My Desultory Blog

RichC | June 18, 2022

Not that I was bored or anything while running on generator power for 24 hours, but last week’s outage had my small load-sharing Raspberry Pi “server farm” (semi-joke) that I run at the house (see Brenich.com), in need of service. One thing lead to another and I ended up tinkering a bit more with this […]

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Tags: apache, brenich, cms, hugo, markdown, raspberry pi, saturday, server, tech friday, techfriday, testing, tinkering, wordpress, zigbee

RichC | February 1, 2022

For a soon to tackle project in the woodworking workshop, I tinkered with my older plug cutter in order to hide the heads of a few drywall screws. For a test, I used contrasting wood just to see how much gap there was going to be – it looks as if it will work. To […]

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Tags: coping sled, fixtures, jigs, plugs, rebate, rockler, router, router table, sale, tinkering, tools, woodworking, workshop

RichC | December 4, 2020

Although I only have one address accessible IP at the house, I can split it up via “Port Forwarding” on the cheap Cincinnati Bell router, rather than the home “mesh” network. After a little tweaking (ok, A LOT), I do have a work-around solution using a variety of ports to access different devices. For the […]

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Tags: apache, cincinnatibell, hugo, network, pandora, pianobar, port forwarding, power brick, python, raspberry pi, router, servers, siriusxm, ssg, tech friday, techfriday, tinkering, usb

RichC | November 15, 2020

On one of my sailing groups, a Sailrite Ultrafeed LSZ-1 user complained that the speed controller pedal was hard to regulate. I’ve found that to be true as well. Another person made the comment that they used a piece of flexible tubing/hose that gives the pedal a little more tactile feel … so I tried […]

Category: Hobby, How-To, Ideas, Personal, Photos, Sailing, Tidbits, Woodworking | No Comments »
Tags: control, cover, dewalt, hacks, hatch, holder, lsz-1, pedal, planer, sailing, sailrite, sewing machine, speed, tinkering, ultrafeed

RichC | January 4, 2016

This post is more to test a “borrowed” wireless keypad that is set up on the Raspberry Pi — I’m not fond of the Logitech K400r. The photo to the left is part of the ongoing roof project and continuing chimney repair. In order test the Raspberry Pi’s image serving ability, I uploaded it from […]

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Tags: gadget, home, raspberry pi, repair, tinkering