Ciro Santilli's hardware Park Tool PAW-12 adjustable wrench Updated 2025-07-16
12-inch adjustable wrench.
Bought: 2020-11-07 initially for using with park Tool BBT-22.
Ciro Santilli's hardware Park Tool PW-5 (2022) Updated 2025-07-16
Bought: 2022.
To remove pedals when they get stiff.
Ciro Santilli's hardware Park Tool SR-12.2 chain whip Updated 2025-07-16
Ciro Santilli's hardware Philips Dust Mite Hand Held Vacuum Cleaner Updated 2025-07-16
Ciro Santilli's hardware Phillips D400 cordless phone Updated 2025-07-16
Ciro Santilli's hardware Polytechnique USB flash drives Updated 2025-07-16
~8GB,
lsblk reports 7796176 * 1KB = 7983284224 bytes.They are shaped like bicornes, which is super cool, but also super impractical!
Markings: "AX ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE PROMOTION X2009"
From Ubuntu 20.04 on an ext4 formatted one:With Linux Unified Key Setup + ext4 the results are similar, maybe hdparam bypasses it?
/dev/sdb:
Timing cached reads: 28656 MB in 1.99 seconds = 14421.31 MB/sec
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Timing buffered disk reads: 42 MB in 3.03 seconds = 13.88 MB/sec/dev/sdb:
Timing cached reads: 28326 MB in 1.99 seconds = 14251.55 MB/sec
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Timing buffered disk reads: 38 MB in 3.11 seconds = 12.23 MB/secgnome-disks LUKS + ext4 benchmark with default params also gives about 14 MB/s.Primarily bought to make borlotti beans!!!
Ciro Santilli's hardware Raspberry Pi 2 Updated 2025-07-16
As of 2018-12, I believe that I might have fried the UART on this board when I burnt my last UART to USB converter by connecting ground to 5V.
Linux kernel logs don't show, but do show with the exact same components on the Pi 3 (SD card with
enable_uart=1 + image Raspbian Lite 2018-11-03 and UART cables).Serial from
cat /proc/cpuinfo: 00000000a50c1f69Datasheets: Raspberry Pi 2.
Ciro Santilli's hardware Raspberry Pi 3 Updated 2025-07-16
Linux on SSH and bare metal blinker both work on this board, so the rest of the board seems alive.
Serial from
cat /proc/cpuinfo: 00000000c77ddb77Datasheets: Raspberry Pi 3.
Ciro Santilli's hardware Raspberry Pi Pico W Updated 2025-07-26
With pre-soldered male pin headers.
>>> machine.unique_id()
b'\xe6ad\x08C8%$' Ciro Santilli's hardware Virgin Media 256 Mps nominal Updated 2025-07-16
Ciro Santilli's hardware Samsonite X-Pression Spinner Updated 2025-07-16
Looks like this:
Feels quite good.
Label markings:
Wheel hole separation:Trying to buy a replacement: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KVZQSTG
Ciro Santilli's hardware Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7 512GB SSD Updated 2025-07-16
PCIe TLC OPAL2.
www.samsung.com/semiconductor/global.semi/file/resource/2018/05/PM981_M.2_SSD_Datasheet_v1.3_for_General.pdf | web.archive.org/web/20181224225410/https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/global.semi/file/resource/2018/05/PM981_M.2_SSD_Datasheet_v1.3_for_General.pdf
sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/nvme0n1p5 on Ubuntu 20.04: Timing cached reads: 29812 MB in 1.99 seconds = 15007.00 MB/sec
HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Timing buffered disk reads: 6328 MB in 3.00 seconds = 2109.00 MB/sec Ciro Santilli's hardware Shoes Updated 2025-07-16
For sizing see also: Ciro Santilli's body.
Ciro Santilli's hardware Skullcandy Ink'd+ with Microphone Updated 2025-07-16
Bought: 2022.
Noticeably worse than the Skullcandy Smokin' Buds 2 for a similar price.
Ciro Santilli's hardware Skullcandy Smokin' Buds 2 Updated 2025-07-16
2023-07: one of the sides broke near center, rebuying.
2021-07: wire half broke near connector, only works in some positions. The funny thing is: only voices seem to be blocked out! Rebuying.
2021-06: a small bottom piece of the left earpiece broke. Wire seems find, that is like a little extension to protect wire. Let's see for how long.
2020-20: wires at one of ears broke, not sure how.
Look they looked exactly like: "Skullcandy Smokin' Buds 2 In-Ear Audio Earbud Headphones with In-Line Microphone - Black".
Re-buying that one 10 pounds:
Tech specs:
Connection Type: 3.5mm AUX CableImpedence: 32 ohmsDriver Diameter: 9mmSound Pressure Level: 95 dB (1mW/500Hz)Frequency Response: 20kHz - 20HzHeadphone Type: In-Ear
Ciro Santilli's hardware Tefal rice cooker (2017) Updated 2025-07-16
Bought around: 2017-09.
TEFAL Multicook 8in1 RK302E15 MultiCooker - 4 Portions / 5L.
Likely bought from: www.johnlewis.com/tefal-rk302e15-8-in-1-multi-cooker/p231378165
How to open videos: can't find any, but the hard part (remove top lid) was the same as the video for joyoung rice cooker (2014), can be done by inserting a thin metal and going around it.
Bottom opens by taking off a single screw on the bottom and pulling it out (not obvious, a little bit of force).
2021-01: while making congee it overflowed without us noticing it, and next time we were going to cook something, it started to burn bits of congee that stuck to the heat plate. Opened it up and tried to clean everything.
2020-03: E01 error, looked up on manual and it is a top wire broken, opened up and confirmed one of the three wires going up broken, exactly like the previous one joyoung rice cooker (2014). Managed to fix easily with heat gun and Solder Seal Heat Shrink, no soldering iron, that thing is amazing: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085415G8N Let's see how long it lasts.
Ciro Santilli's hardware Toshiba MK1059GSM Updated 2025-07-16
Ciro Santilli's hardware TP Link ARCHER VR2800 Updated 2025-07-16
Manual: www.tp-link.com/uk/support/download/archer-vr2800/ In particular, the user guide: static.tp-link.com/1910012125_Archer%20VR2800(EU)_V1_UG.pdf
Admin IP address: 192.168.1.1/ It also works over Wifi and people don't know how to disable that: community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/1460
Ciro Santilli's hardware WD10EADS-42P6B0 Updated 2025-07-16
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