urn:uuid:8ab90728-0e57-53f5-a060-317847daf3f4 Daniel Aleksandersen https://www.daniel.priv.no/ Copyright © 2021 Daniel Aleksandersen. https://www.ctrl.blog/assets/favicon/favicon.svg 2021-07-11T01:09:00Z weekly 10 urn:uuid:075bba76-530e-4577-998f-1a0e218c76da 2021-07-11T01:09:00Z 2021-07-11T01:09:00Z

The tale of my bad experiences with consumer-grade Realtek networking equipment over the last decade. Intel has always had to come in to save the day.

<p>I recently got a new Asus AMD B550-PLUS (on Amazon) mainboard. It has a built-in Realtek PCIe 2,5-gigabit (RTL8125B) network interface controllers (NIC.) As is often the case with Realtek NICs, it has been quite unreliable and is plagued with intermittent issues.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/realtek-nic.html#src=feed">Read more …</a></p> urn:uuid:205b275e-8a5c-4cc2-b14c-743b8f9e5eed 2021-06-17T14:42:00Z 2021-06-17T14:42:00Z

The Logitech K835 TKL is a low-latency and well-built budget keyboard. Mechanical keyboards aren’t just for gamers with too much disposable income!

<p>Logitech has set out to prove that mechanical keyboards aren’t just for gamers with too much disposable income and an unhealthy obsession for blinking lights! The Logitech K835 is a tenkeyless (TKL, meaning a regularly sized keyboard without the numpad) mechanical budget keyboard. It has an open-body design built on an aluminum plate on a plastic shell featuring either TTC tactile (“blue”) or TTC linear (“red”) key switches.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/review-logitech-k835-tkl.html#src=feed">Read more …</a></p> urn:uuid:1f092cab-9a88-404e-bde9-d9d2c0ea9b04 2021-02-02T18:41:00Z 2021-02-02T18:41:00Z

The heatsink I ordered for my Raspberry Pi arrived with double-sided tape instead of a thermal pad; so I installed to the official case fan accessory instead.

<p>Two months ago, I mentioned that I was looking to buy a heatsink for my Raspberry Pi on AliExpress (AE). I specifically looked for and ordered a heatsink that came with an adhesive thermal pad. Among the customer reviews of heatsinks on AE, I found other customers had resorted to installing their heatsinks with super glue. That’s a bad idea as regular super glue is a thermal insulator. In the meantime, the Raspberry Pi Foundation had released a potentially better and official cooling accessory.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/raspberry-heatsink-case-fan.html#src=feed">Read more …</a></p> urn:uuid:60587710-68c6-44af-896c-1738ded92c19 2020-12-30T00:21:00Z 2020-12-30T00:35:00Z

Why isn’t the Norwegian keyboard layout variant of the official Raspberry Pi keyboard accessory available for sale in Norway? Norway must be its only market.

<p>Why isn’t the Norwegian keyboard layout variant of the official Raspberry Pi keyboard accessory available for sale in Norway? Norway is the primary, if not the only, market for it. I went up the distribution chain to figure out why it isn’t available.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/raspberry-pi-keyboard-distribution.html#src=feed">Read more …</a></p> urn:uuid:32f01632-6e4a-4742-88f1-b4d8db7bbd98 2020-11-25T01:38:00Z 2020-11-25T01:38:00Z

Rollerblade-style wheels don’t resist movement and help you stay slightly less inactive while spending hours in your office chair.

<p>I swapped out my boring old office chair double-wheeled castors for rollerblade-style wheels. I didn’t quite know what I expected, but I’m happier with my chair. The new wheels also as the potential for a minuscule improve my health; so what’s not to like? Here are some of the unexpected benefits of replacing the wheels on my office chair.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/rollerblade-wheels-chair.html#src=feed">Read more …</a></p>