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Earlier this week, we ve picked up our new Toyota Aygo X Hybrid from the dealer. This comes with the Toyota Smart Connect MM21 head unit. Being the nerd I am, I, of course, went through all the features this computer on wheels has. Everything was working great apart from one thing. Whenever I went… Read More: Problem with map update. Please contact your dealer.
As per this SuperUser answer: Native hdiutil mkisofs First, make sure you have mkisofs installed. It s part of cdrtools: Then have it generate a Video-DVD image:
Empty All Recycle Bins Or: Clear All Notifications in Web UI (Might not be visible in the Web UI until it refreshes the list of notifications.)
Decimal Time / Metric Time In 1793, during the French Revolution, the French wanted to decimate decimalise the whole calendar and timekeeping. They somehow kept the 12 months per year, but each month had 30 days 3 weeks with 10 days each. 360 days total, plus 5-6 buffer days at the end of each… Read More: Time For Everyone
AI is a topic for quite some while now. Mostly in the form of chat bots or coding assistants. But there s also AI for photorealistic image generation. Emphasis on realistic . History Sure, we ve had digital people for years, e.g. YouTuber Ami Yamato, or virtual singer Hatsune Miku. But these were based on motion capture and/or… Read More: TRUST. NO. ONE.
Ever since stumbling over Cyrill Künzi s article about the Sonicare brush head timer reset (which I ve written about here), I ve wondered what else is stored in the data. This is what a dump of the Mifare Ultralight NTAG213 s memory from a white Sonicare A3 Premium All-in-One head looks like: The memory is organised into pages … Read More: Sonicare Brush Head NFC Data
I had to compare multiple stream dumps I ve collected from different places. Each file had a timestamp from when it was generated (i.e. downloaded) in it. So, even the exact same dump would have different timestamps if downloaded twice. Also, some files had embedded cover art and tags while others didn t have any tags. To… Read More: Comparing Audio Streams
I ve barely touched my Switch and was running some old Atmosphère version and Firmware 19-something. As someone not that deep in that topic anymore, here are the steps I ve needed to get it updated to FW 21 ready for the latest and greatest games. (Mostly for my own reference in the future.) Atmosphère The… Read More: Getting Atmosphère Ready for FW 21.0.0
Audiophiles love their oxygen-free copper cables and expensive equipment and often proclaim that MP3 is far inferior to lossless audio. (And, that a needle dragged over tiny grooves in vinyl is the best.) Many tests have been done, but almost all of them have the issue that participants either outright knew which version was which… Read More: MP3s and Audiophiles
Back in June 2020, The Outer Worlds was released for the Nintendo Switch. In September 2021, I ve bought it and played it every once in a while until I finished it sometime in the middle of 2022. Despite also owning the Expansion Pass, I ve never completed the additional quests. Since March 2025, I m the proud… Read More: The Outer Worlds from Switch to Deck