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Huge Step In Buying New Car

Posted on November 21, 2019 by larry

Took a huge step in buying a new car. Mentally I purchased it, but getting preapproved for a car loan sure did edge me closer to buying a car. Was surprised how easy it was, all over the phone. Today … Continue reading →

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Decision to Buy a Car

Posted on November 20, 2019 by larry

Finally made the decision to purchase a car. Didn’t buy it literally, but purchased it mentally. I am pretty sure I can make it fit in to our finances, been so busy lately though, havent seriously looked at it.

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iTag Tracker on Pi0

Posted on November 19, 2019 by larry

It works, and it works well. I got it sensing itag info and recording it to a graph via RRD. I don’t have a complete Bill of Materials but so far it is about $40 and that includes power supply, … Continue reading →

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Interesting Guy At Meetup

Posted on November 18, 2019 by larry

Had an maker meetup today, had a new guy there that has a shop in Renton that does 3D printing and other similar projects. He sounded pretty darn successful. Hopefully he cant be a cool resource to build stuff in … Continue reading →

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Scanning Kind of Works

Posted on November 17, 2019 by larry

Here is a screen shot of the chart It works but I have to add the rrd data as a batch file. I am pretty sure I can figure out how to add it via python instead of some weird … Continue reading →

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Data Into Information

Posted on November 16, 2019 by larry

Saw I am collecting all this raw bluetooth data, but it is hard to figure out what is going on by just looking at the lines. I need a graph to make sense of things. Looking at converting csv data … Continue reading →

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Treadmill Goodness

Posted on November 15, 2019 by larry

Wow its been a while since I was on the treadmill for 30 minutes. Workout was good but I am out of shape. Will need to keep at it, hoping to get my mile to 15 minutes before end of … Continue reading →

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Processing iTag Data

Posted on November 14, 2019 by larry

Data collection totally works, and in a manner I like. Each device writes to a file with a power and time stamp. Now I need to graph the results are at least parse the info some how to show when … Continue reading →

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BLE Scan Working

Posted on November 13, 2019 by larry

Got the BLE scanner working. Have it on the a dev/prod system. Also found a way for a clean headless install on a Raspberry Pi Zero.

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Working Late Today

Posted on November 12, 2019 by larry

Sucks, have to go in to the office to work today. Bringing a system up online. Tired, didn’t have a good sleep. Going to feel it tomorrow.

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