About winning "Hands Down" (WC2010)

You know, I think it comes from a cultural difference, this French way of winning their qualification to the FWC2010.In English, there's this expression "Winning hands down". The origin is supposed to come from the horse racing world where a jockey would win so easily that he could afford to release the grip on the horse's reins.I could not find the origin  of the French...

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Synology DS109 NAS

I became increasingly concerned by the safety of my data after that some loss and corruption occurred on my NexStar LX NAS, apparently following episodes of heavy disk activity. I'm still not sure who to blame: the NAS or the old Seagate Barracuda inside.So, I had in mind to find a new NAS and hard drive in the next few months. I first saw the QNAP TS-109 on DealExtreme.com, which...

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Bloody Blogger!

I don't consider myself very knowledgeable on Blogger stuff, with my first blog not yet six months old, I'm still a newbie. But I certainly learned a lot because of all the problems I had so far, and in particular this week.   I hope this short story of my recent misadventures with Blogger will help some of you:  I must have been on another planet, but I read only this...

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The War of the Clones

Foscam sent me a picture with the new sticker layout that comes with the FI8908W produced from October 2009. It was supposed to help identifying a Foscam camera from a clone. And, guess what? It does exactly the opposite !I was expecting to see their name on it, but instead it's actually a label we could already see on the non-Foscam clones:The Model: identifies the embedded Wi-Fi...

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Replacing the lens of your IP camera

This very simple tweak cost 5€ and was suggested by a Spanish reader of this blog (thanks Villamany!).The pictures he posted were not only demonstrating a much wider angle of vision but also a much better image quality than with the original lens (in the case of the Foscam fi8908w). So it convinced me to do the same.I bought a 2.1mm 160-degree lens from DealExtreme.com (M12x0.5...

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An original fi8908w and a clone side by side

Outside characteristics of Foscam camera have changed with time and the clues below are no longer valid. The best way to ensure that you buy a Foscam camera is to check their list of recommended resellers. The best way to find out if the camera you already bought is a Foscam is to contact them directly with your device ID. You will then know if you can use firmwares found on this...

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