Author Archives: larry

CPAP not working

Posted on April 17, 2014 by larry

Tired again at work, but it is clear why. I am coughing at night and hard to cough when you wearing a CPAP, kind of keeps you up. Anyway tomorrow will be interesting, I am fasting. Today just doing pushups … Continue reading →

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Arduino to Raspberry Pi Wireless Goodness

Posted on April 16, 2014 by larry

FINALLY I got my Raspberry Pi and Arduino to talk to each other.   I need to document this soon or else I will forget. Anyway, the IR is GPIO, the LCD is I2C and the NRF24L01 is SPI. Major … Continue reading →

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Bad Headache Today

Posted on April 15, 2014 by larry

Maybe it was too much caffeine, but I was really beat today. Got home and had to rest bad,  light was a problem. When I got up, worked on cleaning my workshop.  Little bit each day, hopefully by summer I … Continue reading →

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IR on Raspberry Pi

Posted on April 14, 2014 by larry

Got the IR working on a Raspberry Pi.  It uses normal GPIO port communication whereas the LCD used I2C.  Next to attack is the RF Nordic adapter, but initial attempts hint that this may be a challenge. Another thing I … Continue reading →

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Seahawk 12k results

Posted on April 13, 2014 by larry

So I ran the 5k not the 12k today, glad I did, was struggling for the first mile, found my second wind and actually was doing pretty good for the 2nd mile, but the last half mile I slowed down … Continue reading →

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LCD Display on Pi

Posted on April 12, 2014 by larry

No doubt that I am more versed with Linux than with Arduino, but I found it easier to get my Arduino to display an LCD 16×2 screen over my Raspberry Pi. But I did it   Tomorrow I hope to … Continue reading →

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Lack of Sleep

Posted on April 11, 2014 by larry

I was a bit tired today, even though I wore the CPAP last night.  I think the issue is that I didn’t wear the strap to keep my mouth closed.  Also it did feel more of a struggle to breath … Continue reading →

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Sore Calves

Posted on April 10, 2014 by larry

Tried to run today, but my calves were so much in pain. I don’t know why but my time was way worse than a few days ago. Time: 24:18:38 Weight: 305.6

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Removing CPAP

Posted on April 9, 2014 by larry

I notice at night I am removing the CPAP. I barely recall it, I think because I was uncomfortable. Need to keep trying it though, today I was sleepy, but got through the day, will make a better effort tonight … Continue reading →

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Not Great Sleep

Posted on April 8, 2014 by larry

But  made it through the day. Certainly moving slow though, when I got home did some stuff and took a long nap. Not sure why I was tired, didnt get to do my run, was raining anyway, but doing pushups … Continue reading →

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