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Failed: VAVA Portable SSD Touch 1TB (Maxio MAS0902A + Micron 29F2T08EMLCE)
Back in 2022, I decided to buy a pair of 1TB VAVA Portable SSDs for a pretty decent price. I cared little for brands, when it came to solid-state drives, since most vendors weren’t making the...
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Post-Mortem, Reverse Engineering: Tomzn TOQ7-125/2P Automatic Transfer Switch...
The job of an automatic transfer switch (ATS), put simply, is to let a load be powered from two power sources, selecting the preferred input if it is available and the backup input if it is not. A good...
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Review: Epomaker NEX Pro PAW3950 (42kdpi, 8kHz, 65g) Tri-Mode Rechargeable...
At first, I thought Epomaker only made keyboards (their TH99 Pro and Carbon60 continue to serve me well) but they have expanded into making other gaming-related devices including mice and more...
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Tested: Quality Variation in Blank DVDs &“Bad Batches”
While doing some prior research on optical media, I came across the Digital FAQ’s post which discussed the concept of “bad batches” as a cop-out for when someone’s DVD quality scans don’t match the...
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2026LON Part 7: Hyde Park Cnr, Buckingham Palace, Green Park, St. Paul’s,...
In this final installment of my week in London earlier this year, I look at some of the other places I visited – some of which were definitely must-see places, while others are more of a “well, at...
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Tested: DVD±RW Endurance Round 2 – Part 3: DVD-RAM Comparison & A Dying Drive
Now, I know DVD-RAM is not a type of DVD±RW, but hear me out – I thought it was worth including in this round-up for a few reasons. The first is that it uses a phase-change recording layer, just a...
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Tested: DVD±RW Endurance Round 2 – Part 2: Results & Failure Modes
In the previous post, I covered the contenders that would be taking part in this second round of DVD rewriting endurance tests. In this video-heavy post, I’ll be covering the results of a total of 4285...
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Tested: DVD±RW Endurance Round 2 – Part 1: The Contenders
At the time I posted the results of the first round, it seems there was still some interest in the topic of how long a rewritable DVD could last, even though the technology is considered by many to be...
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Tested: HW-432 XL6009-based 3-32Vin 5-35Vout “4A” Boost Converter Module
When supplying power to electronics projects, it’s usually the case that one voltage won’t satisfy everything. As a result, the use of power conversion is often mandatory – either you can step down the...
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Review: 70mai Power Station Tera 1000 (1200W/1043.9Wh) (PN1020F)
Shopping around for more power stations, I was looking for something a little different to try. Thanks to a few generous Woolworths Everyday Market cashback offers, I decided to do a quick search and...
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2026LON Part 6: Docklands, London Stadium, Holland Park, British Museum,...
With just seven days to tour London on my own on my recent work trip, this post will look at a few more places that I visited. Unfortunately, many of the places I visited turned out to be museums where...
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Review: UGREEN Studio Pro BT6.0 Hi-Res Hybrid Active Noise-Cancelling...
In recent years, I’ve been quite pleased with how many of the reasonably-priced products in the personal audio market sound quite good. My most recent favourite for reasonably-priced, high-res audio...
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Project: Extreme DVD Overspeed Writing with the Sony Optiarc AD-7280S
In the last post, I described my glee at receiving a very competent Sony Optiarc AD-7280S. As it would turn out, in this post, I give it some torture as I relive a bit of a hobby from my past, while...
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Tested: Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x CD/DVD Rewritable Drive (w/New Media &...
It’s fun being on the “trailing edge” of technology, when you get to catch-up on things you’ve always wanted to find out about, at a price you can afford. To that extent, I’ve been collecting optical...
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2026LON Part 5: Piccadilly Circus, Whitehall, Westminster and Greenwich
Seven days to myself in London, just what did I get up to? This post follows on from the last, as I finished up in Chinatown, headed to more nearby points of interest. Piccadilly Circus Having done a...
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Review: Anker Solix F1200 Portable Power Station (aka 757, PowerHouse 1229Wh)
As part of my quest to optimise my energy bills, I’ve been looking into power stations and building up my arsenal of energy storage. Whenever I spot a reasonably priced power station (and budget...
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Review: ALIENTEK T90B 140W Smart USB-C Soldering Iron
If you’re an electronics enthusiast or a maker, chances are, you’ve had to use a soldering iron at some point in your life, whether to build something new or to modify and repair something that already...
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Tested: Usb-Pwr PAK02A-based USB-C PD + Legacy Trigger/Decoy Board
After my recent misadventures with the WCH CH224K-based HW-443 USB-C PD Trigger Board that simply wouldn’t work properly with USB-C PD but managed to work on legacy fast-charging protocols, I was...
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2026LON Part 4: Natural History Museum, The National Gallery, Royal Albert...
Welcome back to the fourth part of the series which looks at my one week in London earlier this year. In this post, I’m continuing on my quest as a tourist to make the most of the time I have, by...
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90mm M.O. Adventures: Part 3 – Performance Tests, Sounds & Reflections
In the first part, I managed to rescue a precious M.O. drive which allowed me to embark on this journey to experience 90mm M.O. firsthand. In the second part, I collected a bunch of media and perused...
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