Author Archives: larry

Learning Things At Meetup

Posted on May 7, 2018 by larry

Had another meetup today couple cool things I learned Someone told me about a deck planner, not really maker related but interesting https://www.strongtie.com/products/go/software/deckplanner We are interested in getting in to LoRaWan https://frightanic.com/iot/build-a-lorawan-gateway-for-the-things-network/ We also had ideas on providing estimates on … Continue reading →

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Wasted Day

Posted on May 6, 2018 by larry

Drove up North the get some shrimp… when we got there it was sold out, looks like minutes before we got there. What a bummer and a waste of a day. Next week we will try again, this time as … Continue reading →

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Upgrading Arduino

Posted on May 5, 2018 by larry

Today I embarked on upgrading my Arduino.  The IDE, libs, and ESP8266 compiler. There were some pain points, but there was one really painful one, a simple cable was bad. In the end it look like ok. Also I worked … Continue reading →

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Network in a Box ver 3

Posted on May 4, 2018 by larry

I coworker AJ recommended this router GL.iNet GL-AR150 Mini Travel Router This will be the basis of version 3 of my portable network. Here is the prior one, version 2 And an even older one version 1 Still will have … Continue reading →

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Starting New Docs

Posted on May 3, 2018 by larry

Starting the work of building a new training set. There is so much to do I don’t even know where to start. I think the first thing to do is outline the workbook.

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Fresh Set of 12 months

Posted on May 2, 2018 by larry

Weird, I feel like it is a new year after Linuxfest. Got a lot of time to get my next set of things going. I started a list of challenges, will not post them here, keeping them close to the … Continue reading →

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Slowing Down

Posted on May 1, 2018 by larry

OK now that Linuxfest is kind of behind me, it is time to change gears. Maybe a little downshift to help me on the stress level. Finances are definitely not a worry lately.  Quicken really really helps me get organized. … Continue reading →

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New Portable Network

Posted on April 30, 2018 by larry

So the first thing I am doing is replacing the portable network. Then will come other things like the self guided tutorials. Hope to get something going by end of May.

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LinuxFest 2018 Summary

Posted on April 29, 2018 by larry

Back home from LinuxFest 2018.  Usually I feel a little sad and excited for next time, this time I am glad it is over. The big reason was that I lost 3 weeks due to three different illnesses. That was … Continue reading →

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Remote Access To Network

Posted on April 28, 2018 by larry

OK, so you know I am on a trip to Linuxfest. My firewall seems to think I am attacking myself so it decides to blacklist my IP. Luckily I have other ways to connect (from another IP address), easiest way … Continue reading →

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