Part 3 of the series on my development of a Raspberry Pi based dashcam. See this post for part 1 and this post for part 2. I’m nearly at the point where I can release the code. In fact it’s already on github but only in an early form. Take a look at the dev… Continue Reading
Part 2 of the series on my development of a Raspberry Pi based dashcam. See this post for part 1 Although I’ve only just posted part 1 I’ve actually made quite a lot of progress towards achieving the objectives (as outlined in part 1.) In this post, I’ll look at the hardware I’ve chosen and… Continue Reading
This is the first in a series of posts about developing a Raspberry Pi based dashboard camera (dashcam) for my own personal use. I’m also using the project to improve my Python coding skills and re-use a whole load of software engineering patterns I used to deploy when I was a software engineer yonks ago.… Continue Reading
Why does a previously working Supermicro X10SDV-TLN4F motherboard suddenly stop booting or responding to the keyboard? Background Back in September 2015 I replaced my home server with a Supermicro SuperServer 5028D-TN4T Xeon D-1540. This is an amazing little box: tiny enclosure; Supermicro X10SDV-TLN4F motherboard with single XEON D-1540 CPU and integrated IPMI and KVM; room… Continue Reading
In part 1 of this series, I covered the requirements and hardware. In part 2 I covered the initial configuration of the new server. In this part I’ll cover setting the server up as a file server. The main use case for this new server is to be the main file and media server for… Continue Reading
In part one I covered the motivation, requirements and hardware. In this post I will cover software installation and configuration. Installing and configuring SmartOS SmartOS differs from many other operating systems, though not FreeNAS, by not requiring installation. You simply copy a disk image to a USB thumb drive and boot from it. SmartOS then creates… Continue Reading
For some time I’ve been using a re-purposed Acer desktop PC as a NAS. It runs OpenIndiana with 2 x 3TB disks in a ZFS mirror. It has Napp-IT installed for administration. It’s been OK, but it’s not very powerful and only has limited throughout on its single 1000BaseT Ethernet connection. I’ve been considering an… Continue Reading
In short, I gave up. In the first post I mentioned that I felt OK with the single vision lenses but that I hadn’t tried driving with them in. As soon as I did, I started to notice problems. The main one was that I couldn;t focus on vehicles following behind using the internal mirror:… Continue Reading
After receiving quite a good annual bonus, I looked at my wish list and decided to buy a new portable HF radio. Based on my massive satisfaction with the Elecraft K2, the decision was quite easy really. Yes, I’ve joined the KX3 brigade. I ordered it in kit form from Waters & Stanton on Good… Continue Reading
I’ve been wearing glasses for about 15 years now. I have classic Presbyopia: also known as short arms 🙂 My distance vision is still nearly perfect in one eye and not much worse in the other. My close up vision has been deteriorating for about 16-17 years though. I moved over to Varifocals years ago… Continue Reading