# ota (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ota. Page: Feed: --- ## [Vikings Open the Preseason with a Win over the G-Men](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/vikings-open-the-preseason-with-a-win-over-the-g-men) _2026-08-20 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ Good, bad or ugly (hey, it was the first preseason game) the fellas at the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast. Tune in and check it out. ## [Film Room: How Jake Slaughter performed vs. Texans](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/film-room-how-jake-slaughter-performed) _2026-08-19 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ Digging into the tape as Slaughter is in line to start at C after Tyler Biadasz injury ## [Takeaways from 49ers joint practice](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/takeaways-from-49ers-joint-practice) _2026-08-19 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ Tyler Biadasz carted off + all the details from team periods ## [Chargers beat Texans in preseason opener](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/chargers-beat-texans-in-preseason) _2026-08-14 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ All my takeaways, including the QB2 battle being fully on ## [Kyler Murray is Named the Vikings Starter and a New Era Begins](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/kyler-murray-is-named-the-vikings-starter-and-a-new-era-begins) _2026-08-13 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ The number one question going into the 2026 Minnesota Vikings Training Camp has been answered: the Vikings have named their starting quarterback. ## [166 - Who owns choice?](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/166-who-owns-choice) _2026-08-13 · Martin Soler · Tell_ In travel bookings, who will own choice? ChatGPT goes for restaurants. Remote controlled hotels. 295 million Bonvoy members, and now what? ## [2026 Day 12 Camp Report](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/2026-day-12-camp-report) _2026-08-12 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ Details from practice + what I'm watching in preseason opener ## [165 - Trusting your friendly AI](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/165-trusting-your-friendly-ai) _2026-08-07 · Martin Soler · Tell_ What does trust means. Airbnb going for loyalty. Banks as OTAs. Brand franchise costs. Aman founder and more. ## [Vikings’ 2026 Camp Workouts Continue in Week 2](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/vikings-2026-camp-workouts-continue-in-week-2) _2026-08-07 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ Vikings Territory Breakdown Week Two of the Vikings 2026 Training Camp is underway at TCO Performance Center in Eagan, and \[…\] ## [2026 Day 8 Camp Report](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/2026-day-8-camp-report) _2026-08-07 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ All the details from the most physical practice so far ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ObESRaoLE3HU) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [Moving Vision Processing to My 4-Wheel Robot, Part 2](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/08/moving-vision-processing-to-my-4-wheel-robot-part-2/) _2026-08-05 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ Posted 03 August 2026, Part 1 in this series laid out the strategy for adding vision processing capabilities to my 4-wheel robot. This post continues that effort. The first step was to replace the Teensy 3.6 main controller with a Teensy 4.1. As part of this process, I also replaced the glued-on Gnd and +5V \[ \] [Listen](https://www.fpaynter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260805_Left_Right_Turns.mp4) ## [2026 Day 6 Camp Report](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/2026-day-6-camp-report) _2026-08-05 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ All the details from San Diego on the first padded practice [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209841533/4fa85dfed742f7051bd1bf8310b599c0.mp3) ## [2026 Day 5 Camp Report](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/2026-day-5-camp-report) _2026-08-04 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ QBs air it out, what I'm watching in first padded practice + more ## [2026 Day 4 Camp Report](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/2026-day-4-camp-report) _2026-08-01 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ LG battle keeps expanding + a rookie UDFA now on my radar ## [2026 Day 3 Camp Report](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/2026-day-3-camp-report) _2026-08-01 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ A new challenger emerges in the LG battle ## [164 - Attention, World Cup, Travel](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/164-attention-world-cup-travel) _2026-07-31 · Martin Soler · Tell_ Why hotels and destinations need to tell better stories. Some rebrands, good and dubious. Mini-dramas for social. Work from home stats and more ## [Vikings Training Camp Begins and QB Competitors Speak](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/vikings-training-camp-begins-and-qb-competitors-speak) _2026-07-31 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ There are plenty of other questions to be answered as the team begins camp, and the fellas at the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast—Joe Oberle, and Mark Craig. ## [2026 Day 2 Training Camp Report](https://hopswithpop.substack.com/p/2026-day-2-training-camp-report) _2026-07-31 · Daniel Popper · Hops With Pop_ Timing is