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Coronavirus aka “The Roni”
Easy to remember redirect for john hopkins operational dashboard for COVID-19 www.theroni.com Continue reading
Note taking software, dethroning Evernote
Evernote is a simple piece of software, and if you’re not the type who takes advantage of their most complex features, you might be looking for something free, or more data-portable than Evernote. Ever since Evernote announced that they would … Continue reading
Posted in Android, computing, linux, windows, writing
Tagged evernote, note-taking software
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Quick and easy OpenVPN using Docker Containers
I like OpenVPN, it is free, moderately secure, low overhead, and now with container technology, I total snap to setup in the cloud. Many DD-WRT and Open-WRT based routers support OpenVPN out of the box as well making it a … Continue reading
Using GCE’s new free-tier micro VPS for fun and profit
Google’s Cloud Engine product, GCE allows developers a couple hundred dollars worth of credits, but more importantly, they’ve setup an “always free” tier VPS, theĀ f1-micro (1 vCPU, 0.6 GB memory). Now, there’s not a whole lot you can do with … Continue reading
Posted in computing, docker, kubernetes, linux
Tagged container, docker, docker container, ghost, go, golang, hugo, jekyll, kubernetes
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Installing Golang (go) on the Raspberry Pi 3
Installing Go or Golang on your Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Continue reading
More microcontrollers, ESP8266, Raspberry Pi A+
I have been working on electronics a bit more, I thought I would write up what I have been working on. Most recently I have been working with NodeMCU on the ESP8266. The goal is to have a “captive wlan” … Continue reading
Posted in computing, linux, Mechanical, robot
Tagged arduino, bbs, esp8266, http, nodemcu, raspberry pi, robot
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Tinkering with Microcontrollers, Arduino + Beaglebone, frustrations
Two primary lessons I’ve learned Don’t work on the wiring aspect of electronics past 1am or so. The chances of you shorting something out approach 100% as you get closer to 3am Servos have more torque than you think and … Continue reading
Posted in computing, Mechanical
Tagged amtel, arduino, beaglebone, intel, intel galileo, microcontroller, pwm, servo, servo motor
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Converting Bitnami VMDK to Hyper-V VHDX files
Converting Bitnami VMWare VMDK stack files to Hyper-V VHDX hard disk image files using powershell and Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter. Continue reading
Bicycles and Cats, and why bicycles self-steer themselves (and cats always land on their feet)
I’m curious, how does stem length impact steering feel? I realize that steering feel is almost 100% impacted by trail (how far the contact patch is behind the line of the head tube) but for example, on my project bike, … Continue reading
Posted in bicycles, Mechanical
Tagged bicycle, bikes, cat, cats, head tube angle, physics, road bike, self-steer, trail, wheel trail
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NIC Teaming on Windows 8.1 (really)
So there is a way to get NIC Teaming to work in Windows 8.1. WS2012 R2 has dead-easy way to team any two nics (effectively giving you 2 gigabit eithernet if the other end also has at least 2 gigabit … Continue reading
Posted in computing, windows
Tagged 2012 r2, 64 bit, dual gigabit, ethernet, hyper-v, hyper-v server, intel pro, networking, nic teaming, windows 7, windows 8.1, ws2012 r2
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