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Getting started with Home Automation

Posted on July 5, 2016 by azapf1972

Home Automation is getting more and more attention – and devices become more and more available for prices that are affordable. So time for me to start looning into it. In combination with a Raspberry Pi, this is a neat … Continue reading →

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Using Voice Recognition Software for long Texts

Posted on February 22, 2016 by azapf1972

Okay, this is going to be interesting. So far, I’ve been one of the many blog authors that used to type that texts. Now, with my right slightly unusable, to put it at best, I had to look for an … Continue reading →

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Using a Raspberry Pi as Torrent Seeder – Part I

Posted on November 23, 2015 by azapf1972

OK, here is a “new” problem but I think it is one that I can overcome with my Raspberry Pi (still having the “old” version floating around, not the new model). Here is what I am chewing on: I got … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi, Time-Lapse & Nikon D90 – Part II

Posted on April 9, 2015 by azapf1972

With the Raspberry Pi now on WLAN and the first impressions of the Nikon D90 as time-lapse device, here is my first improvement. The camera is back out on the balcony, I have started the Raspberry Pi connected to it … Continue reading →

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QNAP LUN Recovery – Preparing to recover VMWare ESX Datastores

Posted on March 25, 2014 by azapf1972

When all things break, you are sometimes left with just your latest backup (hopefully) and the need to get to some files. In this case, the problem was a broken QNAP NAS where we recovered some LUN RAW-Device files from. … Continue reading →

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