Jeremys Posts

Programming NXC in Linux

Hellow there, fellow Linux enthusiast. Looking for a way to program the NXT robot using your Linux notebook? Well, turns out you can! What works Compiling NXC code – exactly as it would on Windows & OSX Downloading the compiled code to the NXT brick through USB What generally won’t work Actual NXC language code completion Firmware update the NXT thru Linux at ur own risk… Your NXC IDE in Linux Not too much choice here:

How to update the Plextor M5M SSD firmware by usb

This guide will show you step-by-step how to update the firmware for the Plextor PX-128M5M mSata solid state drive on a Windows machine, using a USB flash drive – which is much more practical than burning it to a CD disc. Plextor’s PlexTool utility notifies you about new firmware version releases. Great! But it simply downloads it – and you have to burn the tiny ISO yourself. You could just as easily write the ISO to a disc – but why not just one of those USB drives laying around?

Minecraft = Kids

All these kids setting up their own Minecraft servers, websites, the whole deal…actual mine craft wiki admin’ing…not to mention setting up PayPal accounts for donations…sheesh not even 18 🙂 Considering that whenever money is concerned, the parents are paying for it anyway, of course ^^ Today marks 86 downloads of my Dashboard app so far. How many are school kids? haha well it is designed to be straight forward! Even so I wanted to publish the code…

SlideNav driver for Windows 8

If you’ve recently upgraded your Lenovo Y560 Ideapad from Windows 7 to Windows 8, you will bump into problems trying to get the SlideNar/SlideNav installer to work. Launching Installation.exe simply gives an error stating that your Windows version is not supported. Well… it actually does still work! How to enable the Lenovo Y560 Slidebar on Windows 8: Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package ( x86 or x64 ) Download and install the Microsoft Application Verifier utility (http://www.