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Fixing the dash status light panel on a Toyota Supra

A few weeks ago, I was diagnosing an issue on a 1993 JZA80 Toyota Supra. As I was researching, I came across a suggestion to check for a faulty engine control unit. According to service manuals and sources on the internet, the check engine light (or malfunction indicator light) is supposed to switch on when … Continue reading Fixing the dash status light panel on a Toyota Supra →

tangrs Uncategorized 1 Comment October 29, 2015

MagSafe to USB charger

Recently, I came up with the idea of creating something that will let me charge my phone via a MagSafe charger. The use case for this is a bit limited (since you could just plug the phone into the laptop to charge) but could be handy sometimes when you don't want to set up a laptop … Continue reading MagSafe to USB charger →

tangrs Uncategorized 1 Comment June 28, 2015

A Final Fantasy X lightning strike dodging aimbot

Since I bought the Final Fantasy X HD remaster, I've been (re)playing through the game (75 hours now!). I'm currently playing through a lot of the side quests. Now, some of you Final Fantasy players may remember the 200 lightning bolt challenge. If you don't, let me explain briefly. There is a mini-game in FFX … Continue reading A Final Fantasy X lightning strike dodging aimbot →

tangrs Uncategorized Leave a comment April 25, 2015

Linux Release Tracker

I am a casual kernel developer so it's helpful for me to get an idea of roughly when the next merge window will open. Here is a handy tool I wrote to keep track of Linux releases, inspired by the Mac Buyers Guide. It has an estimate of when the next major Linux release along with … Continue reading Linux Release Tracker →

tangrs Uncategorized Leave a comment February 9, 2015

Deriving radii for round corners

A lot of 3D work I do involves working with round corners. In this case, I was designing a case to be fitted onto an appliance with a round corner. The item was essentially rectangular except with corners rounded. While I could figure out the dimensions of the item quite easily with a calliper, I … Continue reading Deriving radii for round corners →

tangrs Uncategorized Leave a comment October 30, 2014

Consolidating VMWare hard disks

When you create a virtual hard drive for use with VMWare, it doesn't actually pre-allocate all the space for it (unless you ask it to). For example, if you chose to dedicate 20GB to your virtual machine, it won't immediately take up 20GB of your (real) hard drive space. What will happen is the file … Continue reading Consolidating VMWare hard disks →

tangrs Uncategorized Leave a comment September 16, 2014

DIY smart watch

A few weeks ago, I was made aware of the Open Source Watch project while looking for some inspiration for projects to build. It looked really well done. But, there was room for improvement and I thought I would have a crack at building my own smart watch too. For the most part, I only used … Continue reading DIY smart watch →

tangrs Uncategorized Leave a comment September 13, 2014

3D printing adventures

I recently shelled out around $900 and bought myself a Prusa i3 3D printer kit for rapid prototyping. Unfortunately, I spent quite some time getting the 'calibration' working. The RepRap wiki was very helpful in helping to calibrate. However, I was quite lucky and the supplier where I got my kit from actually provided me with … Continue reading 3D printing adventures →

tangrs Uncategorized Leave a comment July 24, 2014

The Success Box

//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pbssA7Hg0GY?rel=0 This box was made with a button to press after a major achievement to boost your morale. It plays a song of your choice (or a random song) from a USB drive plugged into the side of the box. Personally, I prefer the Final Fantasy victory fanfares. With a little tweaking, you could easily … Continue reading The Success Box →

tangrs Uncategorized Leave a comment July 18, 2014

Idea for TI-Nspire serial adapter

The TI-Nspire has a serial interface in the dock connector at the bottom of the calculator. The easiest way to access this reliably is to simply solder a wire onto it but that's obviously not an option for some people. A few people in the community have come up with some interesting designs for a home … Continue reading Idea for TI-Nspire serial adapter →

tangrs Uncategorized Leave a comment June 15, 2013

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