So, if you’re like me, and have a lot of items powered by AA batteries, you’ve probably jumped onboard the rechargeable battery train. I’m finding that with the long shelf life of eneloops, it is finally possible to maintain a stock of charged AA’s ready to go as needed. The problem is – what charger to … [Read more…]
Edit 15/11/17: this issue has been reported to have been fixed in shibby build 140. https://github.com/Jackysi/advancedtomato/issues/284 Just quick quirk I learned today: if you’re having issues with port forwarding or UPNP not working on Advanced Tomato or Tomato Shibby firmware, and you are connecting to a bridged DSL modem over PPPoE, check that “Use DHCP” … [Read more…]
I wanted to make myself a mini-retina display to accompany my iMac. I discussed the solution I chose, and both the electronics and software in part 1. Enclosure Design For the enclosure, I considered 3D printing, but instead decided to go with a laser-cut approach. I designed the case to be produced from sheets of material, … [Read more…]
Often while editing photos, or doing other work in full screen mode on my mac, I found that I wanted to have a second screen, to watch youtube, or show an app like spotify or itunes. There are small, low-res HDMI screens available on eBay, often intended for Raspberry Pi’s or for DSLR, but I … [Read more…]
Saw an article in the news that I thought was amusing: what-it-feels-like-to-owe-27-million-on-your-myki-20150612-ghm1mh The premise: someone has racked up a bill of $2.7M on their card. How? They helpfully posted a balance statement: That number is a bit special. Lets convert it to binary: 268435000 = 1111111111111111111000111000 Hey, look at all those ones? Wonder what happens if … [Read more…]
This is it. I’m finally going to have a place to put those bits and pieces. To share those command line gems that are the result of endless google searches. That regex query that I perfected. The projects I have planned (very exciting… not telling yet though). The latest kickstarter I’ve backed. That photo that … [Read more…]