The Superbook by Sentio – Well it finally arrived and…..TBC

Hi, its been a while since I updated techun.limited, works been busy and finding time has been difficult but out of the blue I finally received my Superbook by Sentio which was called Andromium Inc. A little history and introduction to the Superbook, the Superbook is billed as the the Universal Laptop Dock that transforms your Android smartphone into a laptop. When I saw this on Kickstarter some it was priced at $99, it promised to have a 10 hour battery life, ability to charge your phone, multi-touch mouse pad, 1080p…

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JIVR bike – Folding | Electric | Chainless Test Ride

All things electric catch my eye and I was looking at bikes for commuting to work and to potter around nearer to home, folding was a must for getting on the tube. I didn’t want just a normal bike, it needed design and tech at the level of a Tesla car level. My searches shaped my browser ads and all things being big data and targeted adverts, JIVR popped up on my Instagram feeds, really I don’t mind, especially when its something I want to look at 🙂 I registered my interest on the…

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Xiaomi Mi Band 3

Seems like I’m always saying its been a while 🙂 but its been a busy few weeks. Was keeping an eye on all things xiaomi and I saw the Mi Band 3 as released, being a big fan of the original and the Band 2, I placed an order to give me the needed incentive to get back to updating techun.limited so the Mi Band 3 vs the Mi band 2 is… Xioami mi band 2 Xiaomi mi band 3 Pictures Display 0.42 inches OLED display screen 0.78 inches OLED…

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OnePlus 6 – WOW!

So not even a year after I purchased my OnePlus 5, I now have the opportunity to get the OnePlus 6. I didn’t bother with the 5T, yes I liked the look/New screen and did feel a little cheesed off that after 5 months there was a slightly better model…. but thats technology for you and I did think a less of OnePlus 🙁 I didn’t technically need a new phone, the 5 was doing a good job but seeing as the hand sets are about £400 to £500 if…

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Mount remote ftp directory host locally into Linux file system using curlftpfs

Morning, just a quick post, while working  on a project for work I needed to get meta data from an FTP site, I didn’t want to download the while site and the tool we are working on at would can scan File Server but not FTP directly…..a little but of a pickle until I stumbled on curlftpfs for linux. In a nutshell it uses FUSE (virtual file system in linux) to present the FTP site to the local machine…..I can then scan as if it were a local share……DONE!  (can also…

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Edimax RG21S AC2600 MU-MIMO Gigabit Router/Access Point for £64.98@ebuyer.com

So while working on a project for work I needed to test cheap and easy access of a machine and like all things IT related, nothing ever goes smoothly (especially when you have VirginMedia SuperHub3 in the mix). I was thinking I could install the VPN service as part of server 2012, use a dynamic DNS client, enable port forwarding on the superhub and be done with it all. Not so, after failing at every turn I narrowed down the issue to it being the ports I wanted open and passed not…

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New Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

So its been a while since I last posted anything so in an effort to get the ball rolling I decided to get a new New Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and see how it compares to my current Pi 3 Model B. I have been a big fan of the Pi since the beginning so this is a welcome addition to the line up. Thinks to ThePiHut for sending me one. Price is £32 which is thanks to the raspberrypi.org and good suppliers. As most users know the Pi 3 Model B has…

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Balco 3D Printer – From Aldi for £299 All In

Balco 3D Printer – From ALDI for £299 All In So after reading about a month ago that ALDI was going to be selling a 3d printer in the UK I was keen to find out more, after all I need a Christmas gift and I have been really good this year :P. I set a reminder so that could get a chance to pre-order on their website and before I knew it I had pre-order the printer and then had to wait 3 weeks. Before this I has managed…

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Raspberry Pi 3 and Cooling (Heat-sink, Fan and lid off)

I have a little time on my hands at the moment as I am in between jobs (finished old job after 10 years, doing some DIY + training and then starting new job soon) so I though I would have a little experiment. Now there are lots of posts about “is cooling actually needed” on a Raspberry Pi 3 and in general its usually down to personal preference. Its not sporting the latest CPU, probably consumes the same power as most i7 fans and is not running business critical apps…

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