Monthly Archives: April 2017

Super Simple Alert

Posted on April 20, 2017 by larry

Took my about an hour to get an alert system working. I used the code for me presentation and a loop of LEDs to get an alert by subscribing to an MQTT broker. Also got audio working too. Now I … Continue reading →

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Devices For Class Ready

Posted on April 19, 2017 by larry

I have 15 devices ready for the class.   I want to get that number up to 20, also I do not have the necessary USB-TTL adapters. Now for the next few days I work on the presentation. Also I … Continue reading →

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Getting ESP8266 going for class

Posted on April 18, 2017 by larry

I started prepping some of the units for class.  I got the first unit connected to the network, but something weird happened, I changed its IP and I could not ping it. I rebooted too, and the ARP table was … Continue reading →

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Web Code For Linuxfest Class Up

Posted on April 17, 2017 by larry

I got the web code up for my Linuxfest class.  Also got MQTT running. Kind of cool, web seems to be working but it does have a few bugs, MQTT is sold though, way easier to code. Hope to get … Continue reading →

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Network For Class Up

Posted on April 16, 2017 by larry

Spend a nice chunk of the day trying to get the network for the class up. I got it though, the hard part was trying to figure out how to DDWRT an E1500 router.  Switched to an older version of … Continue reading →

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Doing 2016 Taxes

Posted on April 15, 2017 by larry

For the past couples years I hated doing taxes, but this year was the first year in a long time where I did a pretty good job tracking my expenses. So it was way easier. Also I think with some … Continue reading →

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Good Friday 2017

Posted on April 14, 2017 by larry

Another Good Friday, time to fast, but most of all reflect. Next year I think I will take off of work, although I did work from home today it was a busy day. Did run today, also surprisingly I am … Continue reading →

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Slight Scare

Posted on April 13, 2017 by larry

Couple years ago I rebuilt a box and within a few hours it was hacked and apache was replaced by ngnix.  Well today I tried to go to this blog and it was replaced by nginix so I automatically thought … Continue reading →

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Slow Internet

Posted on April 12, 2017 by larry

Not sure why but the Internet has been slow for me lately. I guess I could try rebooting all of the devices, but wish I new. When I have time I will shutdown a few things.  Maybe something is infected … Continue reading →

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Another Shot At Running

Posted on April 11, 2017 by larry

Just a 2 mile cedar river Time: 45.25 Need to get that down to under 30 minutes to be respectable. Need to run hard these next two weeks.

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