- Christmas Card v2
Last year I sent out our family Christmas Card to about 50 people, but I included a little bit of a challenge to add a little bit something to it. It was all in fun, and I hoped that some would find it interesting. v1 – 2021 Retrospective… What was it you ask? Well it … - E-Ink NameplateMy workplace has an open floor plan with small desk/cubicles for everyone on the team, and with such a setup we all have a small plastic nameplate with our name and desk location on it. It is useful for facilities and such for understanding where a particular desk is, but doesn’t get much other use. …
- Home Office Upgrade: Wired Ethernet
Working from home, from my new “Home Office” (previously Guest Room) has worked fairly well, but the one area it has not worked well in is taking Video Conference Calls. While it usually works, I frequently will get part of the video call which is jittery video wise, or gets the audio dropped briefly. While … - Pool Pump Controller
For the past 3 years our pool has been using one of the very common analog pool pump timers (eg. Intermatic T104R3 Time Switch) to turn the pump on day in and day out, but that all came to an end last week. One day I noticed that the pool was never turning off, and … - Mirror Display – Hardware
This project has been a long time in the making. A couple years ago, I initiated the process of creating a mirror display with an old mirror, a new two way mirror I acquired online, and a cheap tablet. Unfortunately an old android tablet wasn’t great for this project, for multiple reasons. This article will concentrate … - Cutting the Cord
This motivation comes from years before “cutting the cord” was cool. For years I have wanted to get rid of cable, I am just tired of the excess fees that the cable companies charge, and how the rate just goes up month after month. Don’t get me wrong, they do deliver a good product, but … - Network Upgrade – Attic
It finally came to that point, where you have tons of cables sitting around and the mess comes to a breaking point. My home network is fairly complicated including a rack with various components, but for this article we will concentrate on the connections that interconnect in the Attic. I have one main Ethernet line that … - Linux Desk Lamp
Premise Work recently offered to pay up to $50 to help decorate our cubicles recently. Question: How can I take advantage of this in the most ridiculous way? “Light Bulb Goes Off”… Create a intelligent desk lamp that can be aesthetically nice looking and notification mechanism at the same time. Old Ikea Lamp + Rasperry Pi …
