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Reverse Engineering the Xiaomi Jimny RC Car's Bluetooth Protocol
I bought a Xiaomi Smart RC Car a few years ago - the 1:16 scale Suzuki Jimny (model XMYKC01CM). It’s a neat little 4WD crawler that’s controlled via Xiaomi’s “Mi Smart RC Car” Android app. It sat on a shelf for quite a while, and when I finally got around to playing with it, I decided I wanted to build my own controller rather than use the official app.
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Running a Satisfactory Dedicated Server on Proxmox
I’ve been playing Satisfactory with friends lately, and like any self-respecting homelab enthusiast, I couldn’t resist the urge to host my own dedicated server. There’s something satisfying about running your own infrastructure rather than paying for a hosted solution.
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The ThinkPad X61: Thermal paste replacement
The X61 was the last 4:3 aspect ultraportable produced by Lenovo; the end of an era. I’ve owned a couple of X60’s and an X61 and they all seemed to share the same issue – poor thermal performance. In laymans terms, they run seriously hot.
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The Upgraded iPod Mini in 2016
Many years ago, when the mechanical drive was king, hacking the iPod was a popular past-time. I kid; not popular, but among those who can’t live with a piece of hardware they haven’t tinkered with, stripped down and rebuilt, and upgraded beyond its original spec, it was a cheap and easy way to get something worth more than the sum of its parts.
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My 'special' ThinkPad T500
I’m a big fan of ThinkPads. Over the years I’ve owned quite a variety. Starting with a T61p then an X60, X61, T60 4:3, X200, X230, and the subject of this post – the T500.
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Starting out with Jekyll
I’m Matt, and I decided I’d start this blog to discuss the different topics I’m learning about in the area of coding, Maths, technology, and anything else I think is interesting or relevant.
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