Category Archives: Technical

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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Minecraft Permissions

Posted on April 12, 2013 by larry

My kids play minecraft and it has been a struggle learning about permissions. Anyway, finally got PermissionsBukkit to work.  The tutorials out there are kind of inconsistant, or maybe its me and I don’t understand nodes and stuff on minecraft. … Continue reading →

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Weather Making Me Lazy

Posted on April 7, 2013 by larry

Was pouring hard again today, so running outside was out of the question. But I was supposed to run on the treadmill but I did not have the energy. After church today I went home worked a little on my … Continue reading →

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