approx 20% reception from both the Linksys and the Medialink to the repeater. This is being displayed in the repeater, a Linksys Wrt54GL with DD-WRT. The same channels are being compared ofcourse. I had to put in a heatsink and fan for the Linksys as it was getting super hot from having a few dozen torrents running with multiple connections each through it. The fan is noisy and it is located in a bedroom so it was annoying. The Medialink is silent as it has no fan and has a smaller footprint and no external antenna sticking out. Both give approx. 5 Mbps via the repeater from a 15mbps line to the routers.

Bad news: The lights from the Medialink is very bright which have to taped over if you want to hide it.
I am only seeing G networks from the Medialink, no N networks yet, not sure what I am doing wrong. I wanted to upgrade my network to N but since I am only seeing G I am disappointed.
The transmit power can be adjusted in the Medialink but by default it as at 100% so it is of not real help to me. In the DDWRT settings I could push the transmit power much higher if I wanted, and risk burning the router out.

I paid $50USD on amazon for it and it was definitely worth the money as it is at least as good as the Linksys but if it only gives G wifi I would have to give it 4 out of 5 stars.

 

Update 29 July 2012:

I solved the problem on only seeing a G network from the router. I had to use the AES and not TKIP WPA algorithm to get the N network up. As soon as I switched it and applied the settings I saw an N network I could connect to. I am using an HP Probook 4430s with an Atheros AR9285 b/g/n adapter.  

Update 9 Aug 2012:

My cable modem is causing me to lose wifi signal strength when it is placed close to the router. I get 4% on the repeater or approx 200kbps with the modem close to (6 inches from) the modem. With the modem two feet away I am getting 20% or 5Mbps on the repeater. The router power cable has to be well away from the modem also.

Driving around the world you say

A husband, a wife and their Merc G wagen.. 800,000km and still going!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18910560

Want cheaper places to holiday?

Lots of good reviews about this.

https://www.airbnb.com/

Leaf-Tailed Geckos (Uroplantus Phantasticus)

Hiding is plain view! Amazing creature with crazy eyes man.

Rafi - Happy Birthday To You - Farz [1967] Baar Baar Din Yeh Aaye

Happy Birthday to Sunita :-)

How to change internal battery in Dell Inspiron 1525

It's just a battery right? How hard could it be..

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1525/en/SM/coinbatt.htm#wp1179839

This machine has a repairability rating of 1 if you ask me.

Dell post error codes

For C400, C600, C610, C640, C800, C810, C840, D600, D610, D500, D505, D510, D400, D410, D800, D810, Inspiron 4000, 4100, 4150, 8000, 8100, 8200, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, Mobile Precision M40, M50, M60, and M70 (and also an Inspiron 1525).

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&docid=DSN_DBECF64CFEDA449398CB9E859D4944A5&isLegacy=true

How do you get diagnostics if the laptop is not booting? Hold down the Fn key while booting. The numlock, capslock and scrolllock lights will blink and give an error code corresponding to the list in the link.

Also, this is my 300 post!

The Greatest Speech Ever Made

The Lightercycle!

COOL!

Transformers & Eminem (Till I Collapse)

Well put together.

Oil - The next revolution

What if big corporations and governments are hiding the truth about the primary source of energy in the world... hmmmm

http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Oil-%20The%20Next%20Revolution.pdf

Ideas on aging..

The greatest equalizer of them all, being mortal, suppose you could delay and enjoy it?

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dont-grow-old/

Golden Tortoise Beetle - Another very cool bug

TEDxGlasgow - Gary Wilson - The Great Porn Experiment

Some funny, and shocking info here!

Delusions of Brain - Watch This !

Really interesting info how your brain works :-)

Ultimate blindspot mirror

The problem has been solved.. now just to implement it.. I can't wait to have this as standard equipment on all cars

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/08/tech/blind-spot-mirror-patent/index.html

Prices boy..

a pack of low fat skimmed milk, juice, condensed milk, evap milk, sawine: $49.97, at a chinese grocery..

Leap second being added!

This is a brief explanation of why it's needed.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/30/wait-just-a-second-no-really-wait-just-a-second/

Of course this has wreaked havoc in a part of the I.T. world!
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/101460/leap-second-crashes-the-pirate-bay/