Raspberry Pi Setup (Linux)
Setup SD Card on another linux machine to install headless I use Desktop Raspberry Pi OS distro. This is tested on a Pi Zero and a Pi 4 in Feb 2020. Insert a new SD …
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SSH Port Forwarding
There's heaps on this on the internet and a good book . Here is my usage, which is useful for IoT connections. Remote Server Access I want to connect remotely to a web server on …
Daylight Analysis
Level 1 (Ground) We want good daylight - a "daylight factor" (DF) if used with a uniform sky. <2% is dim (dark blue) 2% to 5% is good More than 10% is pretty bright, but …
Solar Analysis
In Brisbane we want zero sun in Summer, a tiny tiny bit in Spring and Autumn and a reasonable amount in Winter. Analysis is straightforward and shows: Shading Take 1 : Base Morning view from …
Hacking an IotaWatt ESP8266
I need to flash the IotaWatt firmware (and write new files to the SD card) for two reasons: firstly I have a bricked IotaWatt, and secondly I want to try to modify the firmware to …
Rope for Ski Touring
I wanna go ski touring in the european Alps in 2020 and needed to choose a rope: Half rope okay for crevasse falls and rapping, and maybe for very occasional protection (e.g. a little traverse). …
Accht Ale: Targeted
Another take with stronger hops on an excellent beer courtesy of a neighbour. Jan 2020. Ingredients 1.5kg light malt extract (ie. liquid) 2kg malt (dry) 50g Target Hops (bittering) Ale Yeast: 0#4 Safale Yeast 50g …
Grafana Embeding and Alerting
This is a live embedded graph. It should refresh each 10s. You can interact with it.
Grafana and InfluxDB on a Pi
Instructions as of late 2019! I used a Pi Zero W. This works but was pretty slow and awful for a my application. I then tried with a RPi 4B 2Gb and a RPi 3B. …
Tom's Dark Secret
Ingredients Bremer Brewer Superior Dry Ale, Mini-Mash (1kg liquid incl. malt and hopped) 1 kg dark amber malt (dry) 60g cascade 23L water 40g Centennial (dry hop) 40 Mosaic (dry hop) Yeast (from Bremer Kit) …
Accht Ale #2
Two take on an excellent beer courtesy of a neighbour. October 2019. Ingredients 1kg light malt extract (ie. liquid) 2kg malt (dry) 60g Cascade Hops (bittering) Ale Yeast: 0#4 Safale Yeast 60g Cascade Hops (dry …
Access Grafana without a login screen
Unlike Grafana 5, we can't use the ' old' method of a proxy login to get a cookie for semi-permanent login. This post investigates options to achieve the goal of: Provide a user a "secret" …