Skip to content

Mr. Petey's Workshop

thinker, tinkerer, maker, Jack of all trades

  • Home
  • Mr. Petey’s Library
  • Gallery
  • About wMw
  • CLI Cheatsheet

Category: software

BSD v Linux – Battle for My Desktop

Debian installed on the home setup

Well Apple has done it to me; they are making me look elsewhere for my OS needs. I have been with Apple since an Apple Plus and have used Apple products my whole career. … the rest of the story. . . “BSD v Linux – Battle for My Desktop”

No tags for this post.
Leave a comment

18 February, 202021 February, 2020 wrightmacNo Comments

B.A.M. Update – It Lives!

The past couple of nights I have been working towards having the BAM, a pintograph, up and drawing. Last night was the night; mostly.

I did run into one issue. The motor was not responding to control via the L293D, … the rest of the story. . . “B.A.M. Update – It Lives!”

No tags for this post.
Leave a comment

11 September, 201911 September, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

B.A.M. update to the update

This is a quick update to the hardware for the BigArtMess (BAM). I was going to give it a little classier name, but I like it.

I was a stumped for a couple of days as what to use for … the rest of the story. . . “B.A.M. update to the update”

No tags for this post.
Leave a comment

10 September, 201911 September, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

ItsyBitsy JoyDraw

I have been playing around with the Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 Express and CircuitPython. Tonight I was digging through my box of attachments to see what I could learn about. A joystick. Well that sounds like fun. All I have with … the rest of the story. . . “ItsyBitsy JoyDraw”

Tags: CircuitPython, hardware, ItsyBitsy M4 Express, software
Leave a comment

6 July, 20196 July, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

Fun CLI: Weather via the command line

This evening during my web wanderings I stumbled upon a fun little command. It is pretty simple. An example is below, just replace the city and state with your own to get the weather. 

Wttrin2

I stumble upon all kinds of … the rest of the story. . . “Fun CLI: Weather via the command line”

No tags for this post.
Leave a comment

22 June, 201922 June, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

Almost ready

 

I am trying to finish up this part of the project so I can get the board off to be made. The two parts I need are on order. If all goes well everything should come in about the same … the rest of the story. . . “Almost ready”

No tags for this post.
Leave a comment

30 May, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

Art Week

Mr. Petey is off on a tangent this week. I saw a shiny penny and now I am off to the races. It started with the tulips out front. They are slowly going their way and I have been wanting … the rest of the story. . . “Art Week”

Tags: Art, Art Photography, Binary Art, Generative Art, Nature Photography
Leave a comment

2 May, 201922 June, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

Oooo, Oooo a shinny penny!!

I have a new project, my latest shinny penny if you will. I only wish I had a real penny for each of these and then I could retire and get about half of the done. Last night as I … the rest of the story. . . “Oooo, Oooo a shinny penny!!”

No tags for this post.
Leave a comment

12 April, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

MacPi Plus Project

This is the story of a project that has been in the works for a little while and is finally coming together. The story of another Raspberry Pi going into an old computer case. I like to think of it … the rest of the story. . . “MacPi Plus Project”

Tags: case, hardware, macOS, Project, Raspberry Pi
Leave a comment

28 March, 201917 April, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

Lessons learned

While I am not sure exactly what happened, after 11 hours of working to get things upright again, I have to admit a small defeat. All of the posts from 2018 seemed to have disappeared. NNNNOOOOOoooooo. I thought I had … the rest of the story. . . “Lessons learned”

No tags for this post.
Leave a comment

23 February, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

My Valentine

My Wife puts up with all of my fussing and tinkering, so this year I decided to put some of it to good use. To show her how much I care and hey, I can do tinkering for her too. … the rest of the story. . . “My Valentine”

No tags for this post.
Leave a comment

9 February, 20189 April, 2019 wrightmacNo Comments

Secure e-mail review

A while back when I was putting together my wrightmac.net domain I started looking at a better ways to secure my email. Free is fine, but free is letting google check out your email and figure out what to try … the rest of the story. . . “Secure e-mail review”

No tags for this post.
Leave a comment

20 July, 201722 July, 2017 wrightmacNo Comments

Posts navigation

Older posts
  • About wMw
  • Colophon

Decode Theme by Macho Themes

Recent Posts

  • Don’t let Freedom slip away 1 April, 2021
  • (no title) 1 April, 2021
  • Off to the presses 15 January, 2021
  • Blinking 2020 – K.I.S.S. 29 December, 2020
  • Mr. Petey’s FreeNAS Project Log 7 October, 2020

what’s popular

amp (1) Apple (1) Arduino (1) arduino IDE (1) Art (5) Art Photography (1) audio (1) BAM (1) Binary Art (1) bsd (2) build (1) case (1) CircuitPython (1) Cisco (1) Design (3) ESP8266 (1) flower (1) freebsd (2) freenas (1) Generative Art (1) geometry (1) hardware (9) home improvement (1) home network (1) ItsyBitsy M4 Express (1) KiCAD (1) macOS (2) math (1) media center (2) nas (1) nature (1) Nature Photography (1) osmc (1) partsBin (1) Photographic Doddle (3) Photography (3) Project (7) Raspberry Pi (4) repair (1) review (1) software (4) voltmeter (1) WEATHER (1)
This site has a Let's Encrypt certificate installed!

Archives