electronics
I used a ring binder and card sleeves to organize 1,700 through-hole resistors. You can use this PDF to make your own ring binder: * Download E24_Resistor_Kit_Folder.pdf * Liquid and SCSS that was used to generate the PDF The template code and generated PDF document are released
plex
Plex-Cleaner is a Python script that can clean up your Plex directory by deleting movies and TV shows after you've watched them. This will stop your disk from filling up with lots of old media files over time. You can run this script on your server (or Raspberry
home-assistant
Yes. SATA and SAS use very similar connectors, but a SATA connector has a gap in the middle. This means that you can physically plug a SATA drive into a SAS connector, but you can't plug a SAS drive into a SATA controller (because it won't
web-design
It's been a while since I wrote a blog post about creating a favicon.ico file for your website or blog. Things have changed a bit since I wrote that blog post in May 2010. I've been updating the CSS for my blog recently, and I
home-automation
I originally posted this write-up on the Home Assistant Community Forums. I thought I would post it here as well, since I haven't written anything on this blog for a while. I've been getting more serious about Home Automation lately, so I might start writing some
docker
2024 UPDATE: I've migrated from Hugo to Ghost. The following Docker solution broke when I started using a M2 MacBook. I wasn't able to run the older version of Hugo in a Docker container (even with Rosetta.) I haven't written any blog posts for
home-automation
I bought a wifi-connected kettle and flashed it with a custom firmware. Kogan Smart KettleJust Tasmota it with AND it works - platform: mqtt name: “Kettle Power” state_topic: “stat/Kettle/POWER” command_topic: “cmnd/Kettle/POWER” payload_on: “ON” payload_off: “OFF” optimistic: false qos: 0 now with MY
games
I used React Native to build a cross-platform game for iOS, Android, Windows, and the web. SudoBlock is a cross between Sudoku, jigsaw puzzles, and Tetris. You can find SudoBlock on the web, App Store, Google Play, and the Microsoft Store. React Native only supports iOS and Android, but I
raspberry-pi
A few months ago, I was inspired by this post on Reddit, titled: Food items should have QR codes that instruct the microwave exactly what to do. Like high for 2 minutes, let stand 1 minute, medium 1 minutes.. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, and that it
ruby
Whenever I'm looking at backtraces, logs, or failing tests in the terminal, I often need to open one of those files in my text editor. It was previously a semi-arduous process that involved highlighting, copying, pasting and the return key. Now, all I need to do is double-click
ruby
Note: This post is for people who use the terminal to run Rails generators. It probably won't interest you if your editor has a plugin to run them. After running a Rails generator, you'll often need to edit the generated files in your text editor. Rails
ruby
Every Rails developer has probably seen the following error: Could not find <gem> in any of the sources Run `bundle install` to install missing gems. This happens if you or someone else adds a gem to your Gemfile, or if a gem version is updated in Gemfile.lock,