How to do stuff with computers, like compute things…
While testing out some home automation code on my Raspberry Pi I noticed it was pretty CPU intensive. Time to bump up the overclock to squeeze more performance out of the Broadcom Arm7 processor. I wanted to keep an eye on temps as well as stability under full load so I needed to simulate CPU usage.
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I was looking for a way to add a dynamic check of the status of my Raspberry Pi to the sidebar of my website. A quick search of the WordPress plugin directory returned a plugin that would allow me to execute PHP code from within a text widget. Perfect for what I was thinking; A simple ping test to drive the dynamic text.
Continue readingI recently came across and issue that required the use of Wireshark. Unfortunately I did not have access to install this on the remote linux host. No probelm, luckily it’s easy to route tcpdump over SSH to Wireshark on my local Window machine.
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Hey, it’s 2017! Time for some new content (Yes I know I was lazy with the image). Let’s look at reducing the number of ads that you are seeing on your Android device. Maybe you Googled something dodgy and your now getting embarrassing ad suggestions, or you just plain hate ads. I won’t judge. Either way, blocking ads on an Android device is relatively easy.
Continue readingI noticed that the DS18B20 temperature sensor had stopped working correctly after upgrading the kernel on the Pi. Not to worry, the fix is simple.
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