The Numbers Game – part 3
Following on from the two previous posts, the third version of this program is now finished and available in an online version here This version is different again, as it needs to run in a web server, and my production …
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The Numbers Game – part 2
In this previous post I described how and why I started on this project, and detailed my “proof of concept” version, written in Python. I was quite pleased with this version, but it had a few drawbacks. It requires a …
Moving ISPs and winding down the business.
Following on from closing down my Facebook accounts, I decided to retire completely, and wind down SOS Computer Rescue. It was all starting to get a bit irritating, Facebook being dicks, Crazy Domains taking over Openhost (and being dicks), which …
Leaving Facebook
Just a note to let people know that I have deleted all my Facebook accounts. Yep, gone cold turkey, switched it all off, personal, SOS Computer Rescue and the pages for my EV – Squirrel the Minicab Miev In fact …
New old computer – Alienware 17
I have a fairly regular customer who brings in old PCs and laptops, previously owned by his son (now left home and in employment), and gets me to extract the user data off the hard drives and put it onto …
The Numbers Game – Countdown
Depending on your age, you may be familiar with the TV program Countdown, or the 8 Out 0f 10 Cats does Countdown version, or the generic original version Numbers and Letters, or maybe the even more original French version! If …
Garage Automation Project – Further Update
As I said below in the last Raspberry Pi post, this project will never really be over. A while ago, the Logitech Web Cam attached to the PI Model B assigned to door opener duties (which gave images of the …
Garage Automation Project – near as dammit complete!
The History I looked back at previous posts and it appears I have been working on this project for nearly 3 years! The first part, being able to open the garage doors using wifi from a browser on my phone, …
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UBUNTU NAS Drive
There is an old joke about a camel being a horse designed by a committee. A camel is ugly, and as well as kicking and biting, it spits. However, if you need something to carry a heavy load, across inhospitable …
Raspberry PI and Raspbian Lite Buster
The tiny computer projects to control garage doors and display webcam images has moved on a bit, and I have added two new tiny computers into the network. The first feature I wanted to add was an access to the …