Category Archives: Electronics

Snow and Radios

Posted on 2014-11-30 by Nigel VH

Recently some snow has come to Washington, so I took the opportunity to head up to the mountains and get out a bit. Obviously it’s an excuse to have a little fun with the Subaru. Though in actuality those tracks … Continue reading →

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OS X and Samba

Posted on 2014-11-30 by Nigel VH

One basic tenant of being a SysAdmin is that you must have some form of home server. Whether that’s an old Atari system that you hacked an ethernet interface onto is irrelevant. Following this tenant, I too run a home server, and … Continue reading →

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3D Printer

Posted on 2014-08-28 by Nigel VH

Recently a friend of mine sent me a number of parts he had laying around to get me started on building a 3D printer. The parts he sent, plus some time, and a few parts I could buy would combine … Continue reading →

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Bending Acrylic

Posted on 2014-07-20 by Nigel VH

I’ve had a large 2000VA UPS here under my desk for some time, and it uses an external battery pack. The problem is, some time ago I lost the top half of the battery pack, so the batteries and the … Continue reading →

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Nest Thermostat Data Logging

Posted on 2014-07-09 by Nigel VH

I have a Nest thermostat here at the house, which we really like a lot. It’s great for keeping track of energy usage on heating, as well as being able to remotely control the settings, in addition to the insanely … Continue reading →

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