Category Archives: linux

How to setup a Ruby on Rails environment in Windows

Posted on November 8, 2015 by admin

I’ve recently had to setup a couple of RoR dev environments/toolchains in Windows. I suggest not doing this wholly inside windows, but you can still orchestrate the whole process from inside windows. Obviously OSX is a much more clean way … Continue reading →

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More microcontrollers, ESP8266, Raspberry Pi A+

Posted on September 14, 2015 by admin

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 →

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Intel’s Galileo Ardunio and Powershell

Posted on February 2, 2014 by admin

Intel’s Galileo is a pretty neat piece of kit. However it won’t always connect on the same COM port (typically COM3 or COM4). The only way the tutorials tell you to check this is via a menu deep inside the … Continue reading →

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TP-Link TL-WR1043ND DD-WRT No WAN fix

Posted on September 15, 2012 by admin

Fixing the TL-WR1043ND wireless router so that it works with DD-WRT firmware. Continue reading →

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Spinning down USB drives in linux

Posted on August 2, 2012 by admin

Some of the commercial solutions like the “Passport” and “MyBook” USB drives have spin down logic built in to avoid excessive wear and tear. I recently came across a steal on newegg for a bare bones Intel D2500 (atom) based nettop, and … Continue reading →

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Shopping for a cheap VPS

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

It’s still a bit of a Wild West in terms of VPS providers. There is Amazon’s EC2, Rackspace…. and then there is everybody else. Amazon seems to have a “micro” tier for $2.30/mo…. but you have to pay 3 years … Continue reading →

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Building a Steam Chat Bot

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

First off, I’ll admit, this is a kludge built upon at least two dirty hacks. But it works! We were running in to problems with getting preferred users in to the video game server when full. Battlefield and the Frostbite engine supports … Continue reading →

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A case for the Nexus S that doesn’t suck

Posted on March 9, 2011 by admin

Google phone owners sometimes have bad luck when it comes to accessories, compared to say the Motorola Droid, iPhone or Blackberry. It’s easy to find good cases and docking stations for those devices. I finally found a hard shell case for … Continue reading →

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The Pizza Box PC Case

Posted on March 3, 2011 by admin

My buddy sent me this link yesterday. ASUS demonstrated an example of shipping a motherboard in a box that could serve as a case. It’s pretty clever. As has been demonstrated many times before, nothing under the sun is new. … Continue reading →

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