Archive for July, 2011


Game of the Month: The Orange Box

Saturday, 30th of July 2011

A few years ago I played Half-Life 2 on my PC. To this day it is one of the best 1st person shooters I have ever played. It features excellent graphics, elaborate level designs, a good story and so much more. Winning this game requires both fast reflexes and clever tactics. Over the next few [...]

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My Keyboard is shouting

Wednesday, 20th of July 2011

When I came home from work on monday I couldn’t login into my computer because all the letters i typed came out in uppercase. I pressed the caps lock and all the shift keys multiple times which had no effect. I removed and reinserted the USB dongle but the problem remained. I rebooted my computer [...]

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Using S.M.A.R.T. under NetBSD

Sunday, 10th of July 2011

NetBSD has supported S.M.A.R.T. for a long time. But this functionality is well hidden. You can enable S.M.A.R.T. and check a single disk like this: # atactl wd0 smart enable SMART supported, SMART enabled # atactl wd0 smart status SMART supported, SMART enabled id value thresh crit collect reliability description                    raw 1 200   51     yes online  [...]

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