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Google Send email as …….
Have to keep this in mind when configuring the send email as function for Google Apps.
https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
When I change one single line of code….
I am building the world…
…that I want live in. Not waiting for the future…
Code snippits : perl date stamp for adding to file
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
my @lt = localtime(time);
my $dte = sprintf “%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d”, $lt[+5]+1900, $lt[4]+1, @lt[3,2,1,0];
my $path=”/var/logs”;
$file=”$path/file-$dte”;
print “$file \n”;
DIY Water gauge
This a project is for a friend was concerned about how much water was in her cistern. I decided to use a rangefinder to measure the water level and then email this value. I also 3D printed a case for the Raspberry Pi.
This is currently a work in progress.
Materials
- Hardware
- Arduino
- Raspberry Pi
- Ultrasonic Rangefinder
- Wifi Dongle
- Powered USB Hub
- Cables
- Power Blocks
- Softwre
- Raspberian
- Custom Code
- Services
- Email Server (SMTP Relay)
Ultrasonic Rangefinder
Rasperry Pi + Arduino + Powered USB Hub
Todo:
- Graph Data (Google Spreadsheets)
- Enclosure for Rasperry Pi, Arduino,Powered USB Hub (3D Printed)
Tech Support in the Caribbean
Ohhh you think the warranty is your ally….
You merely purchased a support contract…..
I trained to resist calling tech support… was molded by it…
I didn’t get a tier-3 tech until the recognized I wasn’t in Latin American region…..
And by then I was l33t !!!
The manufacturers betray you, because the technology belongs to me !!!
A nice internet speed test tool for IT professionals
This is a great tool for folks who know how to interpret the data. Be warned, if you use this and on’t know what it it means, you are the same folks that will go on WebMD and then tell your doctor what prescription you need.
Great article on the reprap 3d printer
Why the future is already here….
…just not distributed enough…