Author: Jeffrey Hein
The best USB 3.0 SD card reader for Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Full size and micro SD support. USB 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1 support.
The best ergonomic mouse
This mouse is the best, because it is vertically aligned instead of horizontally. Creating a better position for your arms. Also, this mouse comes in 3 sizes for your hand. This mouse is ambidextrous. You can switch back and forth between hands, so one doesn’t get repetitive stress. The wireless option comes with mini USB…
The best kneeling, standing, sitting, lying down desk for a laptop.
The goal is to be able to work on the laptop sitting, standing, kneeling, or lying down. Easily. A little post on treadmill workstations by Neal Stephenson: http://www.nealstephenson.com/news/2015/03/09/notes-on-416-days-of-treadmill-desk-usage/ Sitting at a desk For sitting I use my existing desk. I use an external keyboard and mice. Goldtouch keyboard wired and 2x Penguin mouse wireless. This stand, and these…
How to root the inWatch Z smart watch (Gain root level access), and install Google Play!
InWatch Z Smartwatch aka inWatch Z2G This guide is written for the original inWatch Z that came with Andriod 4.2.2, and has the bone conductivity speaker. Not the later version (Z3G) that shipped with Android 4.4. These instructions may work with the later one, but I have not tested it. Chipset: MediaTek (MTK) MT6572 Why…
JP’s recurring monthly donations
$1/month to DVSAC dvsac.org $1/month to mom
Best SAS 3 / SATA 3 6GB/s controller card. For Ubuntu Linux, FreeNAS, SmartOS. In the Dell Poweredge r710.
$70 on eBay! : https://goo.gl/B8j2HB https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/confused-about-that-lsi-card-join-the-crowd.11901/ http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/29059-lsi-92xx-firmware-files/ IBM ServeRAID M1015 Part 4: Cross flashing to a LSI9211-8i in IT or IR mode
The best 8 port 10GB Ethernet Switch for single racks
NETGEAR ProSAFE XS708E
The best rat traps (Old school seems to perform the best.) + best poison
Bait: snickers bar, or peanut butter and dog food. Modifications: You can make a slit in a bottle cap and slide onto bait tab. This makes it a little harder for the rat to get at the bait. Poison:
The best DSL modem with Wifi
HTC Incredible Battery and Back
HP T620 VS Dell Wyse V10D Thinclient and the HP Elite 8000 ultra-slim
20x Dell Wyse Z10D Dual core 1.65GHz 2GB http://www.arcy.com/wyz1re2gwt90.html$180/per Free shipping 20x HP T620 4GB, Quad core 1.5GHz https://www.nautilusnet.com$190/per + $190 s/h 20x HP Elite 8000 Ultra slim Dual 3GHz 4GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5YV20K0343 $150/per + Free shipping
Windows 10 VDI deployment: Architecture and Taxonomy
Virtual server mirror. Serving Windows 10 pro desktops to 20x thin clients. Mirror Server: 2x Dell r710 12 cores @ 3GHz, 64GB RAM, w/ Intel 2x 10GBE port and dual 850W Power Storage per server: 2x300GB SSD, 4x146GB SAS 15K, 2x1TB SAS 7.2K Software: M$ Windows 2012r2 Datacenter or Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Architecture: ~20x…