ultracrepidarian: a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise.
So I bought a heart rate sensor, the Polar OH1 Plus. (Based entirely on this epic review from DC Rainmaker.) I am curious about fitness and have been liking the 0.5Hz readings from the Motiv. So this new one should provide better data. And it has a VO2 max fitness test, which of course I […]
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Since I got the Bolt I’ve been looking for a way to view OBD-II data. For those who’ve not encountered it, OBD-II is a specification and connector; all vehicles since 1996 have it. (More at Wikipedia) The Bolt didn’t work with my copy of EngineLink, but… today it does! The secret is this google docs […]
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I’m a fan of musical mashups, which often have clever superpositions of melody and counterpoint in them. Or just be catchy. Or good to sing/dance/drive to. The ‘Best of Bootie‘ annual is a great place to go, with free downloads of singles and full mixes. The 2018 disc just dropped and I’m enjoying it now. […]
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I had a good Christmas and wanted to share! First off, a Kickstarter that delivered on time, a really good Raspberry Pi case, the Argon ONE: Here’s the back, showing the magnetic GPIO cover and rearranged port layout. Simple, clean and elegant. You can get one via their Kickstarter page. It adds a shutdown/reboot circuit, […]
Read MoreApple TV makes a great, inexpensive way to collaborate.
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I like having ways to see and measure things. Here is my server build: Here is a simple AC wattmeter showing its consumption: And here’s the system in infrared showing hot spots: Measure and don’t just guess. More on low power Linux to follow;).
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Bought this ages ago but finally tried it. The stiffness works well with the large Seiko and it’s quite comfortable, which was a nice surprise. Find it on Amazon. 13 bucks.
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