So, right up front I want to say, I’m not trying to sell this as the most amazing machine ever or anything. I mostly just want to give some thoughts and sort of initial impressions. I’ve been previously using an HP 311 Netbook as my laptop. I would argue, at the time, that it definitely … [Read more…]
Something like ten years or so ago, I built my own hardpad for use on Dance Dance Revolution and Stepmania. Most of the pads that are easily bought are “soft pads”. These vary in quality, I have a couple of pads that are pretty light weight and plastic I used ages ago. These pads tend … [Read more…]
So of all the things on the network, the DNS and DHCP server are pretty important. Especially because my experience has been the router the ISP provided is kind of mediocre at doing the DHCP job. So when the Raspberry Pi I’ve tasked with doing the work started flaking out I was a little worried. … [Read more…]
I wanted to take some time to touch on my every changing collection of Internet of Things style devices. Honestly, it’s kind of iffy what constitutes an “IOT” device, but for the most part I’m sticking with “cheap” and “non traditional computing devices”. The chief player among these are of course… The Raspberry Pi I’m … [Read more…]
So, for a little while now, one of the sites I host on my VPS has had some sort of malware. I have no idea how it got there but I have ideas about fixing it if I could find it. There are plenty of sites that will tell you that your website is infected. … [Read more…]
I’ve recently upgraded my DSLR and have had a bit to play around with it and get a feel for it. I went for an upgrade over my old Pentax K-7 to a Pentax K-3. I already have lenses so I saved money by buying Body Only I like my K-7, it just got worn … [Read more…]
I’ve already briefly discussed my NextThing CHIP computers before. A few weeks ago I was purchasing a Raspberry Pi 3 and found that the store had Pi Zeros in stock as well, so I tossed one on because, hey, $5, and they are apparently hard to find. These two little devices are pretty similar, but … [Read more…]
I’ve been at a bit of a loss for a while on what to do with my RaspberryPi B+. I have a B+ and two RaspberryPi B 2s. The B2s are so much more useful and powerful than the B+ that the poor B+ has kind of been tossed to the wayside. I was using … [Read more…]
I mentioned getting my CHIPs from NextThing aq bit ago, but I have not really done much with them. I noticed a bit of an issue keeping them powered when I set them up and assumed I had been using a power supply that wasn’t ideal. I believe it was the one off of the … [Read more…]
I found a couple of Arduino apps in the Windows 10 App store recently, both put out by Microsoft. There is an app that allows your Windows Phone to act as a virtual shield for an Arduino board which I ave not tried yet, but I set up and ran a quick test of the … [Read more…]