Category Archives: Technical

LTE Board

Posted on January 23, 2025 by larry

Got my LTE board and installed in on my Pi Kind of cool, couple things, I had to connect the USB connection to make both the tty and the NIC appear. I do not intend to send out traffic out … Continue reading →

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Parts Coming In Quick

Posted on January 22, 2025 by larry

So this is the last man standing project. Subject to change of course. I have all the major parts in that drawing except for the LTE unit. That is expected to come in tomorrow. I could theoretically have this functional … Continue reading →

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Too Many Projects

Posted on January 21, 2025 by larry

Adding another project to my list of things I am working on. It was a Raspberry Pi based monitoring, that will be the last host standing in the event of a power outage. Today was the first time installing Rocky … Continue reading →

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Maker Year

Posted on January 14, 2025 by larry

Looks like this year I will be getting more into the makerspace. Ordered a newer 3D printer that can do multi color. I think I am ready. Next thing is to be able to modify my own drawings. I am … Continue reading →

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Rough Day

Posted on January 13, 2025 by larry

New meds keeping me awake, not getting any sleep. Today I went to bed at 5AM and still woke up in time for work. I think the deep sleep I had over the weekend helps. My KVM failed again, I … Continue reading →

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Projects Near Term

Posted on January 12, 2025 by larry

The dev version of my message box is done. You know what, they work.!!! I am actually putting together a production 3rd one. Realistically, this may be Gen 4 plus version. The 3D printer is printing a test model I … Continue reading →

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Ultimate Rest!!

Posted on January 11, 2025 by larry

Man I rested long time today. Went to bed at 2:30AM and woke up at 1PM. Incredible sleep. Didn’t have much time to do workout today, but I got time to work on some financial stuff with my sister and … Continue reading →

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Strings in C are horid

Posted on January 10, 2025 by larry

Playing around with strings in C is painful. Am rusty, been doing Python for a while now and it is getting confusing. The physical part of dev phase of my project is nearly done. What that means is that I … Continue reading →

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OK Need a Break

Posted on January 9, 2025 by larry

After yesterday, I admit my body hurts. I need time to heal. Sounds like an excuse, maybe it is, but I am sore. As for my projects, I got a lot of stuff going, I tried to use a screw … Continue reading →

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Oh My Legs

Posted on January 8, 2025 by larry

Did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine today, haven’t done something like that for a while, certainly used a new set of muscles. Good news is I am almost final with my dev prototype. More pics tomorrow, it is still … Continue reading →

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