Even though this post is fairly dated, I will leave this post online just in case anyone still has an HP ProLiant ML310e or MicroServer Gen8 server with terrible disk performance. It had always been working fine until I started using ESXi 6 and 6.5 on it. For some reason the disk performance was...

This guide is no longer necessary since software update 4.5xx because they made the USB recovery key unnecessary. I guess they had too many problems with it. Disclaimer This guide worked for 2 people that had the problem where the Fibaro HC2 would not boot with the recovery stick connected,...

I wanted to be able to control my AC units in the office and the bedroom, as well as my window blinds. They can be operated by infrared remote controllers. One of the main challenges I encountered while making this project was the that the Raspberry Pi module for LIRC, the IR control software was...

I don't know why anyone would want to do this in this day and age, but I had a situation where I had to do it, so I'll just write it down here for anyone else who needs this info. Obtain the installer from the ESXi server Ah, and here you already will run into a problem. The webpage won't open! At...

Even though nobody should be using Windows 7 anymore these days, apparently this page is still quite popular for my visitors, so I've decided to leave it in my blog. Short answer Yes, there is a solution! You probably went through the entire internet looking for a solution for the nasty problem in...

Mass Effect Live Wallpaper for Android Years ago I put some time into sticking some cool live wallpaper I found online on my phone, and I still use it. It's pretty neat and works great on Android phones. I also use ring tones that were made by taking parts from Mass Effect music tracks and editing...

Sometimes hardware devices in Windows 7 are completely hidden in Windows 7. For example, I had a VMWare Windows 7 guest OS running on an ESXi 5.1 server and I did an 'upgrade virtual hardware' step. When I booted up the guest OS, the network connection was called "LAN connection 2" instead of just...

This is more for myself than for others, but, if you can use it, go ahead. In The Netherlands here, a fair amount of the decent modems sent out for DSL and fiber-to-the-home connections are Fritz!Box routers. These also have a fairly decent phone system built-in that can be hooked up to ISDN or...

Hey, so we all know the Raspberry Pi, right? It's an awesomely tiny and cheap print board that holds a complete computer on it with a number of interesting connectors and ports. Thanks to a friend of mine in England (thanks Ben!) I was able to get one fairly quickly. So when I got it I just had to...