That’s right, I’m still alive! So never fear, McRetro is here! Although not doing too much here today, just rambling on and getting closer to … Continue reading
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Weight for it… Ha!
Not much happening here, but I did manage to find a much better looking graph on the Withings HealthMate website. Just figured you should enjoy it. Red line is where I am at currently, should see the trend (solid blue … Continue reading
LimeSurvey and Rebuilding
Where on earth have I been? It’s like I fell down the rabbit hole with Alice. Wait, not that Alice. Do not click that link. Anyway, as you can see in the above cart I’ve been working on getting … Continue reading
Fibre to the Node
Recently some friends got their FTTN NBN put in… it’s fast. In fact this website is hosted there – might explain the downtime… 😉 Take a look at the above photo, that’s what FTTN is. Existing copper wire runs it … Continue reading
Generating Custom Darknet Onion Names
Shallot is a great little program for generating your own vanity darknet onion address. I’ve used it for my old http://mcretro35qepy5cy.onion/ address. I figured I’d share how it all works.
So I fired up the old Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) and … Continue reading
eMachines E732 Laptop Disassembly
As I was pulling apart a laptop for a friend, I realised I should make it a video just so … Continue reading
Dumping the Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 Dev Kit SCSI Hard Drive via dd_rescue
At least I think it was dd_rescue, might have been ddrescue at the start. Either way, a successful … Continue reading
Dumping the Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 Dev Kit SCSI Hard Drive via GUI and dd
Everyone loves World Series Baseball 2K2 (WSB2K2) and in this video we try dumping via dd … Continue reading
Preparing to Dump the Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 Dev Kit SCSI Hard Drive
This video is some preliminary work on getting the rig set up to be able to interface the … Continue reading
The Dimplex DC15RCBW Reverse Cycle Air Conditioner
You might all remember this review that was done way back in early March – not the most glowing review because the Dimplex … Continue reading
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