Monthly Archives: January 2016

Workout Reboot 2016

Posted on January 31, 2016 by larry

It is the end of the month and I have made little progress, so I will take February as a reboot to my training. I will make use of tech to improve my health. Hope to improve my personal health … Continue reading →

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Arduino Game Built

Posted on January 30, 2016 by larry

Finally got my arduino game going. It is supposed to be a board game but there is no board yet. It will come though.  Most of the electronics is done.

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Arduino Board Game

Posted on January 29, 2016 by larry

I got two days to come up with something to draw kids in to the STEM world. I was thinking a simple board game, monopoly like that you race across the board to the finish line.  Arduino will provide  Random … Continue reading →

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Sore Shoulder

Posted on January 28, 2016 by larry

The back right shoulder blade hurts a lot.  It hurts when I do slight movements. Hope it is a quick to heal, this is one of those it doesn’t hurt enough to stop me, so I will keep pushing through … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Relay

Posted on January 27, 2016 by larry

Nearly four years ago (short by a month) I got an arduino to locally turn a relay on and off for a power strip. http://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=1890 I have revisited that project again using a Raspberry Pi 2. It required a lot … Continue reading →

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Baby Steps with New Shoes

Posted on January 26, 2016 by larry

I got my new hurricane shoes and I tried running today, although my feet were comfortable, it was absolutely still a struggle to run a simple mile on the treadmill. Prior to running a mile I told myself I was … Continue reading →

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Meeting with KCLS

Posted on January 25, 2016 by larry

Today I met with an employee with KCLS on how we can bring STEM to kids. First I need to think of a simple display to captivate kids.  I then need to come up with a long term plan to … Continue reading →

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Exhibit Box 2016

Posted on January 24, 2016 by larry

Here is the new box I have for 2016 exhibits.  Hopefully there will be many exhibits this year. Still a lot more to work on but it looks pretty good.  I am happy with it so far. From left to … Continue reading →

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More Tech

Posted on January 23, 2016 by larry

Today I got my new exhibit setup, still got some things to work on.  Running out of time though. Been working on my VOIP project too, I found my old PAP2 and I think I can use it for a … Continue reading →

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Getting In To VOIP

Posted on January 22, 2016 by larry

Was a really interesting tech day.  First I got in to VOIP and SIP.  I even spun up an asterisk server, or at least tried to. Then later in the day I had issues with PDF and trying to get … Continue reading →

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