Mark Coleman
hello dot net from OS X
Old news to some, but trying it out finally. C_LOG_17
Tonight I am going to install dot net core on os x. There is an official guide on the github page that looks promising so let's go through the steps and see where we end up.
The guide relies on homebrew which helps easily install packages for os x. If you need to install it simply run the command.
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL . . .
December 16, 2015
Homebridge -> LED
C_LOG_16
Tonight was a big night. I had the goal of using home kit to turn on and off the LED attached to the raspberry pi. This was accomplished by the open source project homebridge which I setup previously on my iMac. The documentation on creating a plugin is is sparse but I was able to piece together a working accessory that worked with . . .
Posted in: cloghomebridgehomekitraspberrypi
December 15, 2015
Pump up the Pi
Migrating to a larger microSd Card, C_LOG_15
In my pi adventures I think it is time to swap out to a larger microSd card. I was able to pick up a class 10 32gb microSd card for about $12 dollars.
Before
about 3.6gb free on the stock sd card that was in my kit
Since I am late to this game off to google to find a suitable guide. This describes . . .
Posted in: cloglearningraspberrypi
December 14, 2015
Spritzgebäck
First christmas cookie, C_LOG_14
Setting up HomeBridge
C_LOG_13
This week I read about homebridge. This immediately peaked my interest in my adventures with the Raspberry Pi. I wonder if I could ask siri to flash the led? I suppose the easiest way is to see if we can get homebridge setup based on the readme.md.
sudo npm install -g homebridge
After a few seconds I ran the command homebridge . . .
Posted in: cloghomebridgehomekitioslearning
December 12, 2015
Trying out Wiring Pi
Write to that GPIO real good, C_LOG_12
Previously I tried out the pi-gpio package to get my led to flash, but wanted to explore other options. After a bit of searching around the internets I stumbled upon wiringPi and a corresponding node wrapper.
The documentation didn't have any apparent quick start examples but after reading a few examples. I clobbered together an . . .
Posted in: cloglearningnoderaspberrypi
December 11, 2015
Drawing Homer
Drawing a random Homer ornament, C_LOG_11
Tonight I wanted to do something different and decided to sketch a homer ornament that is currently on our Christmas tree.
I utilized the app Procreate to record the sketch.
December 10, 2015
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