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How to build a raspberry pi picture frame media pc

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Happy PI Day!!! A few years back… ok… like 9 years ago. I built an interesting piece of functional art in my living room. It was my media center pc, mounted in a double picture frame on my wall. This thing served me well for a long time. But now it’s time to upgrade it. After all this time the ATOM board in there has gotten a little sluggish, the distro isn’t supported, the black lights have gone bad, I think there’s a demon in there.

18650 Battery capacity checker

Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:00:16 +0000

Some of you know, I really like lithium ion batteries *shocked* Shut it! This is a short post, I don’t need you hamming up the works. Just wait till I show up in your videos…. You wouldn’t…. Hello…. Oh hell….. Ok, lets not worry about that now. I picked up a pretty sweet haul of batteries this week. 22lbs. I counted 107 2cell packs. 214 cells to check out. This is great, but I have a single opus charger that can do 4 cells at a time.

Time lapse in new printer enclosure

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:59:15 +0000

So awhile back I came across an instructables article regarding using some ikea lack tables to make a 3dprinter enclosure….. I love ikea…. So this was the project. http://www.instructables.com/id/3d-Printer-Enclosure-from-Upcycled-Furniture/ I went to ikea. Got 2 lack tables and put them together…. I want my printer higher up. ELEVATE TO THE LEVEL OF THE GODS!!! no. just high enough I can watch it cause I like to watch it go back and forth while I make printer noises.

OpenHab Wall Switch

Sun, 12 Jun 2016 23:36:46 +0000

So recently I started thinking about my HA system when I have guests. I have a small house (not a tiny house) just a small house. When my parents visit they setup camp in the living room. Working on getting PIR motion sensors to turn things on and off. But with guests, I need a guest mode to disable the motion sensor…. and not because I tend to dance in front of the motion sensors.

Is it hot in here? Home Automation AC addition

Sun, 10 Apr 2016 22:40:21 +0000

So my Super Villain lair is super secretly located in my converted garage… shhhh. So we found out that Florida is a rough place to be a super villain. It’s hot here. So I needed a way to help keep my lair cool. So many full moons ago my minions held a Staples store for ransom till they gave me an AC unit. This thing is huge. It’s a 14000 BTU unit.

Green Sprinkler System Project (part 1)

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 23:43:45 +0000

So I don’t know why, but I have over the last year or so really gotten into doing things with renewable resources (mainly solar). Well, lets say interested in. I have a couple of solar panels I play with but nothing crazy. So one day I get this crazy idea in my head. I need a rain barrel. But for what!?!?! I had no real need for a Rain Barrel. But this suddenly consumed me.

MineCraft Nightlight Christmas Present

Sat, 26 Dec 2015 16:25:25 +0000

Ok, so my son is 8 and that means he automatically likes Pokemon and minecraft.
He also likes anything with LED’s (geek in training I believe… blinky oooooh shiny…. sorry, distracted.)