clicking in passing game for Justin Herbert + WRs, plus more! ## [Generating Pull Request for Vin’s MissChanger Klipper-Toolchanger Repo](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/07/generating-pull-request-for-vins-misschanger-klipper-toolchanger-repo/) _2026-07-29 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ Posted 29 July 2026 In a prior post, Grok help me figure out why I was having so much trouble trying to change my Voron 2.4 printer from dock to no\_dock configuration. Solving this problem exposed a pretty significant flaw in the way that config\_switch.py managed the process of changing the printer.cfg file to reflect \[ \] ## [New Current Sense & Step-Down Regulator Board](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/07/new-current-sense-step-down-regulator-board/) _2026-07-29 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ In my old 4-wheel robot setup, I had a 5V regulator built around an LF50CV low-voltage dropout 3-pin regulator. Unfortunately, with the added current drain of the Pi5 and OAKD-Lite Camera, the LF50CV started dropping the output voltage to the point where the Pi5 started to get flaky. In discussing this with Grok, he suggested \[ \] ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7DvRO8Sl4Gvv) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [Building an Improved Under-monitor Accessories Tray](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/07/building-an-improved-under-monitor-accessories-tray/) _2026-07-26 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ Posted 25 July 2026 For quite a while I have used the accessories tray shown below, but I have become increasingly unhappy with the quality with it; in particular the small tray sections aren t quite big enough to handle all my USB sticks, micro-SD cards and holders, spring-clips, etc. So, after trying in vain to \[ \] ## [163 - AI for the old boring problems](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/163-ai-for-the-old-boring-problems) _2026-07-23 · Martin Soler · Tell_ No need to rethink everything for AI. Use it to fix the boring old problems first. Marriott ads. Tiktok Go. Boring advice for AI traffic and more. ## [Vikings Training Camp is here, as are the Big Questions](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/vikings-training-camp-is-here-as-are-the-big-questions) _2026-07-22 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ Plenty of questions to consider. And that’s what the fellas at the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast—Joe Oberle, and Mark Craig. ## [Moving Vision Processing to My 4-Wheel Robot, Part 1](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/07/moving-vision-processing-to-my-4-wheel-robot/) _2026-07-08 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ Posted 08 July 2026 In this previous post, I describes my work with Grok Code to successfully demonstrate the use of vision processing with a Luxonis OAKD-Lite camera and a Raspberry Pi5 to generate best clear direction advisories for robot motion control. After achieving the above milestone, I started thinking about the next steps. Clearly \[ \] ## [A Blast from Podcast Past – Tice & the Joes talk Moss vs. Jefferson](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/a-blast-from-podcast-past-tice-the-joes-talk-moss-vs-jefferson) _2026-07-07 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ All the old pods can still be found online, so why not unearth something to remind us how we got here? Bringing back Joe’s purple-tinged voice is a labor of love for us here, but it also is a fun way to highlight the archives for our listeners, who need a bridge to the next season. ## [2 Wheel Robot with Vision Processing, Part IV](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/07/2-wheel-robot-with-vision-processing-part-iv/) _2026-07-06 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ Posted 06 July 2026 After wrapping up the Wifi\_OTA project described in this post, Grok Code and I moved on to the next big step integrating the Luxonis OAKD-Lite camera integrated into ROS (Robot Operating System) so the robot could take advantage of the ROS topic/subscriber strategy where a sensor like the OAKD-Lite camera \[ \] ## [162 - Hallucinations are harder to spot](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/162-hallucinations-are-harder-to) _2026-07-02 · Martin Soler · Tell_ The rise of fakefographics. AI and the booking journey. Hotels know best. A model to analyse the media industry. ## [2 Wheel Robot with Vision Processing, Part III](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/06/2-wheel-robot-with-vision-processing-part-iii/) _2026-06-28 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ Posted 28 June 2026 When I work on significant projects like the vision-enhanced robot project, I generally hold two different but related mental maps for the overall project. One map describes the physical and/or logical entities that are needed for the overall project to succeed, such as wheel odometers, battery packs, power regulation/distribution, the OAKD-Lite \[ \] [Listen](https://www.fpaynter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Wifi_OTA_Updtate.mp4) ## [161 - We're still building mousetraps](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/161-were-still-building-mousetraps) _2026-06-25 · Martin Soler · Tell_ Hotel tech needs to think beyond better features. Brand of independent? Podcasts are the new talkshows. The hidden costs of direct bookings. ## [Teensy Firmware OTA Update Via SSH to Pi5](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/06/teensy-firmware-ota-update-via-ssh-to-pi5/) _2026-06-21 