I do stuff… Then post it here…
Note: This is a working progress. I wrote it very fast so I would not forget how to setup this solution myself. All this information can be found elsewhere on the internet, however I think it is useful to have it in one spot for reference. Use at your own risk. My media server’s host OS crashed recently because of a boneheaded mistake I made while running some commands as root (doh). […]
I don’t think most people visiting this site want to see what I am up to in my personal life, but I thought I would make a quick post (with a few images) for those who wanted to know why I have not posted any updates recently. I promise, famous last words for a blog, there are more posts coming. Some of them will be on new projects but I […]
I few years ago, I bought a Star Wars E-11 Blaster kit, assembled it, modified a few parts, and spent hours painting it with great detail for a final look as close to the original as possible. Since then, it has been mostly displayed by laying it on top of tables and shelves around my house. I thought it would be nice to build a stand to display it properly. […]
I always thought it would be cool to have a display outside my media room that would show the poster of the movie or TV show that is currently playing. I searched the internet and found similar projects, which were all windows programs. There was just one problem… I wanted to run this project on a Raspberry Pi 3 running Linux. So, unsatisfied with the solutions I found online, I decided to build my own. […]
UPDATED 11/24/2106 – There have been some questions about how the touch sensor was wired to the encoder. Unfortunately I did not have the connections documented, so I had to take apart the control panel to check it. I have included the touch sensor wiring below in the How To section below. A few years ago, my Dad gave me an iCade for Christmas. It was fun for a […]
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