Category Archives: Technical

Working With New LCD

Posted on November 30, 2016 by larry

At one of my recent presentations I lost my LCD screen. I finally got time to play with a new one. Got it connected to a DHT11 to display Humidity and Temp, Looks cool. I need to get on this … Continue reading →

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Linux In a VM

Posted on November 29, 2016 by larry

A little disappointed in running Linux in a VM on my new rig. First off it does it doesn’t go full screen. Second audio doesn’t seem to work. But it is MUCH smoother than in the past on my other … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 New Network

Posted on November 28, 2016 by larry

I got the first ESP8266 talking to the AWS server securely.  Seems pretty simple but in hindsight that was a lot of work. I got the development board working first, then I got a nodeMCU.  Currently it communicates via MQTT. … Continue reading →

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New Power Supply

Posted on November 27, 2016 by larry

On Friday I got the new Video Card for my Rig,  yesterday I got a new laserjet printer (I didn’t mention it in my blog), today I got the power supply.  I purchased it, but doing some research now.  It … Continue reading →

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Love A Technical Challenge

Posted on November 26, 2016 by larry

That was fun, I just spent a couple of hours trying to debrick a $5 router I just purchased. It wasn’t to fix it, it was the challenge.  I purchased another WRT160N from RePC.  It was just $5.   I … Continue reading →

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Black Friday 2016

Posted on November 25, 2016 by larry

Got up early and did do some shopping today.  Got a new video card, but one thing that interested me was at Goodwill, I managed to find another WRT160N V.1 router.  With it, I was able to build a new … Continue reading →

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Looking At Topic On Meetup

Posted on November 21, 2016 by larry

We had a general open topic today for our meetup.  We spoke about a wide variety of things including something I am allergic to… politics. But there was a desire to log information to a file, so I decided to … Continue reading →

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Connecting To Mail Server

Posted on November 19, 2016 by larry

I was able to connect the mail server to the outlook.com. Works pretty well but just read that it only checks every 30 minutes which can be annoying. There is a way to force it to check sooner, but can’t … Continue reading →

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Documenting Mail Server Setup

Posted on November 18, 2016 by larry

Recall couple days ago I mentioned I was going to go to the cloud on some of these things. I find myself working through documentation on setting up an IMAP server. I am actually finding it fun, most find this … Continue reading →

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Another KCLS Presentation

Posted on November 17, 2016 by larry

Got the second of three presentations done today.  Went really smooth.  I was amazed at what they got to offer on their own. Much easier to teach without bringing in my own stuff. Also twins had their final Cross Country … Continue reading →

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