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ Posted 21 June 2026 After getting OTA via Bluetooth to the onboard HC-05 going for the 2-wheel robot, I had an epiphany; For vision processing the 2-wheel robot uses an on-board Raspberry Pi5 with a Wi-Fi connection to my local network (and thence to my PC), so why use the HC-05 link at all? The \[ \] ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ywslFAI9vzyQ) _2026-06-21 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [160 - But what do you think?](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/160-but-what-do-you-think) _2026-06-18 · Martin Soler · Tell_ Asking subscribers to share their thoughts on what should be improved with this newsletter. Lots about AI search. Loyalty and brands. How to manage your brand in an AI world. ## [159 - Hotel tech keeps growing](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/159-hotel-tech-keeps-growing) _2026-06-11 · Martin Soler · Tell_ Three ideas where AI will change hotel tech. Guests disagree most on F&B quality. Vibe coding a new OTA. Zero click search tips. And more. ## [Vikings Sign a GM, OTAs Resume and JJ/Kyler on Blast](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/vikings-sign-a-gm-otas-resume-and-jj-kyler-on-blast) _2026-06-05 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ The announcement that the Vikings hired former Seattle Seahawks assistant GM Nolan Teasley as their new general manager. ## [158 - Marketing Academics](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/158-marketing-academics) _2026-06-04 · Martin Soler · Tell_ Louis Vuitton un-doing the hotel. Sadio Mané doing a hotel. Some timid hotel AI stories. The Age of Average. Ferrari. Professors of Marketing. And more. ## [With Kyler in Purple is JJ Seeing Red?](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/with-kyler-in-purple-is-jj-seeing-red) _2026-05-30 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ Now, while this quote does not exactly smack of the West Side Story’s Jets and Sharks-type rivalry, it doesn’t sound like all is kumbaya either. ## [2 Wheel Robot with Vision Processing, Part II](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/05/2-wheel-robot-with-vision-processing-part-ii/) _2026-05-29 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ This is the second of (hopefully) many posts on my project to add modern vision processing to my autonomous wall-following robot. The first post is here. Lots of changes since my first post. I discovered that my 8.4-to-5V LDO regulator board wouldn t reliably drive the Raspberry Pi5, so I had Grok look around for other \[ \] ## [157 - OTAs Getting Disrupted at Google I/O?](https://tell.martinsoler.com/p/157-otas-getting-disrupted-at-google) _2026-05-28 · Martin Soler · Tell_ Google aggregating OTAs? Airbnb has a chance? How ChatGPT ads work. AI features in PMS start releasing. And more. ## [The Vikings Schedule Has Arrived; Let the Speculation Begin](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/the-vikings-schedule-has-arrived-let-the-speculation-begin) _2026-05-21 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ The season beings with a double dose of divisional opponents (the Packers and Bears) right out of the game and features an international trip to Mexico City to play the San Francisco 49ers in November. ## [Football’s Back at TCO; Vikings Held Rookie Minicamp](https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/podcast-2/vikings_territory_breakdown/footballs-back-at-tco-vikings-held-rookie-minicamp) _2026-05-15 · Joe Oberle · Vikings Territory Breakdown – Vikings Territory_ The Purple’s search for a new general manager has gotten underway with a list of names the Vikings’ ownership is seeking to interview. Plus, the team is headed to Mexico for an international game against the Niners this season. ## [A Flagpole for the Hobbit House](https://www.fpaynter.com/2026/04/a-flagpole-for-the-hobbit-house/) _2026-04-10 · paynterf · Paynter's Palace_ Posted 09 April 2026 Last month I decided it was time to put up a real flagpole to display the American flag in all its glory. Being an engineer, I had to research the heck out of the subject to make sure we got something we would be proud to have in our front yard. \[ \] [Listen](https://www.fpaynter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Flagpole-1.mp4) ## [OtaFlux: Simple OTA Firmware Updates via OCI Registries](https://e10n.me/posts/otaflux-simple-ota-firmware-updates-via-oci-registries/) _2025-05-15 · me@e10n.me (Etienne Tremel) · Etienne Tremel - Everything cloud, DevOps and platform engineering_ Keeping IoT devices updated Over-the-Air (OTA) is critical if you want to avoid running around unplugging, flashing, and re-plugging devices every time you fix a bug or ship a new feature. For my ESP32-based home sensors , I wanted something simple, secure, and easy to integrate with modern workflows. So I built OtaFlux , a small HTTP server that fetches firmware from an OCI-compliant registry and… ## [Rust for IoT: Building a Secure ESP32 Weather Sensor with MQTT, TLS, and OTA Updates](https://e10n.me/posts/rust-for-iot-building-secure-esp32-weather-sensor/) _2025-05-12 · me@e10n.me (Etienne Tremel) · Etienne Tremel - Everything cloud, DevOps and platform engineering_ During downtime between freelance projects, I often use the time to learn new things. This time, I explored the world of IoT and built a weather sensor with an ESP32 board, then decided to document the experience. The sensor reads temperature, humidity, pressure, co2 and air quality data and sends it securely using MQTT over TLS. It also supports over-the-air (OTA) firmware upgrades. New versions…