Software Development, Hardware Hacking, Sim Racing, Multirotors and Robots!
I am building an updated server to play with LLMs for local home automation control using Home Assistant ( https://www.home-assistant.io ). I managed to pick up a Dell R740 for a great price ($400) and with a few additional eBay purchases have a nice server capable of housing 3
If you are reading this it is likely you were like me, on the edge of giving up on IPv6 on your network. After combining a few small pieces from posts outlining Comcast Business IPv6 using Ubiquiti EdgeRouters along with the USG Advanced Configuration guide I was able to get
I've been working with Kubernetes a lot lately, I am using Kubernetes at Filament as a way to manage sandbox blockchain environments, so naturally I wanted to try and replicate this environment using Raspberry Pis. This is actually easier said than done, even though the 3B/3B+ has 1GB of
With the rekindled interest in Dirt Rally that my Car-cade has given me I had a bit of a yearning to get Dirt Rally working nicely in VR on the motion rig. You can read more about my motion rig here: http://projectable.me/my-sim-racing-motion-rig-version-2/ The problems The issue I
Introducing talkiepi talkiepi is a wifi "walkie" talkie for your kids and their friends. It provides a very simple "push to talk" interface. When you push the button and talk, all the other talkiepis in the channel will hear what is being said. November 2017 Updates talkiepi has been out
For the longest time I've had the idea to put a Raspberry Pi into one of those kids car toys from the 80s. In August 2017 I was beat to the punch by Matt Brailsford when he published his Tomy Turnin' Turbo Dashboard Outrun Arcade on Twitter: https://twitter.com/
As everyone knows I love my Raspberry Pis. I'll put them in whatever I can fit them in. I am in the process of finishing my 3D printer rack and I wanted to get my new Anet A8 printer on wifi so that I didn't need to shuffle the difficult
I have really enjoyed having a motion simulator platform for sim racing. It's fairly close to real world racing, but costs a LOT less money, and there isn't that risk of serious injury, or death ☠️ I started down this path almost 3 years ago, and with the Oculus Rift bringing
The History Back in the day we were all obsessed with hot sauces. We used to make everything super spicy. Chicken pot die (pie), blazing steak tips, hot ice cream, etc. Family life has tamed that expression, but I still enjoy hot sauces. I collected hot sauces to use in
At BrandYourself , we are diving deep in to Machine Learning to enhance some of our upcoming features. The issue I have with the current ML battlefield is that cloud based GPU instances are still relatively new and very expensive. When you start adding high availability requirements, as well as potential
I am now starting to explore VR Sim Racing with an Oculus Rift! I went with the Rift over the HTC Vive purely out of native support in the games I play. After much headache in upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10, getting the Rift working on my system
It has been a while since my last blog post, so I decided I better post something about what has been happening in my busy life! I have a CNC! I finished my 6040 CNC build and a blog post will come eventually... Its a chinese 6040 CNC frame, controlled
This project was completed a few months ago, I had been meaning to piece together a blog post but I've been a little pre-occupied. The Mini Quad I happened across this Razor Dirt Quad while driving my kids to daycare one morning, I drove them in to town hoping that
Raspberry Pi wifi on enterprise wifi hardware I've been poking around to get stable wifi with my raspberry pi devices on my Aruba Networks wireless network. My network is far from a typical house solution. I have a rack, a server, Juniper router, Juniper switch, and an Aruba Networks wifi
Introducing talkiepi talkiepi is a wifi "walkie" talkie for your kids and their friends. It provides a very simple "push to talk" interface. When you push the button and talk, all the other talkiepis in the channel will hear what is being said. talkiepi uses Mumble for its voice communication