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The Demise of PC Gaming
Are PC gamers just an insignificant bunch of unforgiving pirates?
It's sad, isn't it? It would appear that we have become materialistic sweat-bands soaking up as many goods as we can get our hands on. It has got to the stage where aspects of this have altered the way the industry views consumers. You see, not all of us have the money to obtain everything we want when we want it. It's not feasible, particularly when it comes to software. I'm sure you can see where this is going.
TP-Link TL-PA201 Ethernet Over Power Kit Review
Need a wired connection without additional cables? Read on.
Website: http://www.tp-link.com/
Price: $147 - http://www.megaware.com.au/ (at time of review)
Restoring dead Ni-MH batteries
It wasn't neglect, I swear!
So, I'm on holidays. An excellent opportunity to get back into robotics, I thought, whilst I eyed my dust entrenched Lego NXT prototype SumoBot built several months prior. It was a uni project at the time, and ever since, I've been busy with other studies. So I quickly brushed off the dust and hit the on button, only to find that the batteries were dead. "That's OK" I thought, "I'll just charge them up again." I was wrong. You see, when you don't charge batteries for a long period of time, they tend to over-discharge. I proceeded to place the batteries in their designated charger, switched it on, and noticed that the status bars for each battery were not changing. In fact, the charger didn't realise there were batteries inserted! Why was this so? Could the issue be resolved? I investigated further...