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Author Archives: matthannan
Building the kid a fort
This is just the platform. The fort will sit on top. Platform is roughly 8’x8′. Fort will be 8’x4’x6′ at the front and 5′ high at the rear.
It isn’t quite square. In fact, one side drifts out about 2″ front to rear.… Read the rest
Build a Raspberry Pi Webcam Server in Minutes
I have this up and running with the official Pi NoIR v2.1 camera module. I purchased it from these guys, as Bezos has enough money already. This camera will soon be moved to the basement Pi to try and revive the OpenCV oil tank monitor project.… Read the rest
Posted in Geek, Photography
Tagged Bezos, Calin, cron, motion, noIR, OpenCV, raspberry pi
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Raspy Pi Cam and VLC Streaming
Posted in Geek, Photography
Tagged camera, RaspberryPi, streaming, vlc
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Pi-Hole with Unbound
Going right to the top on DNS lookups. I am liking Cloudflare’s offerings, but I want to try this solution out for a couple of days at least.
Checking Hard Disk Sanity With Smartmontools (Debian & Ubuntu)
Now that I have loads of files hanging off my Pi with zero redundancy, monitoring hard drive health is a pretty good idea.
Source: Checking Hard Disk Sanity With Smartmontools (Debian & Ubuntu)… Read the rest
Weather Station
So, out of the blue, my father emails me asking if Calin might enjoy a weather station. I figured he had an unused one that he found while cleaning out the house. I am fairly certain I have seen an unused weather station in that house before.… Read the rest
OneDrive on Linux: Take 3
I wrote about rclone yesterday, which claims to sync your OneDrive files to your Linux host. This is something that Microsoft has failed to provide to the Linux community. I was hoping to gather all of my files, and then Jenny’s files, to one main source in the house, and have that sync with OneDrive in order to get the whole cloud thing sorted finally.… Read the rest
Top Linux Distros at This Time
- I tried MX Linux, but it wants to run from a USB thumb drive, so…no.
- I’ve already detailed my not enjoyable experience with Manjaro.
- Elementary apparently wants money, so no. Yes, I am one of those Linux users.
RIP, Mike
Very early on the morning of Feb 27, 2020, I had a call from my sister. Our brother was dead.
… Read the restMichael Joseph Hannan, 57, of Quaker Hill, died unexpectedly at home on Feb. 27, 2020. He was born in Flushing, NY, on June 30, 1962, and grew up in Gales Ferry.
Posted in Life
Tagged death, far too soon, Getting old sucks, Mike Hannan, obituary, RIP
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Manjaro Linux
I was feeling a little restless a few weekends back, and Fedora on my laptop was not exactly doing it for me, so I decided to try a new distro. Looking at what the cool kids are using, I grabbed Manjaro, which is Arch-based.… Read the rest
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