The battery in my YOGA C630 WOS was acting weird. The maximum charge was varying every single time, and sometimes it just would not charge to 100%. I thought it might be a software/firmware problem that should get fixed, but updates came and the problems persisted. It was time to...
A new version of the ThinkPad Video Features driver is popping up all the time for you on your ThinkPad P52? You have installed it several times, and it still says there is a new version? Wonder why the version number of the driver never changes? Read on to find...
There are more and more smart devices everywhere. The Lenovo Smart Clock is a small and somewhat limited tiny smart display. But the limitations are intentional: this was designed to be something you can keep by your bed and it will not be that big of a distraction. After all,...
Since I use all kinds of development tools in my day to day work life, I decided to test out what I can develop on the YOGA C630 WOS. Turns out, quite a lot of things. This article will explore the YOGA C630 WOS from a developer point of view....
Out of the box the YOGA C630 WOS uses hotkeys instead of the Fx keys. So if you press the “F1” key, it will mute the speaker. If you want to invoke the F1 function, you need to press Fn+F1. In other Lenovo computers – that are not Snapdragon based...
The YOGA C630 WOS is the second Snapdragon device from Lenovo. Positioned in the more premium YOGA line this time, can this little device take on the same tasks as a regular x86/x64 notebook? Disclaimer: I received the YOGA C630 WOS as part of the Lenovo INsiders program. I did not receive...
There is an issue with the ThinkPad P52 where the CPU gets stuck at a low speed. This results in a sudden slowdown, the whole computer feels very slow. Description of the slowdown problem Both me and my colleague have bumped into the slowdown issue with the ThinkPad P52. I...
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How did I automate the testing of my adventure game, Bradford Mansion? http://blog.seventhhorseman.net/2019/10/26/testing-a-text-adventure/ (and you can play the game in the 2019 #Ifcomp) #interactivefiction
Created a little Halloween project with our 6.5 year old. He did most of the cutting and I added the lights with a Raspberry Pi + @pimoroni Blinkt! combination. Read more here: https://blog.seventhhorseman.net/2019/10/25/halloween-window-display/ (Python code on GitHub linked from article) @TheMagPi @Raspberry_Pi
