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My new Buffalo NAS

       
By: Jeffrey | Published on: October 30, 2011

Below shown is my new LS-CH1.0TL LinkStation Live 1TB Buffalo-NAS purchased from MediaMarkt (Germany).

My Buffalo-NAS with DLINK ethernet switch and Lenovo Laptop

It supports one of my favourite feature – Its a hackable device! Flashing a new GNU/Linux firmware. Buffalo-NAS is based on GNU/Linux and also they provide its sourcecode in the downloads section webpage.

Also there is an dedicated hack portal for the Buffalo-NAS. Below is the link
Buffalo NAS-Central – http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Main_Page

I will post some hacks in my web log as I proceed.

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Learn to solder

       
By: Jeffrey | Published on: March 5, 2009

Soldering  is one of the essential skill required for an electronics hobbyist. These days I was searching for some cool soldering tutorials. And the result was my favourite site  INSTRUCTABLES .

You can check this link http://www.instructables.com/id/Soldering/ for a whole lot of soldering tutorials with some of them having videos.

The other web page I found was http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorials.php?tc=2 . Spark Fun is an amazing website. This website has all its circuit open. You can find a whole lot of tutorials and other thing about electronics from its page.

These kind of soldering skills are essential for hacking devices.

From my experience in soldering 50% of soldering skill is obtained by practice. But the remaining 50% skills can be improved only if you have good tools for soldering. At least have an micro soldering iron with you for doing SMD soldering.

HAPPY SOLDERING….

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