Monthly Archives: October 2019

Halloween 2019

Posted on October 31, 2019 by larry

OK, I was bad today, ate some not so healthy food. You know the Candy meant for trick or treaters was staring at me. Hopefully I can pull it together and behave.

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Spaced out meals

Posted on October 30, 2019 by larry

So the nutritionist said to spread out my meals so I wont be hungry during dinner. But it is actually hard. Cant seem to eat when I am supposed to eat. This is going to be hard.

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Preparing for the End of Windows 7

Posted on October 29, 2019 by larry

OK I am ready, but there is still the issue of live watching TV. Wonder if plex can do that. Anyway, I found something called EPG123 that may help. Actually did my fit bit goals today, barely, but I did … Continue reading →

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IR and ESP8266

Posted on October 28, 2019 by larry

Got an IR LED working on an ESP8266. Not as straightforward as an arduino. There is a custom IRremoteESP8266.h that was needed. It kind of works.

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Devil You Know

Posted on October 27, 2019 by larry

There are better NodeMCU v3 out there, but I been playing with this one and it seems to work. Verified it with a blink sketch to multiple LEDs const byte LED0 = D0; // LED0 By PIN SD1/SD2 const byte … Continue reading →

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XC League 2019

Posted on October 26, 2019 by larry

My kids ran cross country today, kind of fun. But I am beat today, really tired from the day exciting as it was. Got home and kind of wanted to just chill.

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Watching Pulse Rate

Posted on October 25, 2019 by larry

Changing strategy, but still need to research more on this. Watching my pulse rate now, Beats Per Minute (BPM). I swear when I workout it goes to 150, sure enough on the eliptical it hits 150 (and peaks to 160). … Continue reading →

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Trying to get balance

Posted on October 24, 2019 by larry

In my life I am trying to achieve some sort of balance. Need to balance work, play, and rest. Sometimes these things blur. Anyway, got a little more bluetooth done, still a bit more to learn. Got some stuff to … Continue reading →

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Pretty Good Day

Posted on October 23, 2019 by larry

Got my fitbit goals done, which felt great because it has been a while. While getting the last 2000 steps there fall reminded me she was here. Walk was getting dark, but man it is a sight to behold. On … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Early

Posted on October 22, 2019 by larry

Trying to get to bed before 11PM. At least enough time to get up at 6AM. Still a little tired but nice that I got a lot done before going to work.

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