Monthly Archives: April 2014

Signed Up For West Seattle 5k 2014

Posted on April 20, 2014 by larry

Signed up for the West Seattle 5k. Fun stuff, also 4 of us are doing it in my household.  Largest group to run in official event so far. Was gonna run today but ankle acting up.  Hope not bad. Just … Continue reading →

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Still Coughing

Posted on April 19, 2014 by larry

Was in a fog most of the day, last night I took some cough medicine and it really took me down. Feeling tired and sluggish most of the day, then latter was dehydrated. Now that I got the arduino an … Continue reading →

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Fasting Good Friday

Posted on April 18, 2014 by larry

Haven’t eaten today yet.  It is Good Friday and it is tradition for me not to eat on this day. Weight came down significantly though, if I ran for my workout would have cracked 300. I wasn’t as tired today, … Continue reading →

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CPAP not working

Posted on April 17, 2014 by larry

Tired again at work, but it is clear why. I am coughing at night and hard to cough when you wearing a CPAP, kind of keeps you up. Anyway tomorrow will be interesting, I am fasting. Today just doing pushups … Continue reading →

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Arduino to Raspberry Pi Wireless Goodness

Posted on April 16, 2014 by larry

FINALLY I got my Raspberry Pi and Arduino to talk to each other.   I need to document this soon or else I will forget. Anyway, the IR is GPIO, the LCD is I2C and the NRF24L01 is SPI. Major … Continue reading →

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Bad Headache Today

Posted on April 15, 2014 by larry

Maybe it was too much caffeine, but I was really beat today. Got home and had to rest bad,  light was a problem. When I got up, worked on cleaning my workshop.  Little bit each day, hopefully by summer I … Continue reading →

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IR on Raspberry Pi

Posted on April 14, 2014 by larry

Got the IR working on a Raspberry Pi.  It uses normal GPIO port communication whereas the LCD used I2C.  Next to attack is the RF Nordic adapter, but initial attempts hint that this may be a challenge. Another thing I … Continue reading →

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Seahawk 12k results

Posted on April 13, 2014 by larry

So I ran the 5k not the 12k today, glad I did, was struggling for the first mile, found my second wind and actually was doing pretty good for the 2nd mile, but the last half mile I slowed down … Continue reading →

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LCD Display on Pi

Posted on April 12, 2014 by larry

No doubt that I am more versed with Linux than with Arduino, but I found it easier to get my Arduino to display an LCD 16×2 screen over my Raspberry Pi. But I did it   Tomorrow I hope to … Continue reading →

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Lack of Sleep

Posted on April 11, 2014 by larry

I was a bit tired today, even though I wore the CPAP last night.  I think the issue is that I didn’t wear the strap to keep my mouth closed.  Also it did feel more of a struggle to breath … Continue reading →

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