Category Archives: Random

Pacific Northwest Rust

Those of you who live in the Pacific Northwest, particularly along the coast, know that just about anything metal you leave outside will be rusted in very short order. The mild temperatures and moist climate tend to encourage such things. … Continue reading

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Unspecified Updates

As noted a few posts ago, I’ve been trying my hand once again at not failing to keep a plant alive, and have been keeping a watchful eye on my Meyer Lemon tree. It’s continuing to grow pretty nicely, and … Continue reading

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Bending Acrylic

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

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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Random Number Generator

I’ve always been interested in the idea of truly random phenomenon, and in particular, the quantum effects like avalanche noise that one can take advantage of to generate truly random data. Note that I say truly random, as compared to … Continue reading

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