Category Archives: Technical

Another Linuxfest

Posted on April 29, 2012 by larry

Just got back for Linuxfest 2012 It was not as fun as others in the past but I sure did learn some things. The downer was the new registration process, I guess they want everyone to have badges now. Learned … Continue reading →

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Posting from iPad

Posted on April 27, 2012 by larry

Trying to post on an iPad.  Kinda of handy, butcan still prefer my pc. I used to have a phone with buttons, call me old school but I still prefer buttons even after having a touchscreen laptop, android iPod touch … Continue reading →

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So Tired, Can’t seem to run

Posted on April 10, 2012 by larry

Trying to get my 20 miles per week running,  I was burned out today running, can’t seem to run. But I tried to do a four plus Time: 53:41 Not a great run, I started off OK, but my back … Continue reading →

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Arduino Seems to be a success

Posted on April 4, 2012 by larry

Wow, a lot of people have seen my new arduino project. Most like it, I don’t recall anything negative about it. Anyway, on to the software portion, I purchased a book on Visual Basic, a new journey starts. Was too … Continue reading →

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My Next Arduino Project

Posted on April 3, 2012 by larry

 The hardware for my second arduino project is nearly doen (the first one was the blinking lights)  This arduino project is to show my status in the cubical. Arduino 2 Front Here is the front of my project, there is … Continue reading →

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Running out of Memory

Posted on April 2, 2012 by larry

This is on the arduino, although could be my head as well. So apparently there are three types of memory on the arduino Flash memory (program space) where the program is stored SRAM (static random access memory) its workspace EEPROM, … Continue reading →

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What an Active Day

Posted on April 1, 2012 by larry

Not busy, I did a lot today. Day started at 6AM, I did hit the snooze, so actually started at 6:45AM First off Seahawks 12k, my first running event of 2012.  Not proud of my time, I did walk some … Continue reading →

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LCD for Arduino

Posted on March 29, 2012 by larry

I finally got my LCD display for my arduino, unfortunately it is a challenge getting it up and running. It is a little frustrating.  I read somewhere online that the connections need to be short. I will try it and … Continue reading →

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My Backups

Posted on March 25, 2012 by larry

One of my hard drives failed on a fairly important server. Unfortunately, I have not been paying attention to this server and it seems to have crashed, and now I am in data recovery mode. I have some data and … Continue reading →

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Up late last night

Posted on March 22, 2012 by larry

Didn’t do a run, kind of tired. Had so much to do yesterday, so much on my mind. Also burned out my new arduino nano 🙁 Oh well, chalk that one up to learning.  $16 lesson, not horrible, but still … Continue reading →

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