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ILDVR – and their lack of professionalism
It all started with me purchasing ILDVR INC-MH40D06 IP Camera. I decided to poke at it and discovered some interesting and blatant security flaws. About a year ago I contacted ILDVR (Arnold and Marika...
View ArticleCross-flash M1015/9420-8i LSI controller quasi-official way
WARNING: don’t blame me if you brick your card ;). Building large cost effective storage solutions present a problem: lack of cost effective HBAs. The solution to this problem is an interesting...
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Toyota Vitz RS and its disappointing throttle response
Recently we got a nice 2005 Toyota Vitz RS (NCP91) with a manual transmission. It is great car in all aspects except power delivery and throttle response is pathetic. We already have 1NZ-FE powered car...
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HUSQVARNA rip-off pricing in NZ
So, I came across an interesting, but not surprising thing with Husqvarna MSRP prices in NZ compared to USA. I recently looked at Husqvarna 445 and when googled for it, I got multiple MSRP prices (one...
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Toyota Vitz RS throttle swap sorting out bugs
This is a follow up to this post. After a few weeks of testing the throttle body swap the following issues have surfaced: 1) Very high idle on cold start up (>3000rpm) 2) Random idle oscillations...
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External Western Digital USB drives and why to avoid them
Today I encountered a dead Western Digital USB 2.5″ drive. The drive in question is “WD 1TB Elements SE Portable Hard Drive USB 3.0” with WDBPCK0010BBK-01 part number. Searching for the part number on...
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Replacing timing chain tensioner on a 1NZFE
Since day one of our ownership of this particular 1NZFE powered Toyota IST the engine was a bit on louder side. Previously all my other cars had timing belts and I put it down to simply being a...
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Beware of fake Philips HID Bulbs!
I decided to replace the 6300k HID bulbs on one of my cars, with more sensible 4300k OEM solution. I came across reasonably priced Toyota Genuine Bulbs on trademe.co.nz (NZ ebay type of thing). The...
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Modifying rear fog light into a functional second set of stop and park lights...
For some silly reason a JDM Forester XT (SJG) comes with a single rear fog light on right side (and a dummy on left side). I am amazed that these rear fog lights are not disabled during compliance....
View ArticleHikvision applied shotgun to the foot and squeezed the trigger
I guess I will not be recommending Hikvision any more to anyone. Here is why: http://www.hikvision.co.uk/faq_80.html https://goo.gl/2uTtHk So in short, Hikvision decided to only sell their cameras to...
View ArticlePart 1: Implementing communication protocol for GT06E GPS tracker – WTF is...
Preamble: As an experiment I bought a relatively cheap GPS tracker that supported 3G (most of them at the time were 2G only). After quick google search I found a suitable model GT06E from Concox. The...
View Articlemod_python: 404 on *.py when trying to download the file
I had mod_python enabled and it would give me 404 on random python scripts in downloads directory (not cgi)… Nothing in error log either! Here is the fix: put .htaccess file in the download directory...
View ArticleTesting an engine knock sensor with multimeter and a hammer
No, I am not suggesting to hammer the knock sensor ;). Recently I was diagnosing a very intermittent error code 52 (knock sensor open/closed circuit) on a 4AFE powered Toyota Corolla. I needed a way to...
View ArticleCaveat Emptor: Do not buy EVGA GTX1060 6GB with ACX 2.0 Cooler!
What is wrong with EVGA GTX1060 6GB ACX2.0 (06G-P4-6161-KR)? Well, the cooler is a piece of shit and this card easily hits 90’C. This is the card in question: 06G-P4-6161-KR In addition if you are into...
View ArticleSimple IMAP to IMAP migration/sync tool
I had a need for a simple IMAP to IMAP sync tool, yet the only useful things I could find were offlineimap and imapsync. The offlineimap is too complex and does not exactly do what I want; while the...
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Hate ads on your smart phone? Pi-hole it permanently!
Sorry about spammy headline ;). Below I will describe how I got rid of ads on my android phone without rooting it. It is very easy to get rid of ads on an android smart phone if you have root access....
View ArticleGT06E GPS Tracker Part 2: Establishing connection
This is a continuation from Part 1. As of writing this I already had complete solution (as far as getting tracking data is concerned), a multi-process TCP server with a mysql database back-end. The...
View ArticleDealing with data obfuscation in some Chinese dash cameras
This is post relates to the extracting GPS coordinates form Novatek based dash cameras. About an year ago I was contacted by someone who tried to use my script on MP4 files generated by their camera,...
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Death and Resurrection of Asus RT-N16
One day the faithful Asus RT-N16 suddenly died.Power supply was swapped yet there were no lights. Post-mortem examination revealed a swollen capacitor (16V 680uF). Bad 16V 680uF C110 cap Due to double...
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2019-12-31 18.37Moir St, Mangawhai https://www.google.com/maps/place/36°07’33.6″S+174°34’30.4″E We encountered this idiot at Moir St. He tried to block us, and when I tried to drive around him, he...
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