Category Archives: New Toys

Interesting Week

Posted on June 15, 2024 by larry

This week was weird, the huge one was that my son graduated, but another one is my son got to see someone run parkrun in under 15 minutes. It was incredible, the scene in Top Gun 2 Maverick where he … Continue reading →

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M.2 Coral Working

Posted on June 11, 2024 by larry

So it was incompatible code. Anyway I got my M.2 Coral working. The inference on that thing is low. Down to 6.7ms. The USB one is hanging around at 28.4ms. Here is how I did it First I enabled the … Continue reading →

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Son’s Official Last Day of Class

Posted on June 10, 2024 by larry

I dropped him off one last time to high school. Captured the moment. Tomorrow he has commencement practice and Wednesday is the real deal. Tomorrow I suspect will be busy. Got my Coral m.2 cards today, have trouble getting them … Continue reading →

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Tweaking Frigate Install

Posted on June 7, 2024 by larry

Starting to look better, but still a ways to go. Hoping that another TPU to assist. Maybe in the future I will use new training model I created myself. Right now just happy it is working. I am pushing it … Continue reading →

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Like Frigate

Posted on June 6, 2024 by larry

Wow, it just does the job, it detects people, cars, pets etc. It was relatively quick learning the basics, but I am no expert. Found a python script online that can help email as well. Going to have to work … Continue reading →

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No Longer Parent of High School Athlete

Posted on June 5, 2024 by larry

My son attended Track and Field banquet which was the last sports event for any of my kids. Closes a chapter for sure. Took some final pictures and thanked the coaches and wished the seniors good luck and urged the … Continue reading →

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Rearrange Shed

Posted on June 2, 2024 by larry

Worked the shed a bid today, made things easier to get to. Got the sensors exercised in there, first time in a long time the sensors are clean. Been actually busy today, also figured out how to run openvas in … Continue reading →

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Mate vs Cinnamon

Posted on May 31, 2024 by larry

I got a chance to play with a Linux box an a fresh modern Laptop. I normally would use Mate but due to the laptop being physical and not a VM, it does have horsepower to run Cinnamon. MATE – … Continue reading →

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Gym Treadmill Workout

Posted on May 30, 2024 by larry

Was going to say running, but even I don’t think the speed I was going was considered running. I was on the treadmill at work for an hour, posting close to midnight cause I might not make it home in … Continue reading →

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Planning for the Summer

Posted on May 25, 2024 by larry

Did some parkrun (not the whole thing) today, but that freed up a bunch of my day. After parkrun got family together with IHOP and Starbucks for a family brunch and we mapped out plans for the summer. Afterwards, a … Continue reading →

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