Note: I titled this referencing a keyboard, even though I am working on a touchpad. This is because most touchpads don’t use this type of build anymore, so I wanted to make the title more relevant. Here in February of 2025, I have a good old IBM ThinkPad R52 laptop! It’s in pretty nice shape,…
Author: Joseph S
My trip to Las Vegas & the Grand Canyon!
Hello! I usually do technological writings, as any of my readers well know. But today, I would like to present to you all my thoughts and photos of my trip experiences from March 14th to 18th, of touring Las Vegas and its fancy, fun and extensive hotels, as well as checking out the Grand Canyon!…
Why eBay Totally SUCKS!
We all know eBay. They’ve been around since 1995, and they’re one of the biggest commerce sites on the whole Internet – if not the biggest. Well, the fact that they’ve been around for so long really shows, as their infrastructure is incredibly dated, janky, and really lackluster in comparison to their competition. Not only…
Dell Dimension 4300 Complete Setup
I got a complete Dell Dimension 4300 computer setup! It’s been so long since I’ve done one of these project log articles, I thought now that I got this, it’d be the perfect time to get back into it! It looks pretty awesome, doesn’t it? Well, it isn’t working perfectly. It can’t boot up, and…
The HP Laptops
Way back in 2006, I bought a brand new HP Pavilion dv8000 laptop. It was a gorgeous computer running Windows XP Media Center Edition, with a large 17″ screen, an AMD Turion processor, integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics, probably 1GB of RAM and 80 GB for a hard drive if I had to guess….
My Sonic Story
I’ve told this story a number of times to my friends over the years, but I never had actually written it down. I felt it was time to do that! This is all about my history with my Sega game consoles and the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. It holds a lot of meaning for me…
Setup of a Motion Computing M1400 Tablet PC & Windows 7
In mid-2022, I managed to get a hold of a free Motion Computing M1400 tablet PC. It seems like it hadn’t been used since 2005, and judging by the hard drive’s statistics, it barely got any use overall! The stock specs on my unit were: Intel Pentium M 733 1.1GHz, 256MB DDR RAM, 30GB 4200…
The Acer Aspire Horror Story (2010)
Way back in June 2008, I got a new Acer Aspire M5630 desktop. Its specs were: It lasted me about a year and a half. It used to work great! I loved the system, I had plenty of enjoyment using it. But something really odd begun to happen at the 1.5-year mark – the beeper…
The ‘Heated’ Adventures of a Samsung TV Repair
One evening, I found a curbed Samsung UN40J6200 – a 40″ 1080p TV. The panel looked to be in good condition, so I went ahead and took it. After I got home, I tried to plug it up, and I could see it briefly light up, then go out. Clearly, its LED backlight was failed….
Floppy Drive Resurrection (Citizen W1D)
Intro and Backstory Floppy drives are very fine little intricate pieces of machinery, and that’s something I’ve definitely learned. Especially some particularly unique designs, such as the Citizen W1D floppy drive. I came across a Compaq Presario 1070 laptop from my recycler buddy that I purchased for a measly $10 from him. Its hinges were…