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I created a coffee table from a toolbox chest of drawers, castors, wood, steel and concrete.

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Stupid Remote is a web app that controls devices over HDMI CEC and infrared: turning tvs on and off, switching inputs adjusting volume. Customization requires editing simple HTML and JavaScript and uses cec-client and lircd for control.

Stupid Remote v4 has been released, changes include new docs, audited dependencies and working Swagger UI.

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OpenCV is an Open Source computer vision library that, among other things, can recognize faces, including eyes and smiles.

I set out a few weeks ago to build some prototypes with the library, to get an idea of how it works. I have created 3 prototypes, one that detects faces, one that detects eyes and one that detects smiles. All the projects are on GitHub here and they all use Python 3.

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In February I finally got a Prusa i3 Mk3 3D printer that was ordered in December, a very late Xmas gift. I had struggled with a MakerBot Replicator previously, but based on my research, I had high hopes for the Mk3.

This is the story of the first few weeks of 3D printing and what I learned.

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I recently installed a new of OpenBSD 6.2 server. As part of that install, I needed to install Filebeat to forward logs to an ELK server (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana).

The process to install and configure are much simpler then previous OpenBSD versions (as covered here) because Go 1.7 is now a simple binary package install.

The following steps assumes you have installed OpenBSD 6.2 and will cover dependent package and Filebeat installation, and configuration of Filebeat.

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The following instructions describe how to remotely connect to a network over an IPsec / L2TP VPN through an OpenBSD server, using native clients on macOS and iOS.

There are many VPN appliances commercially available that provide a nice UI and often come with an expensive support contract. If you are willing to roll up your sleeves a little and don’t mind using the command line, it is possible to create your own VPN server with OpenBSD.

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Steps to setup a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian to boot into a full screen web browser, hiding mouse pointer, disabling screen saver. Includes installing additional fonts and putting the browser in kiosk mode.

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Would you like to use a remote control to control your computer? How about using your computer to send remote control signals to your TV or Stereo instead of using the remote?

This is the fourth in a series of posts where I will describe how to use a Raspberry Pi, Raspbian and Linux Infrared Remote Control (Lirc) to receive and send infrared remote control signals. This post will be focused on how to trigger applications and depends on Linux Infrared Control Part 1: Receive IR and Linux Infrared Control Part 2: Send IR.

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Would you like to use a remote control to control your computer? How about using your computer to send remote control signals to your TV or Stereo instead of using the remote?

This is the third in a series of posts where I will describe how to use a Raspberry Pi, Raspbian and Linux Infrared Remote Control (Lirc) to receive and send infrared remote control signals. This post will be focused on finalizing the hardware created and depends on Linux Infrared Control Part 1: Receive IR and Linux Infrared Control Part 2: Send IR.

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Would you like to use a remote control to control your computer? How about using your computer to send remote control signals to your TV or Stereo instead of using the remote?

This is the second in a series of posts where I will describe how to use a Raspberry Pi, Raspbian and Linux Infrared Remote Control (Lirc) to receive and send infrared remote control signals. This post will be focused on sending output and depends on Linux Infrared Control Part 1: Receive IR.

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