Category Archives: Technical

So Many New Things

Posted on June 11, 2014 by larry

Wish I could review them all and post it here, but real quick. I got another HD Homerun, this time one that does encoding for h.264, I was able to get that on the Internet. Drill Press early father’s day … Continue reading →

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Bunch of Stuff Came In

Posted on June 9, 2014 by larry

There was a bunch of things that came in today. My new H.264 encoding HD HomeRun, UBEC power regulator, the cable for my X10 module, but what got me mocing was some caps I got. Recall that I got Shuttle … Continue reading →

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Low Power Arduino Still Going

Posted on June 1, 2014 by larry

On May 1, 2014 at 10AM I brought online a low powered Arduino an 4 AA batteries. http://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=4215 This is June 1, and it is still cranking along.  Pretty darn good. Still sore from running yesterday, just doing pushups and … Continue reading →

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Bigger Eight Track

Posted on May 22, 2014 by larry

I got another eight track today, I kind of got an idea of what I want.  Things are coming together. Cleaned up my workbench a bit and took apart the eight track.  Things were simple back then. Anyway, I got … Continue reading →

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Planning New Poject

Posted on May 21, 2014 by larry

This weekend is a 3 day weekend and I plan to get my 8 track project off the ground. Couple things first though, I got the domain retrodvr for this project. Need to clean up my workbench Start research on … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Media Center

Posted on May 19, 2014 by larry

I am really getting into this Raspberry Pi and it being an OpenElec media center. Got the card working, video runs smoot, even got IR. That is the most basic stuff. Now need to get the LCD display going. Then … Continue reading →

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Replicate On to PCB

Posted on May 15, 2014 by larry

I tried to replicate what I did on to a PCB today, so frustrating, not sure why it is not working. I suspect power because it works with the serial power 3.3v. Will try with 5.0 volts after I remove … Continue reading →

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Feeling Accomplished

Posted on May 14, 2014 by larry

Wish I timed my run today, not sure if I beat my best time this year or not, unofficially I ran it at 52:45. Also got couple cool things done with my arduino, I got it down to 48uA and … Continue reading →

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Had Time Just Lazy

Posted on May 10, 2014 by larry

Feeling hopeless, no motivation at all to run. Have a lot of things to do but by the end of the day, I had time. Just doing pushups and situps again, so lame. Weight: 309.4

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Final Visit To Inglemoor

Posted on May 8, 2014 by larry

It was fun, took one pic with them, enjoyed it. They are my target demographic, hope they do well. I was beat today, getting up earlier than usual is tiring. No run today, pouring hard, this weekend, gonna clean up … Continue reading →

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