Install Rosewill-RNX-MiniN1-RWLD-110001 usb network adapter in Ubuntu

Today, I received the usb Rosewill wireless adapter that i ordered, and plugged into my Ubuntu laptop, only to find that it did not work.

After finding out on blogs and the rosewill website, it seems that you have to compile the driver for your distro. However Rosewill makes it really easy, and provides a script that does all the work for you. All you have to do is download the driver zip file, unzip it and run the install script.

here is the link to the Rosewill 8192cu driver version 3.3.0_2971

1) download the driver
2) unzip
3) on the command line make the install.sh executable (chmod +x install.sh)
4) run the executable. (./install.sh)

Black and Decker Toaster cable is overheating

This is an easy one. (yes i know its kind of disgustingly dirty...)

Our faithful Black n Decker (TRO570) easy clean toaster's power cord got burned. It turned out to be a very good toaster oven, since we've had it for over lets say ten years....
But, recently, the toaster's cord got really hot every time after we used it and over time, the cord burned and the cable was exposed. I think its just the heavy use that has made the cord fragile, and pulling the cord when is hot is not a good idea...
so we started looking for the replacement, only to find out that today, they are even more cheaply made than lets say ten years ago and they are far more expensive for a decent toaster broiler.

So, i decided to replace the cord instead and save some bucks at the same time. For the cord replacement i used a generic computer power cord, since i have tons of them lying around. (not literal)

I began by cleaning the toaster, which is no longer easy to do ;). Then i opened it up, and looked at the cables and mechanism, since i don't want to mess anything up.

It turned out to be super easy, the power cord is attached to the toaster with sliding connectors. The brass one corresponds to the hot wire and the other one is the neutral wire.

So i cut up the computer cable, and found a black, white and green cables. then I did a quick lookup of the color coding. black is the hot wire, white is the neutral and green is ground. (standard US color coding)

so i cut up the original sliding connectors from the original cable and soldered then to the corresponding cables.

then connected them to the toaster and tested it out, before putting everything together and voila, everything works as expected.