Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen3Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen3
I just bought myself a Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen3 for $359.10. I have been quite happy with the Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen5 I’ve had for just over a year (apart[...]
Month: January 2024
Links January 2024Links January 2024
Long Now has an insightful article about domestication that considers whether humans have evolved to want to control nature [1]. The OMG Elite hacker cable is an interesting device [2].[...]
Storage Trends 2024Storage Trends 2024
It has been less than a year since my last post about storage trends [1] and enough has changed to make it worth writing again. My previous analysis was that[...]
2.5Gbit Ethernet2.5Gbit Ethernet
I just decided to upgrade the core of my home network from 1Gbit to 2.5Gbit. I didn’t really need to do this, it was only about 5 years ago that[...]
LicheePi 4A (RISC-V) First LookLicheePi 4A (RISC-V) First Look
I Just bought a LicheePi 4A RISC-V embedded computer (like a RaspberryPi but with a RISC-V CPU) for $322.68 from Aliexpress (the official site for buying LicheePi devices). Here is[...]
SAS vs SATA and RecoverySAS vs SATA and Recovery
SAS and SATA are electrically compatible to a degree that allows connecting a SATA storage device to a SAS controller. The SAS controller understands the SATA protocol so this works.[...]