Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category

How To: Use a pair of older Airport Extremes to build a Dual-Band network (802.11 N and G)

A handy guide to setting up a dual band wireless network without buying a brand spanking new Airport Extreme. Why would one want to do such a thing? Well, if you have a bunch of devices that can take advantage of 802.11N (MacBook Pro, Mac Mini) and a bunch that can only do 802.11G (iPhone [...]

Posted on August 10, 2009 at 11:38 by ecods · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Review: Panasonic DMC-LX3 Digital Camera

Panasonic DMC-LX3 compact digital camera.
f/2.0 lens, tiny size, great low light capability.
Nice.

Posted on February 11, 2009 at 17:11 by ecods · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Jailbreaking the iPhone 3G – Part 2 – iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 / OS X 10.5.6

Success!
I now have a jailbroken iPhone 3G, running firmware 2.2.1.
Thanks to Apple’s update to firmware 2.2.1, and the Dev Team’s update of PwnageTool, along with some good instructions of how to get around the 10.5.6 no-DFU problem.

Posted on February 2, 2009 at 13:58 by ecods · Permalink · One Comment
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