Category Archives: Technical

Techstart and STEM

Posted on May 18, 2013 by larry

My kids attended this cool techstart thing today. Kids from different school districts converged on to White Center Washington to display their technical prowess. It was very impressive and there was on huge take away for me, kids want to … Continue reading →

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No Run Today

Posted on May 17, 2013 by larry

I had a different schedule than usual.  Today a vendor had a presentation downtown Seattle.  To attract us there they were presenting a showing of Star Trek, Into the Darkness. I don’t want to do any spoilers but it was … Continue reading →

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Review of Portable 7″ Display

Posted on May 15, 2013 by larry

Did an article on the Insignia NS-D7PDVD 7″ slave display today. It is one sweet little display. http://www.apolonio.com/node/45 I want to buy another one. Worked out with the personal trainer today, can’t believe I kept up. I liked it.

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Bad Headache Today

Posted on May 12, 2013 by larry

This weekend I was in Canada, one of the rare times I drove all the way there and back without switching off driving duties with my wife. But now I got a massive headache and it was raining, so I … Continue reading →

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My New Monitor Is In

Posted on May 9, 2013 by larry

That 4″ monitor I purchased a few weeks ago was OK, but this insignia is PERFECT. It is a 7″ monitor that has audio.   The only ding against it is that it did  not come with cables or a … Continue reading →

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Getting Into Hardware Again

Posted on May 7, 2013 by larry

Now that I have part of my bench back, I feel like I can get back into hardware again. First thing I want to try is to get my PIR Motion detector working. Found something online that would help me, … Continue reading →

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Reason not to go to cheap power supplies.

Posted on May 6, 2013 by larry

Was gonna work out with a decent run but got really caught up in testing some power supplies with a simple multimeter. http://www.apolonio.com/node/44 Found out the cheaper crappier power supplies will not be appropriate for the raspberry pi. At least … Continue reading →

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Linuxfest Wrap Up

Posted on April 28, 2013 by larry

Back home now, it was a fun weekend and a needed diversion from the sad events earlier this week. This final day I attended to sessions, one on Raspberry Pi GPIO ports and another on setting up a minecraft server. … Continue reading →

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Tough Day

Posted on April 22, 2013 by larry

Day started off blah… did some work, then about noon a Server crashed, yeah got busy, but I been here.  I can deal with it. Then I got a new battery for my watch heart rate monitor, didn’t help, I … Continue reading →

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Kiosk Coming Together

Posted on April 19, 2013 by larry

My raspberry pi kiosk systems seems to be coming together nicely. I got it into a nice package which will make development easier and portable. Although it has progressed nicely, I am not done, there are a bunch more things … Continue reading →

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