Recently I put together a media player. My house hasn’t seen a stereo in years and I was getting tired of always having to have ear buds in to listen to anything. In the back of my workshop was … the rest of the story. . . “Volumio – little black box”
Read moreWOW, it has been way too long. With that being said, I have big plans up my sleeve. There are several projects to share, from a low-end yet very useful electronics tool to building a media center and custom case. … the rest of the story. . . “Back in Town”
Read moreI have been, like others, getting ready to tunnel out from Apple’s Walled Garden; but this is the subject of an upcoming post. I will stick to the issue at hand.
It has always been a challenge to get FreeBSD/GhostBSD … the rest of the story. . . “running with the ghost – draft project”
Read more“Born Free”
Fast, on a rough road riding
High, through the mountains climbing
Twisting, turning further from my home
Young, like a new moon rising
Fierce, through the rain and lightning
Wandering out into this great unknown
And I don’t … the rest of the story. . . “Don’t let Freedom slip away”
This year I headed back to school. I spent a whole ONE day in-person class. Christmas kind of snuck up on me this year. Then the little ones wanted to know when the lights were going up. Lights? I hadn’t … the rest of the story. . . “Blinking 2020 – K.I.S.S.”
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A shout out to the great gang that put together the Run BSD sticker drive. our donation went to the FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeNAS Server as it is currently
I have been working through an odd error with the Micro:bit. With the rotary encoder if it moves too fast, it errors out with “20 out of memory”. Otherwise progress is moving right along. Plans fell through on the custom … the rest of the story. . . “Zip Bang there went another week.”
Read moreMy definition of a shiny penny moment follows:
‘joyous exploration” is define as “the recognition and desire to seek out new knowledge and information, and the subsequent joy of learning and growing.” – Todd B. Kashdan
In the … the rest of the story. . . “Sidebar – A shiny penny that turns”
Read moreWork is being done on both the hardware and software. Personally I like the hardware aspects more, but the software is a necessity as well. For this post I am focusing on power for the project.
I received the hardware from digitalspace.com! Shipping was quick (I’m slow – LOL), the packing was well done. Sorry I am not one for unboxing photos. Here is one with pieces and parts setup for testing.
I decided to go … the rest of the story. . . “B.A.M. moving forward”
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