Category Archives: Training

This is all items related to my physical training.

RTL_433 vs RC-SWITCH

Posted on April 5, 2019 by larry

I really in my heart wanted the RTL_433 to work. To be fair it kind of does, but it is so so much easier to use a superhet on esp8266 then RTL on a PC. The polling on Linux on … Continue reading →

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More SDR on Linux

Posted on April 4, 2019 by larry

Got RTL_433 Mhz working. Kickstart not going so well. It seems to not install MATE. Everything else is fine. Stopped taking Aleve (Naproxen) changing it to a more stomach friendly Ibuprofen.

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Getting SDR Working

Posted on April 4, 2019 by larry

This is a post backdated. Forgot to post yesterday. Got RTL-SDR working on CentOS 7. Will work on documentation. But just reinstalled. Kind of late.

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RTL SDR on CentOS 7

Posted on April 2, 2019 by larry

Getting instructions together on running RTL SDR on CentOS 7 Of course it devolves into a rabbit hole. Start with here Then goes to a Git Hub for CubicSDR Which has a ton of source code that needs to be … Continue reading →

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April Fools 2019

Posted on April 1, 2019 by larry

No joke, getting motivated to work out again. Want to get over this pain, want to get over this weight, want to build me endurance. But weight is bad right now. But this is night weight. Weight: 291.2

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Last Day of March

Posted on March 31, 2019 by larry

Closing in on some deadlines to get in to shape. Back still a struggle, but for sure getting better. But no where near where I should be.

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Son Went Biking

Posted on March 30, 2019 by larry

Today I was supposed to go biking, but had to settle for just watching my son. I ended up staying at the start point and making some cocoa. It was fun, I want to bike next time.

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Still Healing Back

Posted on March 29, 2019 by larry

Not much I can do but let my body heal. It will take time. The pain is not as brutal, and I feel stronger every day, but for sure I am in no way ready to work out.

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Two Factor Auth and QR Codes

Posted on March 28, 2019 by larry

Talk about going down a rabbit hole. Finally got to factor authentication going though ssh. As with trying new things, this had several challenges. One thing that I missed was that the method I found online requires an ssh key … Continue reading →

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Sleeping On Hard Futon

Posted on March 27, 2019 by larry

Maybe my bed is the problem. So over the next few nights, I am going to sleep on a stiff futon on the floor. If my back gets better, going to immediately buy a new bed.

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