Over the last few weeks I’ve been messing about with options for getting Spot X running again. My focus has been trying to use a Raspberry Pi Pico as the controller but this has been a tedious process. Principally it comes down to 2 things: Voltage and Tooling. First the […]
Programming the Light Box
I knew what I wanted the light box software to do It quickly became apparent that I’d need multiple threads, using both cores of the Pico to achieve my design brief. I was concerned that I’d have to go back and learn to use C for this project, because I’d […]
Finished the Light Box
Well I finished the light box I was working on. It’s taken me, what, 2 months or so but I’ve got the firmware loaded and it runs. So let me expound. While I was working on the kitchen shelves, I ended up with some strips of pine that didn’t work […]
Marmalade 2
I tried making marmalade again. Mum gave me a bag of lemons, even though I already had a pile, so I decided to have another go. I’d already been to the shops to buy some jars, so that was sorted. This time I bought a bag of white sugar and […]
Garden Company
I had some company in the garden today, and not the usual suspect. I was working down near the well, cleaning up the area because it was a lot of a mess. I had trimmed back the wattles and mown around them and was cleaning out all the grass after […]
Transferring the Games
I now had to get the Steam library from Windows to Linux. As I mentioned, there is a simple way. I could have transferred the game files to the large storage drive in CSIRAC where I already had Fallout 76 and um, Bioshock Infinite?? Anyway I could have done that […]
Linux Gaming
This was the area of migrating to Linux I was really not sure about. Spoiler: It’s fine – with caveats. I’d already tried Linux gaming on this computer in the bedroom and had reasonable results, given the age and capacity of the hardware. Even so, trying to run the oldest […]
Windows is Gone
Well it was a fun ride, I guess, but I just deleted my last Windows installation. Okay, that’s not true. I still have a laptop from 200? running Windows 2000 and I have Windows 7 and 10 VMs, but actual Windows installations in computers I actually use. No. Microsoft’s decision […]
Okay, Here We Go
So , here’s the thing. I’ve already mentioned that this site is sitting here not being used. But here’s the other thing. I’ve got another WordPress blog that I use to journal with on my (Mum’s) home server. Sure it’s fun writing up posts to tell yourself about what you’ve […]