Category Archives: Technical

433Mhz TX Troubles

Posted on June 6, 2018 by larry

What a discovery today, figured out that the type of transmitter matters. Note the one on the left, that is the better one.  But from the electronics on board, they both seam the same.  On thing I did notice when … Continue reading →

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Leaving Molokai 2018

Posted on May 23, 2018 by larry

Another trip to Molokai has concluded. Always sad leaving Molokai, looking at the next trip. Hoping to be there before 2021, I know a 2019 we will be in the Philippines, 2020 may be too soon form an International trip, … Continue reading →

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Getting Notifications to Work

Posted on May 16, 2018 by larry

Working with zoneminder a bit today, trying to get notifications to work. Basically when a 433Mhz device sends a signal, I want it to trigger something in Zoneminder. Weird cause I can trigger it manually, but I can’t seem to … Continue reading →

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Arduino Book

Posted on May 9, 2018 by larry

Today purchased an Arduino Book Learn Electronics with Arduino: An Illustrated Beginner’s Guide to Physical Computing Hoping it will lead to better documentation for me On a side note, something weird happened to my vision today, like there was flashing, … 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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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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Drupal Vulnerability

Posted on April 25, 2018 by larry

Another vulnerability came out today with drupal. What a pain to patch. Anyway, it is done.  This blog is on wordpress and does not give me problems. Thinking of going all wordpress.  

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