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Permissions / Ownership / Read-Only Files Problem – Upgrade Windows from 8.1 to 10

If the following are anything to go by, the problem I encountered when upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 wasn’t unusual, which is a shame, as the rest of the upgrade process was OK. Unfortunately, not having any write access to my files and folders was… a bit of a bummer (read: catastrophically bad). […]

Posted on February 9, 2016 at 06:56 by Baron von Codlington · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Some Mechanical Keyboardery

I blame Dan Rutter, damn him. Specifically, I blame his post back in 1999 on dansdata.com – this one: http://www.dansdata.com/ibmkeyboard.htm, followed about six years later by his difficult second album, http://www.dansdata.com/clickykeyboards.htm, and then his seminal http://www.dansdata.com/clicky2.htm. I don’t think I was cool enough to actually read the 1999 post in 1999, but I was well into buckling […]

Posted on May 23, 2014 at 22:29 by Baron von Codlington · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Arc-AAA Torch / Flashlight

The Arc-AAA is a rather useful, bright, small LED torch.
I suggest you buy one.

Posted on February 3, 2009 at 09:00 by Baron von Codlington · Permalink · Leave a comment
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