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3D Printing Guide for Noobs
3D Printing, Gadgets, How-ToTagged 3d printer, Gadgets, printing

3D Printing Guide for Noobs

14 March 202514 March 2025

A 3D Printing Guide First Impressions While I tend to try to get into tech early and 3D printing has been very exciting to follow there was one sticky bit that I could never get […]

Fixing Cyberpower UPS with NUT on PFSense
Gadgets, How-To, ServerTagged cyberpower, NUT, pfsense, power, technology, UPS

Fixing Cyberpower UPS with NUT on PFSense

22 October 202422 October 2024

Ran into a bit of a problem getting my Cyberpower UPS ST900U working on PFSense. It required a bit of banging my head against the search wall before I found a solution so hopefully this […]

Orange Pi 5 Plus Home Lab Workhorse
Gadgets, Linux, ServerTagged arm, home lab, orange pi, raspberry pi, SBC, Server

Orange Pi 5 Plus Home Lab Workhorse

11 October 202411 October 2024

As one might assume of a tech nerd in 2024 I run a home network and home lab in order to keep current on modern technology. To stay relevant in tech you need a playground […]

Gadgets, PlaystationTagged controller, DIY, DS4, games, Gaming, hardware, playstation, sony, video game, video gaming

Custom Playstation DualShock 4 Thumb Sticks

30 October 2015

I stumbled across this video the other day and thought this was a neat idea. In the face of the first gen plastic peeling and tearing issues finding an alternative stick seemed like a great […]

Gadgets, VRTagged BABBQ, Big Android BBQ, htc, occulus, portal, portal 2, steam, virtual reality, vive, vr

I Sur-Vive-ed VR

28 October 2015

Let me cut to the chase. VR is real and it’s amazing. If you’re one of those people who can’t see it, or who despite the fixes in place still get sick from it, I’m […]

Entertainment, Gadgets, How-To, UncategorizedTagged 3DS, games, Gaming, mobile, Nintendo, video game, video gaming

Access the New Nintendo 3DS’s SD Card Without Removing It

15 February 2015

I don’t give much credit to Nintendo for a lot of things outside of making entertaining games. Frankly they’re terrible about keeping up with the modern state of gaming, by in large, and they’re especially […]

Gadgets, Internet, ReviewTagged asus, dhcp, internet, netgear, networking, nighthawk, qos, router

Week 1 With The Netgear Nighthawk R7000

13 July 2014

Last week my router was fried by my lovely cable company who can’t be bothered to ground their cables. The power surge came in not on the power line but on the network line. This […]

Gadgets, How-To, InternetTagged dd-wrt, ddwrt, firmware, how to, instructions, netgear, nighthawk, r7000, upgrade

How To Flash DD-WRT to the Netgear Nighthawk R7000

9 July 2014

My blog has moved and an updated version of this post is located here http://brockhatfield.com/flash-ddwrt-netgear-nighthawk-r7000/ Honestly the process of flashing the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 to DD-WRT is a really easy, straight forward process. Unfortunately it […]

Android, Gadgets, ReviewTagged 1080p, Android, Google, GPe, mobile, Nexus, review, tablet

A Week With The LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition

29 December 20137 April 2024

First things first I had to take the beast out of the box. So here’s that. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8XtFCcEAQc&w=560&h=315] Most people would probably lead off talking about the size and shape of the device since that is […]

Editorial, Gadgets, Google, Internet, Linux, Mobile, ReviewTagged chrome os, chromebook, linux, mobile

HP Chromebook 14 The Way A Chromebook Should Be

24 November 2013

Chromebooks are neat devices. I don’t call them laptops because they really aren’t. They can’t do a lot of the things you expect of a real laptop like playing the largest selection of video games […]

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