So, this isn’t going to really have any code. I might, sometime int he distant future, publish some code, but this whole thing is very much a “add things as I go, ongoing project. The base code itself isn’t particularly complicated though. It’s a pretty simple HTML/PHP/CSS layout that wraps around various modules I’ve been … [Read more…]
At some point I need to do a little write up on my Home Dashboard Project, it’s inspired quite a few minor projects such as this one to make little web widgets. The dashboard is the simple part, it’s just dumping a database query into a table. Honestly, the script was easy too, because I … [Read more…]
I want to start off by saying, there isn’t going to be a ton of code here, and if there is code, it’s going to be super dirty. I’m fairly good at making code for “private use” that is pretty insecure, and not so great at code that’s scrubbed up and user friendly to distribute … [Read more…]
I recently had an idea occur to me that I might be able to pick up used Raspberry Pis off of eBay more affordably than buying them new. I didn’t really find a ton of savings, but I did pick up an auction for a lot of various parts for fairly cheap. I am not … [Read more…]
Moving into a new house tends to create a lot of little projects. There’s been a few extra in the case of my new home, since it didn’t have any appliances, and was missing quire a few of the small trimmings. Things like, handles on the kitchen cabinets. It’s an easy little thing to add, … [Read more…]
Since the primary focus of this blog is projects, i thought it would be appropriate to talk about my new space a bit. Last week, I’ve moved into a new home. Mostly we wanted a home that was more on one level to accommodate my wife and kids and their mobility issues, but also we … [Read more…]
So, I made an app. A for real, runs on things app. More accurately, I followed a little tutorial to make an app, as part of the Xamarin Challenge over at Thurrott.com. The app itself is a little weather app, it even includes location based weather and forecasting. I know this isn’t particularly impressive but … [Read more…]
I’ve neglected posting much lately, not so much because I haven’t been doing anything but more because I’ve been busy and not really with anything deserving of it’s own post. I hope to remedy this a bit next year but for now I just wanted to run through some recent projects I’ve been working on. … [Read more…]
I’ll try to remember to do an update post if things iron out but I wanted to throw out my experience so far with Cloud At Cost, a VPS provider that charges a one time upfront fee for their VPS, as opposed to a monthly subscription or other reoccurring cost. They had a sale for … [Read more…]
There was a post that came across on Medium recently, How to Make a Twitter Bot in Under an Hour. It’s pretty straight forward, though it seems to be pretty geared towards non “techie” types, mostly because it’s geared towards people making the bot on a Mac and it uses something called Heroku to run … [Read more…]