For a work project I am using an embedded artists 11u35. These notes are reminder of how to download code to it when on mac or linux… Note below taken from this link on mbed forums by Neil Thiessen a)remember … Continue reading
For some MBED embedded micro work I needed to explain how to use a dot matrix LED display and how a character generator worked. Rather than getting students to suffer the old fashioned way, plotting the shapes on paper I put … Continue reading
Whilst looking after a mid sized network (about 25 Subnets) I wanted a way of visualising IPs that were out of use. Time to use Highcharts and a scatter chart. Across the X axis is the ip node, the … Continue reading
Reminder for cloing modern Doze partitions Before doing the clone, clear the dirty bit of Clonezilla will complain sudo ntfsfix -d /dev/sdX where sdX is the NTFS partition
Often when out cycling or walking I find places of interest, good places to take photos, potholes,the location of unusual wildlife, places to shelter from the rain, good places to go tea/cakes/beer etc. What I wanted was an application that … Continue reading
I recount this as a)A cautionary tale b)A reminder to myself how to get out of this mess. Following a recent system upgrade and more memory, it was time to increase swap space for my LMDE Linux install. It was … Continue reading
With NFC tags being so cheap, been having a play. This is a reminder of what needs to be on an NFC tag to make Connectbot open an ssh connection to a server. It mainly comes down to remembering that … Continue reading
For when I forget, the location of the Lyx custom spelling dict is ~/.lyx/pwl_british.dict
As mentioned previously I have been using a database of Peter Hammill and Van Der Graaf Generator songlines as test data for various projects. Whilst doing some Android related things I put together a “widget”. So as an extension to … Continue reading
The microprocessor simulator that was featured last year has now been implemented as an Android application. It is intended to be run on 7 Inch tablet devices and above. Here is a picture of it running on a 7 inch … Continue reading