Author Archives: larry

Star Wars VII

Posted on December 18, 2015 by larry

Saw the new Star Wars today, I liked it although one of my favorite characters died. That was in the morning,  this afternoon I took our dog to the vet and this evening the family and I are out and … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Next Year

Posted on December 17, 2015 by larry

Today I started going through my finances, health, and projects for next year. It is amazing how when you stop, and evaluate, how much hope and promise is ahead of you. After going through part of this exercise, I feel … Continue reading →

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Power Still In NodeMCU

Posted on December 16, 2015 by larry

I was hoping to use a mosfet to hold an nodemcu powered on, then when it is done what it is doing, it would shut itself off by bringing the collector down I am going to try this with an … Continue reading →

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Installing MRAA and UPM on a RPi 2

Posted on December 15, 2015 by larry

I spent a little bit of time trying to get UPM (Useful Packages & Modules) running on a Raspberry Pi 2. I think this is a way to go.  A LOT of devices are supported here. http://iotdk.intel.com/docs/master/upm/modules.html One dependency is … Continue reading →

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Pi Zero

Posted on December 14, 2015 by larry

The new Pi Zeros are sold out and no where to be found. I still want one though. They are pretty small, the length is about the width of an US Dollar bill. My coworker got one, I am usually … Continue reading →

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Sale At Goodwill

Posted on December 13, 2015 by larry

Picked up another printer at Goodwill today, looks like it is a decent one that can run a CISS unit. I will post pics on it when I it is all together. Sleeping a lot lately, I think my body … Continue reading →

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Getting Web Page Going

Posted on December 12, 2015 by larry

I am revisiting my php programming skills. I started trying to access a MySQL server, having moderate success. First thing I will do is get it to read some config data, I got some data but not what I expected. … Continue reading →

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Fried Pi

Posted on December 11, 2015 by larry

Today I think I fried my first Raspberry Pi. Not sure if it is truly dead because the Polyfuse may reset and my Pi may still be good. Also been have challenges building another boot USB.  I usually set the … Continue reading →

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Revisit My Inventory

Posted on December 10, 2015 by larry

I think every year end I should evaluate my inventory of stuff. I went through my stuff and saw a bunch of things I probably cannot sell. Also I am looking at the stuff that does, I am short on … Continue reading →

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Christmas Decorations Up

Posted on December 9, 2015 by larry

Cleaning has commenced, house looks good.  A lot of stuff displaced though.  It is a challenge to get my development environment up. Gonna clean up more tomorrow and put a few more lights up.    

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