SHUCKING A WESTERN DIGITAL ELEMENTS 6TB HDD

Posted on May 13, 2020June 13, 2020 by Simon

Having never come across this process before, I decided to give shucking a go. What’s shucking you might ask? Well watch the video on my YouTube channel to find out and how I did this without damaging the enclosure (important for warranty claims!) and find out what drive I got in the end. Was it worth it?

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RGB YOUR SETUP FOR £10

Posted on January 26, 2017October 21, 2020 by Simon

Nowadays you’ll find most setups have some form of LED lighting in them, especially if you’ve got a perspex panel on your case, but what about your desk setup? Yes you heard it right LED lights don’t have to the be sole domain of the gaming rig! I went out and bought a set of RGB LED lights for my desk after previously putting a set on the back of my monitor and I captured the whole thing in this video on my Youtube channel.

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TINY USB CHARGER

Posted on January 5, 2016October 21, 2020 by Simon

Good evening readers. I thought I’d start off 2016 talking about a recent purchase I made after I funded a project on Kick Starter back at the end of 2015. If you’ve never visited the tech section on Kick Starter you then you’re in for a bit of a treat, yes there are the ‘never going to make it’ projects but then there are some really good ones on there too and the inCharge Bolt cable was one of those.

This little cable is just 1.5 inches in length when closed over and is perfect for attaching to your keyring, personally I put mine on my lanyard for work so I’ve always got it with me around the office. The cable comes in both MicroUSB and Lightning varients, the one pictured here is the USB version. There is a good range of colours as well as a thick and thin connector version – my one is the standard thick version.
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