Author Archives: larry

First Production Module Up

Posted on December 9, 2013 by larry

It took longer than I expected but I got my first production home sensor module up. It is a PIR with ethernet. Doesn’t seem to work the, it detects but never clears. Getting late, just gonna do some pushups and … Continue reading →

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Seahawks Second Loss of the Season

Posted on December 8, 2013 by larry

Not a bad loss today since we still have a significant lead in the NFC, but a bad tasting one. Seahawks had some bad penalties in key moments.  I think if they get the penalties under control we should be … Continue reading →

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Shrimp Reference Design

Posted on December 7, 2013 by larry

Finally settled on an Arduino design for the shrimp version of my series.   This is pretty much the version I am going to use. Also noticed that the driver version of the FTDI USB to TTL adapter I got … Continue reading →

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New Phones

Posted on December 6, 2013 by larry

Spent a couple of hours today at the mall getting new phones for them. Its cool cause now we all have smart phones and an unlimited voice, sms, pretty decent data. Should work with the new smart doorbell I am … Continue reading →

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Authenticating Apache Against Google

Posted on December 5, 2013 by larry

It was extremely trivial, (relatively speaking), to get my web site authenticating against google. I actually want to authenticate against facebook. This site was extremely helpful http://blog.mornati.net/2012/05/22/apache-and-mod_auth_openid-on-f16centos/ I want to post more on it, but I still did not figure … Continue reading →

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Sleep Cycle Way Off

Posted on December 4, 2013 by larry

I had to get up to go to work at 1AM today, I was a walking zombie by 7AM. I don’t have the endurance I had in the past.  Anyway, went to bed at 8 for 2 hours then could … Continue reading →

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Working Really Early Tomorrow

Posted on December 3, 2013 by larry

Need to go to bed early, it is 6:52 (post probably says 7:52), I hope to be in bed by 7:30. Took a nap already but need more than just a few minutes. Hitting some pushups and situps.

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Seahawks Win Seahawks Clinch

Posted on December 2, 2013 by larry

WOW, totally impressive game against a high power team (New Orleans Saints). This was an awesome game, I was pretty impressed, and excited. I swear I burned a lot of Calories today, also missed lunch and dinner was pretty small. … Continue reading →

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Weak and Sick

Posted on December 1, 2013 by larry

I know I was supposed to get back to working out today, but dang, I been feeling weak sick and a little tired. Not sure why, I did have little sleep between Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Saturday was OK with … Continue reading →

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Long Weekend Coming To An End

Posted on November 30, 2013 by larry

Did a lot this weekend, tomorrow we decorate the house. I still have a few more things to take core of before I go to sleep, need to clean up, get an AC adapter, and come up with a standard … Continue reading →

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