At work, I am trying to make some automated test equipment, (I also have some personal test equipment to automate as well). At work I use MS Windows 10 for my laptop, home I use macOS, and for embedded test equipment I am planning on using Raspberry Pi and Pi […]
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Even before Covid-19 took over the UK, and caused people to not want to handle cash, cash has been falling out of favour for years, the BBC reported on this back in 2019, and produced the following chart: I have a Monzo bank card, and am very happy with it […]
On LinkedIn a while ago Glen one of the reps at Würth Elektronik offered free PCB fidget spinners. I asked nicely if MiniBoyGeek could have one, and as such one was delivered, I am glad I opened the bag before giving it to him. A fun little build of 9 […]
If you do any amount of design with 3D printers, sooner or later you will find your self using bearings between two bits to help them move; normally you will reach for a “skateboard bearing” or a 608ZZ, however if you need a size that is not a 608ZZ the […]
…Are negligible! Following on from my last post; that seems to have got a wide readership, I got sent this link and asked to review it; the title of the article is “Scientists Appeal that 5G Wireless is as Hazardous as Asbestos”, which I think we can all agree contains […]
In Week 2 we made a single LED blink using an Arduino, now about 99.9% of the time this would be overkill (the 0.1% of the time is when you are learning); actually tell a lie, There is a VERY good reason to flash a LED with a micro, but […]
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2017/raspberry-pi-zero-w-headless-time-lapse-camera https://github.com/geerlingguy/pi-timelapse ==== Set up pre boot ==== Since the /boot partition is accessible by any computer with an SD card reader, wifi configuration is now much simpler. A typical wpa_supplicant.conf file is: ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev update_config=1 country=«your_ISO-3166-1_two-letter_country_code» network={ ssid=”«your_SSID»” psk=”«your_PSK»” key_mgmt=WPA-PSK } For headless setup, SSH can be enabled by […]
Tamarisk wanted to go to Birmingham University to look at master’s courses, once we were walking back to the car, we walked along the canal and saw the ‘Solar Kingfisher‘ and a podboat.
Every so often GMP (Greater Manchester Police) run something they call Operation Considerate, where they sit at the side of the road and catch up with Cyclists cycling on the pavement, or with out lights, and occasionally talk to car drivers for much more serious offences (Driving without Insurance etc). […]
For Manchester Makerfest 2015 Bob and I built a Tweeting Photo booth, for use with the bug workshop, the main part is a Raspberry Pi. This is a project I have been thinking about doing for a while. The Raspberry Pi was set up how I normally set them up, […]
Paul Waring organises Manchester Geek Walks, Yesterday’s Geek Walk was a trip to Bletchley Park, nr Milton Keynes; Bletchley Park is famous for code breaking during World War two and Alan Turing.
For the last long while my personal blog, Professional Site, and Tamarisk have all been run on Vor, a Machine running Zpanel CP. With Zpanel being superseded by Sentora, its time to upgrade vor, and move some things around. I plan on moving This site, the others mentioned above, and […]
One of my most visited posts is “Why I fear Pro-Life“, which was written as a post response and expansion on a blog post by Delkaetre, against a group of FuckTards called Abort 67: Abort67 is a pro-life protest group in the UK known for using hardline tactics such as […]
Again… go skippy, or eCar’s site is not //skippy.org.uk… This page will keep getting updated with examples of people who can’t follow simple instructions: Dear Skippy, Ionut Cristian Otincilescu <[email protected]> has written to you on the subject: Phone Contact Hello, I’ve missed a call from you (01179066900) this morning. Can […]
I keep getting calls from a company calling itself “PPI Legion” (they call from 0843 832 0135). I have requested that my details are removed from their list, and that they don’t call me again, however they still call. They hang up on me when I ask to speak to […]
I got this email from Charles Brown <[email protected]> in the mail today: Hello In regards to our previous email inviting you for a job interview. We realised we had a problem with our telephone line. Fortunately the vacancy is still open, we are still happy to invite you to an […]
A while ago I wrote about Dealing with Spam, Well unfortunately (for them) Royal Mail posted more junk mail through my door this morning. (no I didn’t say anything to the delivery staff). I have managed to get the Direct Dial number for the Door To Door Service department (01865 796 964) who […]
I have just invited my MP (Justin Tomlinson Tory) for tea, and promised not to lobby him: Dear Mr Tomlinson, I am a great believer in equal opportunities; as a constituent of yours who can not afford to lobby my MP, or afford to pay the required amount to sit […]
Since spending a fair amount of time in Swindon, and having the following on my Parents front door I Still win the following: The Swindon Star The Swindon Star is a weekly free newspaper, well-established in the community and packed with local news and advertising. Published every Thursday this is […]
As some of you may know GLaDOS came back, when Steph was stolen I drew parallels between the IQ of the muppit, and a bacon sandwich. However the high IQ shown by the person who stole GLaDOS knew no bounds. The bacon sandwich has been replaced with a spam roll. […]
Mac OS X Lion comes with PostgreSQL installed as default; however it is not running, and not easy to start, you will want to enabled PHP web applications at the same time. There are two ways to start the PostgreSQL service. Either simply by opening Server App and starting the […]
“Coyote Ugly” is one of those random films that you don’t have to pay too much attention to; however it is good for a laugh 🙂 Coyote Ugly is either a girls’ film for boys or a boys’ film for girls. Either way, it’s undemanding tosh that remixes 80s “classics” like Fame, Cocktail, Flashdance and Dirty […]
I assume that b0atg1rl has at some time has acquired a Gränsfors Bruks hatchet or axe, as on nbArianrhod I found a copy of “The Axe Book” which is an introduction to the history and product line of Gränsfors Bruks, as well as a basic overview of the correct treatment […]
Rico Nelson’s “How to Start Your Own Business: Step by Step Guide To Starting Your Own Business Volume 2” was a free kindle book that I picked up to have a flick through in relation to task 51 – Start my own Business from my day zero challenge. Most business startups fail. […]
TRIGGER WARNING: This article or section, or pages it links to, contain information about abortion, sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors, also some of the language is a lot stronger than normally presented, It also contains images that Abort67 claim are of Aborted Foetus, Ergo NSFW. This Post has taken me […]
I have been paying my tax like a good person for a large number of years; OK sometimes I have claimed job seekers allowance; but other than the JSA and the Rebates; I have mostly paid the correct amount of TAX, and got mostly a good service from the public sector; however […]
