This project started as a vague idea to play music on better speakers and ended up becoming a bit more. There are a few things here which a lot of audiophiles wouldn’t like and it’s more like a curiosity project for learning than a setup for the best possible audio quality. It is indeed possible to […]
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Charging DSLR camera batteries by solar panel while traveling
Ever since I bought a camera, batteries have been an issue specially while traveling. A fully charged DSLR battery is enough for up to 1000 photos or more if used properly. But in places without electricity like when camping and cold weather, battery charge is an issue. I found out during my last trip to […]
Update to Raspberry Pi as a media server and torrent box.
This post is a follow up of my previous post about using Raspberry pi as a media server and a torrent box. Since last time, I’ve managed to fix up most of the problems that came up and now my Raspberry Pi setup is working well as a media server and torrent box. The major […]
Raspberry Pi as a media server and torrent box.
A few weeks back I bought a Raspberry Pi 2 with a vague idea of using it as a device for downloading torrents and streaming videos. Using a PC for this work seems like an overkill. But work, travel and other stuff didn’t leave enough time and I could work on this project only for […]
Saving bandwidth on Google Chrome and Mozilla Thunderbird
Since last 3 months, I am on an shitty internet connection which as a download limit of just 15 GB and costs an arm and leg. But stuck with it because the only other option in my area is just as bad. So now it happened that this 15 GB download limit was getting over […]
Reply to TRAI’s Net Neutrality questionnaire
Unless you have been living under a rock, you must have heard about some telecom providers like Airtel offering certain kind of “free” internet. This sounds like a great deal to a few people, but it violates all the principles of a non-discriminatory internet infrastructure. In medium to long term, it will lead to monopoly […]
Script for taking automatic backups in Linux
From now, on I’ll post all my tech related articles in tech section here. I’ll start it from this small tutorial to automate backup process in linux over a network. Read the rest of post here
PHP5 installation & integration with Apache2
This tutorial is meant for people who are want PHP5 on their Ubuntu computer along with Apache2, but can’t seem to make it happen. I’ll just explain it all as it happened to me. I have an old pc running BackTrack 4 R2 which is used as a MySQL server. It’s Ubuntu version is Intrepid, […]