I told my wife thanks tonight, for purchasing the item I had been looking at for many months now. She said “you are welcome” and asked what I just bought myself.
Truth is that I had been looking at the last version for many months to use in several projects but never cared enough to pull the trigger. In most cases, I found an alternate solution to handle the task at hand or realized I just didn’t care that much about the task to spend time playing with the Pi.
Now that I am moving away from LOR and my MP3 show director, I have no desire to go back to using a pc or laptop to run shows. I did that my first year and honestly it was a pain because I had moments where I wanted to use the laptop but was tethered to the FM transmitter and the 1st controller. Plus, I can swap sd cards and use it for other stuff the rest of the year.
So, with no further delay… I picked up a complete starter kit on amazon and it will be here in 2 days thanks to prime. If you want to take a look, here is the link for it on Amazon.
Like most things after a move, I have no idea where my old soldering iron has ended up. That said, it is not like I had a nice one or even most of the extra stuff I would need to setup a soldering station in the garage. I barely did any soldering in the past and most of that was like 15-20 years ago. So, it is time to do some shopping and prepare myself for the presales items that will require this gear. Hoping to keep my cost around $50 to $60 for everything but not skimp on items that make my life easier vs harder but cheaper. Continue reading Soldering needs, can’t find my old stuff →
Well, since I am installing an alarm at the house (pre-wired) and nothing was labelled, I figured I needed something to label the wires properly. I have an old brother label maker but it is something I would use for putting labels on a plastic drawer bins in my garage when I have screws or zip ties in them, not for wires.
I need something better…
Continue reading Labels? Labels? More labels? →
A journey into sight and sound (with RGB now)