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- Tested: Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x CD/DVD Rewritable Drive (w/New Media & Quality Scan Tests)
- 2026LON Part 5: Piccadilly Circus, Whitehall, Westminster and Greenwich
- Review: Anker Solix F1200 Portable Power Station (aka 757, PowerHouse 1229Wh)
- Review: ALIENTEK T90B 140W Smart USB-C Soldering Iron
- Tested: Usb-Pwr PAK02A-based USB-C PD + Legacy Trigger/Decoy Board
- 2026LON Part 4: Natural History Museum, The National Gallery, Royal Albert Hall, Chinatown & More
- 90mm M.O. Adventures: Part 3 – Performance Tests, Sounds & Reflections
- 90mm M.O. Adventures: Part 2 – A Range of Media, Capacities and Standards
- 90mm M.O. Adventures: Part 1 – Acquiring a Drive
- Teardown: Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 Pro Dock (DK1522)
- Mega Review: DJI Power 1000 1024Wh Portable Power Station + Accessories
- Teardown: Planex (PCi) 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch (FXG-081MV)
- 2026LON Part 3: Harrods, Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Albert Bridge, Battersea Park, Abbey Road & More
- Opinion: Solar Sharer Offer (SSO) Off to a Craptacular Start?
- Quick Review: HW-443 CH224K-based USB-C PD Trigger Board
- Teardown: A Generic 7-Port USB 3.0 Hub That Wasn’t
- Speedy DVD Burns – Part 3: Burns Gone Wrong
- Speedy DVD Burns – Part 2: Gotta Burn Fast
- Speedy DVD Burns – Part 1: Introduction & Quality Scanning Speed Examined
- Review, Teardown: Epomaker Carbon60 60% DSA Low-Profile Wireless Mechanical Keyboard
- Tested: TOMZN TOQ7-125/2P 125A 2-Pole 220V Night Light Series Automatic Transfer Switch
- Review: ALLPOWERS VOLIX P300 (300W/256Wh) Portable Power Station
- Review, Teardown: TP-Link Tapo P100 & P110 (Energy Monitoring) Mini Smart Wi-Fi Socket
- Notes: Western Sydney International (Nancy Bird Walton) Airport (YSWS/WSI) Provisional Radio Frequencies
- Quick Review: EARU Electric Automatic Transfer Switch (80A & 125A 2P Version)
- Visited: Vivid Sydney 2026 “Lights, Music, Mind & Food” (22 May – 13 Jun)
- 2026LON Part 2: Different Perspectives – In Search of a View
- Review, Teardown: at (Mibo Electric) Wi-Fi Tuya DIN Rail Smart Switch “Circuit Breaker” (AT-SY1-TSW)
- RoadTest Review: element13 Foil Headwave Aluminium aTtenuator DevKit
- Visited: ElectroneX Electronics Design & Assembly Expo (3-4 June 2026)
- Tested: Unifino 4x DVD-R for Data & Video (UTJR001001), 8x DVD-R for Data (IMC JPN-R01)
- Tested: Imation i-Pro 8x DVD-R, Mitsubishi 8x DVD-R, Verbatim 16x DVD+R & Generic 16x DVD-R
- Tool: Power Station Payback Calculator
- 2026LON Part 1: Public Transport – The Arteries & Veins of a City
- Analysis: The New Default Market Offer (DMO 8) & The Solar Sharer Offer
- Tested: Princo 1x 4.7GB DVD-RW General Ver 1.1 Disc
- Quick Review: Generic Air Duster vs. Wolfbox Super Power Turbofan MF100 & MF200
- A Strange Disc Tested – The Partially-Silvered CD-R
- 2026LON Part 0: A Risky Trip, Air India Experience & In-Flight Connectivity
- Quick Review: Acer TravelMate Spin P4 (P414RN-51) (14″ FHD, i5-1135G7, 8GB/256GB)
- Notes: Counterfeit Power Cables – A Fire Waiting to Happen …
- Review, Teardown: Epomaker TH99 Pro USB/2.4G/BT5.0 Hot-Swap 96% Keyboard w/LCD, Knob & RGB LEDs
- Project: BD & BDXL Archive (2026) – Media & Initial Scans (VERBATIMk, TDKBLDRNC, CMCMAGBA5, RITEKBR2)
- 2.5GbE Tests: Intel I226-V, Fenvi RTL8125B PCIe NICs, Horaco Switches (ZX-SG8T1 & ZX-SG4T2)
- Random Catch-Up: H[NY|BD] Reflections, Salvaged PC, VodaQuirks & Public Transport Observations
- PSA: Clean Your Fridge’s Refrigeration Coils/Vents, or Replace an Older Fridge with a Newer/Smaller Fridge
- Quick Review: Maya Mobile Travel eSIM
- Now Unwelcome: Why I Left OzBargain & The Link-Hostile Nature of Internet Discourse
- Mega Teardown, Repair: VTOMAN FlashSpeed 1500 “1548Wh” Power Station (PB-58)
- Teardown: A Dead Arris CM8200B NBN HFC DOCSIS 3.1 NTD
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Daily Archives: September 29, 2019
Random: Thanks Cooee, CBD Light Rail Testing, Metro Construction, T-Coil Audio & More
Every week is a busy week for me now that I’m fully laden with work and things to do on the side, thus I must apologise for later-than-usual replies to e-mails recently. Unfortunately, this often means that blogging also has … Continue reading
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