I’ve built an elliptical table to replace the current one which was a bit wonky, hard to clean up and too dark in my taste. The goal was to have as much room as previously for our five person meals, with an extension for when we have a number of guests – which is…
Continue reading...DIY: Clean Raspberry shutdown for RuneAudio
I made a second RuneAudio player this weekend.. The main difference, apart from the physical box, is power management. On my first setup, toggling the switch abruptly cuts power to the Raspberry, which can cause filesystem corruptions on the MicroSD card (and experience shows, in just ten days, that the MPD database sometimes ends…
Continue reading...Stravomatic: an Android app to automatically start Strava rides
This week-end I remembered that when I got my new phone, it counted my steps on its own, and I looked up why. I discovered that there’s a Google Play Service that enables developers to get the user’s activity (walking, running, cycling etc) and I decided to try to code my first Android app: Stravomatic….
Continue reading...My own homemade BB-8
After having seen the latest Star Wars movie, I, like numerous other geeks, fell in awe with the BB-8 droid, and, like numerous other geeks, I wanted to try and build one. So, I started by getting a 300mm plastic ball and another of 180mm diameter (which was more of a 160mm ball according to…
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