Category Archives: Technical

Good Day Today

Posted on June 28, 2016 by larry

Good Day, had a decent sleep, got out of work early,  helped a local library with some Arduino stuff, and capped it with a good win in the Casino.  Oh yeah great dinner with beautiful view at casino. Yes today … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Updates Suck

Posted on June 24, 2016 by larry

Been working all day to try and get a fresh Windows 7 build up.  Unfortunately, after SP1, it is just broken. I am going to rebuild again, this time I will preserve the fresh install. Hope to finish the build … Continue reading →

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Jackie in the Box Crash

Posted on June 21, 2016 by larry

Was wondering why it was taking Jack in the Box a long time to process our order.  Looks like they had a hard drive crash. Funny, but I should have worked out prior,  hope to make it home in time … Continue reading →

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Fathers Day 2016

Posted on June 19, 2016 by larry

I got to chill for the day.  Of course I am still hurting from yesterday, I think I will do some simple pushups and situps today. During the day I was able to hobble around and look  up some stuff. … Continue reading →

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Countdown 7 segment

Posted on June 12, 2016 by larry

I been messing around with the TM1678 and having it countdown. I wanted to use it to limit my son for time he is allowed on the Internet. I got it talking over wifi to an MQTT server, and I … Continue reading →

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Got The NRF24L01+ working

Posted on June 11, 2016 by larry

After I posted yesterday I was going to start over, and I did.  It Works!! Here is version 1 I needed it smaller though.  This was a little challenge Works too, I also redid the code on the Raspberry Pi … Continue reading →

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Starting New With NRF24L01+

Posted on June 10, 2016 by larry

So I probably got some bad NRF units.  Apparently there are a slew of counterfeit ones on the market.  Something tells me the old ones I had were counterfeit.  I got some new ones today, hopefully they are good ones. … Continue reading →

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Frustrating NRF24L01

Posted on June 9, 2016 by larry

Been struggling a lot with the NRF24L01, works but it is inconsistent. I am thinking of just sitting tight and waiting for the NRF24L01+ which is an improved version. Really tired today, was up late.  Hope to get to bed … Continue reading →

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Relearning the NRF24L01

Posted on June 8, 2016 by larry

I pulled out a 3.3v pro mini and attached an NRF24L01 to it and it seams to work. I am running through some sketches with it to see how it goes. Hoping to get it to start up using a … Continue reading →

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Servers Overheating

Posted on June 6, 2016 by larry

Been really hot the past few days and our servers been overheating. I had to shut a few hosts down, I had a meetup today and need some services though. Foot still hurts.

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