Does the Razer Edge support WiDi? [no]
Q. Does the Razer Edge tablet support WiDi? A. No, it does not. 🙁 Confirmation of that rather disappointing fact: Razer support.
Author Archives: J.D. H.
Tablet teardowns
Tablets are pretty awesome, but man can they be a pain to repair! Whereas a simple little notebook like the Acer AO722 requires removal of a SINGLE screw to access key components, something like the iPad mini is an exercise in frustration. 🙁 With that being said, here is a pretty comprehensive look at tablet repairability. Featuring the good (Dell XPS 10, Kindle Fire) the bad (Surface RT) and the ugly (iPad 4, Surface Pro) among others. Very cool stuff and definitely worth taking
App Purchases
A partial list of apps I have purchased for iOS and Android: Purchased via iTunes Midway Arcade, Atomic Web, Blogsy, Star Walk Splashtop XDisplay, Splashtop XDisplay Unlimited Plex CameraSync, v1.2.2 (4+) KyPass, v1.8 (4+), Air Display, v1.6.1 (4+) Top Camera, HDR and Slow Shutter for iPad, v4.2 Disc Golf Course Locator, v1.2 Disc Golf Course Finder, v2.0 BlurFX, v3.1.6 Halcyon, v1.2 QuickShot with Dropbox, v2.0.1 (4+) AVPlayerHD, v1.47 (4+) TextGrabber + Translator, v2.6 (4+) Panorama 360 Camera, v4.7 (4+) Max
Trying out Google’s PageSpeed service
I always enjoy a good experiment and if it involves a new web service the all the better. Tonight I am testing out the Google PageSpeed service: So far the results look promising. 🙂 As of right now only a small number of visitors are getting the PageSpeed enhanced version of this site. Tomorrow will be the real test, as that will be when the required DNS changes have propagated out to all visitors. As such, if you notice anything wonky with jdhodges.com
Display dimming problem Dell notebooks
I am doing some research on a display dimming problem on my Dell Latitude E6430. Specifically, when using the laptop in a dim/dark environment, the display brightness sometimes varies with a sort of brightness-fluctuation. It can be quite annoying as it is almost like flickering. Perhaps the most frustrating aspect is that it is hard to replicate so troubleshooting can be difficult! 🙁 Other people have similar issues: XPS 15 screen auto brightness – Laptop General Hardware Forum – Laptop – Dell Communityhttp://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19452913/20123083.aspxHi.
DISABLE: Restart Your Computer To Finish Installing Important Updates
If you are reading this page then you have probably been greeted by this every annoying Windows Update prompt: ‘Restart Your Computer To Finish Installing Important Updates’ Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get rid of this annoying prompt? Thankfully, we can with just a few simple steps: #1 make sure the ‘Restart your computer…” prompt is not showing (i.e. ‘Postpone’ it for 4 hours) #2 start the Windows command prompt with administrative privileges #3 run the following command: net
WiFi internet speed test for Sleep Inn – Springfield, MO
How to find/follow twitter username via Hootsuite
Hootsuite is wonderful for keeping up with multiple twitter accounts and other social networks. However, if you are surfing the web and come across a twitter account that you want to follow, it can be a little intuitive to figure out how to follow someone. Therefore, here are the steps: #1 Look for the magnifying glass in the upper right hand corner of the Hootsuite They call that feature ‘Quick Search’ and you can enter a twitter username in and