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Raspberry Pi 2, a late gift to myself.

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.

Soldering needs, can’t find my old stuff

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

Labels? Labels? More labels?

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…

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