Blog, page 35
page 35 of 80Continuing through the writing archive.
Intro to Making Puppets workshop on Saturday, December 7, 2013
Intro to Making Puppets workshop at VHS on December 7, 2013: finger, sock, sock-monkey, and muppet-style builds.
Read postA response to Life tracking and Quantified Self movement.
My life-tracking setup: Google Calendar for every event, phone alarms for sleep, and a spreadsheet of daily habit points.
Read postHow a Greyhound employee stole alcohol from my checked luggage.
Open letter to Greyhound after a Seattle baggage checker confiscated two bottles of 12-year scotch from my checked luggage.
Read postIntroduction to Home automation with the Raspberry Pi - Sunday November 24th 2013
VHS workshop on Raspberry Pi home automation: read temperature, motion, and door sensors, log them, and switch relays.
Read postBEWARE! ShareMouse, MaxiVista, Bartels Media == Crapwear
Rant about ShareMouse and Bartels Media selling crapware that disables itself behind a paywall after you set it up.
Read postIntro to Security, Passwords
Intro to password security: long passwords, multi-factor auth, password databases, and why to use different passwords per site.
Read postStar-wars engraving with a laser cutter
Star Wars scenes etched into wood on the VHS laser cutter as a birthday gift for a friend.
Read postGetting started with your Raspberry PI
Step-by-step Raspberry Pi starter notes: NOOBS, SSH, AdaFruit WebIDE, and a Python blink script on the GPIO pins.
Read postQuick and easy word clock with a spare monitor and JavaScript
A word clock made by laser-cutting a wood mask of words and placing it over a monitor driven by JavaScript.
Read postGetting started with Raspberry PI - Wednesday Sep 11th, 2013 @VHS
Intro to Raspberry Pi night at VHS: install the OS, SSH in, blink an LED from Python using the GPIO pins.
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