Category Archives: Training

This is all items related to my physical training.

Linksys E1200

Posted on December 6, 2016 by larry

This linksys was easy to work with.  In general Linksys makes it easy unlike Asus. I figured out where to add the serial connector. Here is a close up When I opened it up I surprised at how small the … Continue reading →

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Meetup on MQTT

Posted on December 5, 2016 by larry

Today I had a meetup on MQTT.  I thought it was gonna be boring but it ended up being OK.  We got some demo going and they figured it out. Showed some arduino code too and how it worked.  Surprisingly … Continue reading →

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Seahawks Game

Posted on December 4, 2016 by larry

Had a chill day and went to the night game for the Seahawks. It was fun, I thought it would be colder but it was still pretty darn cold. Posting now, kind of tired and want to sleep.  

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Messing With Stuff

Posted on December 3, 2016 by larry

Today I took a stab at learning Adobe Premiere Elements.  It is a learning curve for me, but I am motivated.  But had to run some errands mid day. One stop was at Goodwill and another at RePC to grab … Continue reading →

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Can’t Function In Pain

Posted on December 2, 2016 by larry

Over the past few days my neck has been hurting a lot.  It certainly is a muscle thing, but it has been affecting my ability to do stuff around the house. I will give it a few more days, I … Continue reading →

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Shifting My Schedule A Bit

Posted on December 1, 2016 by larry

Today I needed daylight to setup our XMas decorations, but I needed to do it during the day.  So I stopped work an hour early then got some decorations up. Now I am up working on some docs I promised … Continue reading →

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Working With New LCD

Posted on November 30, 2016 by larry

At one of my recent presentations I lost my LCD screen. I finally got time to play with a new one. Got it connected to a DHT11 to display Humidity and Temp, Looks cool. I need to get on this … Continue reading →

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Linux In a VM

Posted on November 29, 2016 by larry

A little disappointed in running Linux in a VM on my new rig. First off it does it doesn’t go full screen. Second audio doesn’t seem to work. But it is MUCH smoother than in the past on my other … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 New Network

Posted on November 28, 2016 by larry

I got the first ESP8266 talking to the AWS server securely.  Seems pretty simple but in hindsight that was a lot of work. I got the development board working first, then I got a nodeMCU.  Currently it communicates via MQTT. … Continue reading →

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New Power Supply

Posted on November 27, 2016 by larry

On Friday I got the new Video Card for my Rig,  yesterday I got a new laserjet printer (I didn’t mention it in my blog), today I got the power supply.  I purchased it, but doing some research now.  It … Continue reading →

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