Siliconfish

Hobby blog about tech tips I've picked up, projects I'm working on, or links to useful information and cool stuff. I'm an Electrical Engineer and professional Analog IC designer for 25 years playing in my spare time. Arduino, hacking consumer electronics, video game hardware, satellite TV, PC building, Android apps, appliance repairs and whatever else that interests me.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Some more news on IR LED photo blocking

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Saw an article in the Washington Post today that DC is using 38+ cameras around the region to read license plates.  They are building a dat...
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Replacing a keyboard in an Acer 5741 laptop, liquid spill

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We have an Acer Aspire 5741G-6983 laptop that I paid over $600 for 1.5 years ago.  It is a pretty good laptop with i5 processor and stand a...
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Buying Used DirecTV receivers from eBay

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If you have Directv service, and don't mind standard definition, life is good for you too. Recently I added a TV for a teenager,  and ...
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WEP Hacking - Single page cheat sheet

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Work has been crazy lately so no time for hobbies. This post is just a summary of the commands I learned in: http://blog.workingsi.com/2011/...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Tip for switching video inputs on the hotel TV

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This is how to easily bypass this system and watch videos from your laptop on a hotel set. (If you don't want to read my story, the sec...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Is this a red light camera blocker?

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I pulled in a parking lot behind this guy yesterday.   Not sure if you can tell from the photo, but the area around the license plate was en...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Installing a DirecTV 5LNB Dish

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Despite being "Mr. Hi Tech", I've made my family suffer with SDTV.   They don't much care about the picture, and the dire...
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