Monthly Archives: May 2015

Dining Room Table A Mess

The more I clean up, the more messy it gets. I was hoping to have a clean dining table by now, but it is just the opposite. No space to eat. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Mothers Day 2015

It was a great mother’s day.  Pretty busy one at that. Got up at 8AM and forced the kids out of bed to go get mom and grandma something. Kids had a joke to get flour instead of flowers. Also … Continue reading

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Significant Progress on my Mobile Network Box

I got the sides on and a removable glass top. Also, I got the display working and am able to send changes via SSH to the routers.   Looks like a jumbled mess because it is, but I am still … Continue reading

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Last Track Day

My son just finished his track season.  So proud of him. My daughters now start their track season. Hope to get some workout with my kids. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Mobile Network Project

Recall that network setup I needed https://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=5119 To recap here are the requirements Portable Can access someone else’s wifi in bridged mode Can provide wifi Has at least 10 ports Has storage. I can setup in under 10 minutes. Getting … Continue reading

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No Shell Linksys

In the past few days, recall I unbricked a router. This gave me knowledge on the innards of the routers and now want to customize the router case. I disassembled two of them because in the next few days I will … Continue reading

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OpenElec with LCD and IR

I have done this before but forgot how I did it.   It is a Raspberry Pi with LCD and IR. The IR was automatic with OpenElec, but the LCD screen was a bit more of a challenge. The driver … Continue reading

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Meetup at Fairwood Library

We had another meetup today, this time at Fairwood in Renton. I got to say, it is a NICE place, hope the Cedar River(massive remodel) and Highlands (completely new building) ones come out as good. Parking was a little cramped … Continue reading

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Cleaning the Yard should be a workout

A spend a nice chunk of the afternoon cleaning up our yard. Was pretty physical, wish it was considered a workout. Just doing pushups and situps. Another thing that dominated my day was trying to get my network set up … Continue reading

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GPS Working

I did a lot of  Arduino stuff today, first thing I got done was I got the GPS working independently of the Arduino.   It was cool to get it to display GPS info. But that is not the only … Continue reading

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