Category Archives: New Toys

Woohoo Actually Ran

Posted on September 3, 2015 by larry

Well… jogged… talk seemed like he was walking though… but I felt like I was running. Just 1/2 lap around RTC, and 1/2 walk. Tried to get my printer working, the black was not printing.  Read somewhere about cleaning it, … Continue reading →

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Another Laptop

Posted on September 2, 2015 by larry

Won a laptop on ebay yesterday.  Forgot to mention that.  So in addition to buying a laptop, I won one in an auction format. Hope it works ok when I get it. Walking feels a little better, still hurts up … Continue reading →

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New Laptop

Posted on September 1, 2015 by larry

Actually a refurb, but it is a Dell E6400 Core 2 Duo laptop. Loading Windows 10 as I post. Just doing pushups and situps.  

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Little Bit of Gym

Posted on August 29, 2015 by larry

Today I hit the gym a bit, nothing heavy, but I needed to do something other than pushups and situps. Got to admit, it is similar, chest push machine and leg extensions. Remember last night I installed the new printer, … Continue reading →

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Smart Doorbell Works

Posted on July 22, 2015 by larry

Got my smart doorbell working. Actually have a video of it, but may redo it.  Looks OK. Anyway just doing pushups and situps.

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Different NodeMCU

Posted on July 11, 2015 by larry

So here are the two different NodeMCU Here is the bottom.   Will need to do more research but I believe the one on the left is version 1.0 and the one on the right is 0.9 Will post more … Continue reading →

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Need to Learn Lua now

Posted on July 7, 2015 by larry

Yesterday I posted that there was a problem with my new NodeMCU unit, there is no problem, the issue is that there are two versions of this product, a 0.9 which works with the Arduino IDE and a 1.0 which … Continue reading →

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Defective NodeMCU

Posted on July 6, 2015 by larry

Over a week ago I got my new NodeMCU, unfortunately I think it is defective.  Here is how it looks like when I boot it up.   I got a new batch of them today, here is how it looks … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 Weirdness Continues

Posted on June 25, 2015 by larry

The ESP8266 is still driving me nuts. Not sure why I get inconsistent results. Also I think the PIR needs some warmup time before being active. Another weird thing is that my PIR are acting as access points. Just doing … Continue reading →

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Still Lazy

Posted on June 24, 2015 by larry

Not working out still. Just doing pushups and situps. Feel like I need a break. Got my new esp12 and I dont think I will be able to solder it.

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