Strav's blog

A few years back, apparently, the standard oil mixtures were reformulated to remove some components vital to the proper operation of older automotive engines.  A ZDDP Additive can be found at Eastwood under the lable ZDDPlus. ZDDP Oil Additive more »

FATXplorer Fatxplorer, The ultimate Xbox 360 storage device tool.  Xplorer360 Xplorer360 v0.9 Beta 3: now with Xbox1 Support   more »

lsb_release -a How to check which version of Ubuntu is installed? more »

In the past I've used StarNet's X11 server for Windows, but I recently stumbled across Xming and have since switched to it.  It's free and performs well for my needs. X11 for Windows XP and Vista more »

Cannot install AT&T Natural Voices on Vista RC2How to use the Orca database editor to edit Windows Installer files more »

Information for 500G/1TB HD Jtag 360 HDDMigrating old hard drive data to new jtag 500 gig hard drive Partition 2 (Xbox 1 Emulator Partition) Xbox 360 Hard Drive: Partition 2 20, 60, or 120 GB Xbox 360 Hard Drive Upgrade WikiRestore Partition 0,… more »

Here are a couple of links to BMW DIS/GT1 information BMW DIS Installation / GT1 installation instructions by shouldersBMW DIS/GT1 PC installation guide with VMware more »

The xvid codec is delivered as XBLA from xbox live.  A box that has been jtagged shouldn't be connected to live (ovbiously) so if you don't already have the xvid codec, here's how to get it: Main threadThread with link to binariesYaris-swap (used to ti… more »

Here is some information regarding the Xbox360 JTAG exploit Simple Db-25/cat5 Lpt Nand Dump/flash Cable Tut And a way of getting the DVD drive key from a JTAGged box DVD Drive Key Recovery   more »

I intend to use this when setting up somewhere remotely and using a wireless ethernet hub.  Since I normally turn DHCP off on the hubs (so I can use them on my home network which has DHCP on the main server), it poses a problem when setting up somewhere… more »

Here are a couple of schematics to various hardware devices to build for linux Hardware watchdogLCD Control Panel more »

I used to be a die hard Winamp fan.  Over time, however, Winamp has become bloated and uses way too many system resources - so much so that it tends to kick my laptop fans on high and that's something I really like to avoid.  After some trial and error,… more »

Various links to the QEMU emulator. qemu howtoqemu on windows from TAKEDA Toshiyaqemu on windows from Kazuqemu quick start guide windoes gui/launcher for qemu: qemguiuse qemu to boot from bootable USB more »

Here are the steps that I'm taking to upgrade the firmware on my iPhone.  In this case, I'm going from 3.0.1 jailbroken to 3.1.2 jailbroken.  I'm hoping I can do a backup/restore of the settings but I'll need to reinstall apps and cydia applications.  Fr… more »