Light House Beacon Software

August 1, 2016 by

Back in late summer 2013 I started construction on a copper light house (article in progress). A light house isn’t a light house unless it has a light, right? I started with a solar path light thinking that would be a good starting point – and it would have been if I was making a light house lamp.

Turns out there are a few people doing this kind of thing but I couldn’t, at the time, find a free or open option. The one I did find was a product for model train layouts and was quite expensive.

What was I going to do to make a proper light house beacon? Pull out the Arduino and write some code, of course!

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HTPC Update

May 26, 2014 by

I have had my HTPC running since early September 2012 with very few changes needed along the way. Of course, there have been some minor changes like switching from WMC to Plex. Windows Media Center has some limitations that Plex solved for me. But, Plex too had some issues after some time using it. Plex vs. XBMC is my only real debate in HTPC software; Plex has a lot of easy to use options but lacks customization whereas XBMC has unlimited options but requries pretty heavy customization.

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HTPC Complete!

September 6, 2012 by

I finally got the last of the HTPC parts delivered today. The wireless keyboard and IR remote are now set up and working quite well. I settled on a Logitech K400 wireless keyboard with a built in touch pad. This eliminates the need for a separate mouse and just works better while sitting on the couch. The IR remote is a cheap Vista MCE Remote Control. I found both of these on Amazon pretty cheaply.

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Home Theatre PC

September 3, 2012 by

I’ve had the idea of making a home theater pc for a while now. I usually end up pluggin in my laptop to watch movies or listen to music and I was getting tired of not having my computer to use at the same time. Well, I finally broke down and bought a dedicated HTPC. This post will be the first of a few about this subject.

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