Collaborate Disseminate
I must confess, that I try not to run Windows any more than absolutely necessary. But for many reasons, it is occasionally necessary. In particular, I have had several laptops …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: The Ultimate Dual Boot Laptop?
“They don’t make them like they used to.” It might be a cliché, it might not even be entirely true, but there’s something special about owning a piece of hardware …read more Continue reading Replacement Motherboard Brings New Lease of Life to Classic Thinkpads
When we met our contact from MNT in the coffee shop, he was quietly working away on his laptop. Jet black and standing thick it was like an encyclopedia that …read more Continue reading Hands-On: MNT Reforms the Laptop
Why did [Hale] end up hacking the BIOS on a 10 year old laptop left over from an Australian education program? When your BIOS starts telling you you’re not allowed …read more Continue reading School Surplus Laptop BIOS Hacked to Remove Hardware Restrictions
Working from home with regular video meetings has its challenges, especially if you add kids to the mix. To help avoid embarrassing situations, [Charitha Jayaweera] created Present!, a USB device …read more Continue reading Avoid Awkward Video Conference Situations With PIR and Arduino
In the interest of simplification or abstraction, we like to think of the laptop on the kitchen table as a single discrete unit of processing. In fact, there is a …read more Continue reading Extracting the WiFi Firmware and Putting Back a Keylogger
Cyberdecks, the portable computers notable for a freely expressed form factor, owe much to post-apocalyptic sci-fi. But they are not always the most practical devices. There’s a reason that all …read more Continue reading Is It A Cyberdeck Or A Vintage Toshiba?
The PowerBook 100 was one of the earliest Apple laptops released, coming not long after the breakout Macintosh Portable. Unlike modern hardware, it relied on sealed lead acid batteries. [360alaska] …read more Continue reading Upgrading the PowerBook 100 With A Fresh New Battery
There’s plenty of times we’ve seen a laptop fail, break, or just become too slow for purpose despite the fact that it’s still packing some useful components. With all the …read more Continue reading Recycling a Laptop Screen Into A Portable Folding Monitor
[Alexander Soto] prefers the reduced eye-strain of an e-ink display, but he doesn’t have a portable solution to use at different work stations. The solution? Make your own e-ink laptop. Once you see his plan, it’s not as crazy as …read more