Posts in the category “Hardware”

computers, accessories, printers, mp3 players, brains in vats, etc.

Is there a sniglet for that moment of panic before you realize the problem is that you’re using your wireless mouse upside down and not that your computer is going haywire?

iTunes Tuesday: Giant Files

iTunes Tuesday: Giant Files

In which I explain how to save hard drive space by analyzing your iTunes library

MacBook Air Wake-Up Fix

MacBook Air Wake-Up Fix

In which I get my MacBook Air to rise again

Have you noticed your MacBook Air fan has suddenly started running continuously, and loudly? You may need an SMC reset.

See also: Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

The Dexia Rack Laptop Stand

The Dexia Rack Laptop Stand

In which I praise an excellent laptop stand

Wireless XBOX 360 + DirecTV

Wireless XBOX 360 + DirecTV

Update Feb 2017: If you are lucky enough to have one of the newer DirecTV DVRs, you may notice that there are two networking / CAT-5 ports on the back. If the DVR is on your WiFi network and / or connected to it via the top port, you can plug a CAT-5 cable directly

Switching to Mac:  Top Ten Things I Like

Switching to Mac: Top Ten Things I Like

In which I write about switching to Mac

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.