Archive for the 'Misc' Category

Illegitimi non carborundum

Monday, April 24th, 2017

Illegitimi non carborundum is a Latin phrase meaning “Do not make illegal copies of this disk.” It is also sometimes mistaken to mean “fuck the system” by people without a sense of humor. The phrase first appeared on copies of the Microsoft Windows 95(TM) installation CD, as a reminder to consumers that they should not […]

GAPPS with Dirty Unicorns 11 (7.1)

Wednesday, January 18th, 2017

A quick note in case anybody else runs into the same problem with GAPPS on the Nexus 5 (hammerhead). I installed Dirty Unicorns 11 (Nougat 7.1.1) yesterday, and it worked fine. Then I tried to install the recommended Dynamic GAPPS. It did not. The Mini version resulted in endless “Google Play Services keeps stopping”. Full […]

I put all the things in the box thing and now it’s a thing

Monday, January 16th, 2017

Everything fits into the box! Definitely not the final switches, or functionality, or layout, or anything. The amber LED is a definite keeper, though! I know they’re not very retro, but I like the knobs. They are too tall for a stompbox, unfortunately. To my surprise, everything works as designed. I got the phase switch […]