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So here’s my use case: I need a camera that is easily positioned away from the Raspberry Pi and can stream via mjpeg-streamer. Not huge requirements. Here is why the Raspicam doesn’t fit that use case. I’ve received a camera with the wrong cable from a Chinese distributor via Amazon. […]

Why a Raspicam isn’t better than a USB webcam.

Sun September 11, 2016 in General / Hardware / Linux / PiBox / Raspicam / Software Development tagged adafruit / bootloader / cable / camera module / external usb / PiBox / power supply / Raspberry Pi / ribbon cable / ribbon cable connector / USB camera / USB webcam

My first PCBs arrived in early December, but due to the holidays I haven’t done anything with them yet. I just wanted to show what they look like. There are 5 small boards attached to my PCB: An FTDI Basic from Sparkfun for connecting a USB cable to my Linux […]

APC PCBs

Sun December 27, 2015 in Arduino / Hardware / Linux / PiBox / Raspberry Pi tagged arduino / cable / FTDI Basic / Linux / PCB / PCB layout / USB connector

One of the drawbacks to dropping cable TV was losing summer broadcasts of pro tennis. Recently my wife and daughter pointed out that you could watch some matches online via ESPN3. So I tried to get it on the media box hooked to the big screen TV. I’ve got F12 […]

64 vs 32 bit flash: getting full screen flash ...

Sun August 01, 2010 in General tagged adobe / cable / cable tv / espn3 / Fedora / Flash / hardware acceleration / libflashplayer / Linux / miranda / Southpark / tennis / tv screen / Video (updated 5012 days ago)

Google continues to make changes to Google News that are of no real benefit. They do it in order to satisfy news sources and generate revenue. But the point of a service like Google News is *not* to benefit news sources but to benefit the readers who wish to choose […]

Google News is now irrelevant – Moving to Good Noows

Thu July 01, 2010 in General / Movies / Personal / Politics / sports tagged cable / eye candy / Facebook / google / myyahoo / news bites / news sources / Noows / RSS / sports / technology (updated 5042 days ago)

I tested the antenna in my basement with the first of two digital converters (the second from Amazon still hasn't arrived even though it was ordered the same day) and an analog TV. The antenna was able to pick up all the expected channels which antennaweb.org said we should get. […]

Antenna up, first digital box tested

Sun May 09, 2010 in General tagged antenna / Bravia / cable / Comcast / digital converter / digital TV / MythTV / nvidia / radio shack / set top box / Sony / Video (updated 5100 days ago)

The problem with getting rid of cable TV comes from the desire to continue to receive local off-air broadcasts. When the government mandated switch to digital broadcasts occurred, cable users ignored it because the cable companies would handle the situation for us. As long as we were plugged into the […]