Internet cafe culture still alive in India, despite mobile internet domination.

The humble Internet cafe is still going strong in India, despite the growth of mobile Internet coverage. They are still worthwhile places for tourists to use the Internet, as the cost of mobile roaming is a trap for unwary tourists, and having an Internet connected desktop PC is a godsend to upload photos and/or documents … Read more

3D printers. The technology that is the future of home fabrication and manufacturing.

3D printing is taking the world by storm. There are 3D printers that offer downloads of their own parts that you may print and then install.I have watched a 3D printer print out a monkey head today and it turned out very well. The plastic is very light and strong; you could download models of … Read more

Installing printers with the CUPS web interface in Debian Linux.

I recently had to add a printer to my Debian System and the System Settings -> printers dialog in the Gnome 3 System Settings application would not detect my Canon MP150 printer. Therefore, I started the CUPS interface by visiting: http://localhost:631 in my web browser and I was then able to add my printer. This … Read more