These solar flowers were being sold off at my local Tesco, a pair of them appeared thanks to my child 😉 They have a small solar panel on top, when they’re exposed to bright light, the flower & leaves move as if they’re being blown in a breeze. Since one
I have recently begun to create an archive of all my personal data, and since LTO2 tape drives offer significant capacity (200GB/400GB) per tape, longevity is very high (up to 30 years in archive), & relatively low cost, this is the technology I’ve chosen to use for my long term
Here’s the teardown of the projector itself! On the right is the info label from the projector, which covers the flex ribbon to the VGA/composite input board below. This unit is held together with Allen screws, but is easy to get apart. Here’s the insides of the projector, with
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As seen in the previous post, the SSH terminal of my Pi gives some useful stats. This is done using GNU Screen, with a custom config file. This file is .screenrc in your user’s home folder. My personal code is posted below:
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<strong> ~/.screenrc</strong> startup_message off backtick 1 30 30 $HOME/bin/disk.sh backtick 2 30 30 $HOME/bin/mem.sh hardstatus alwayslastline hardstatus string '%{gk}[ %{G}%H %{g}][Disk: %1` RAM: %2`M][%= %{wk}%?%-Lw%?%{=b kR}(%{W}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{=b kR})%{= kw}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{Y}%l%{g}]%{=b C}[ %m/%d %c ]%{W}' nonblock 1 defnonblock 1 |
I have uploaded the pair of scripts
Coming soon! Unboxing of the Raspberry Pi & first experiments! Estimated start of June! 00
An old IDE interface Zip drive. This fits in a standard 3.5″ bay. Top cover removed from the drive, IDE & power interfaces at the top, in centre is the eject solenoid assembly & the head assembly. Bottom is the spindle drive motor. Head assembly with the top magnet removed.
This is a HP PhotoSmart 375 portable photo printer. With built in card reader, screen & PictBridge. Top of the printer showing the UI Buttons & Screen. Front of the unit, card reader slots at the top, Pictbridge USB connector at top left. Paper out slot at bottom. Cartridge door
This is a Western Digital drive recently removed from my laptop when it died of a severe head crash. Top of drive can be seen here. Here the cover has been removed from the drive, showing the platter, head arm & magnet. Yellow piece top left is head parking ramp.