I have been working on finding a better way to power my mobile retro pie for a while now. The only requirements were that it had enough amperage to run it, was easy to recharge, had a small footprint and a power switch. As simple as those requirement were, it was rather difficult to find…
IRL VR Driving Simulator
This was a truly fully immersive driving simulator. It felt so real!
Agile Software Development by Bruce Lee Part 1
The adoption of agile software development by large corporations has been a thing in the last decade or so. It has been so common that even banks, the least nimble of organizations has gone into it hook, line and sinker. Banks and other slow moving industries are intentionally methodical and deliberate in their approach to…
The Coding Assessment
I recently applied for a developer role in one of the FANG companies. Just to put this in context, I have not had to seriously do one of these job interviews in almost a decade. I had to complete the online assessment in a week’s time so I decided to start practicing over the weekend….
Hewlett and Packard: The OG Garage Band for Technology Nerds
I recently made a trip to Northern California and decided to check out the Silicon Valley area. I went to the Hewlett Packard garage in Palo Alto not knowing what to expect. I’ve known about this garage ever since I was in high school. I was already an avid tinkerer back then and I knew…
Night Pi-sion Camera
I purchased a NoIR Raspberry Pi camera a while back thinking I would replace my outdoor night vision surveillance camera feed with a smarter version. All I wanted it to do was to be able to pan around and maybe even tilt a bit. Of course I also need to be able to access and…
Apple Face Id: Genius or Dumb as Face?
The dumbing down of UI has turned the mantra of simplification into an aberration of usefulness. This truly is the epitome of the saying “Being unique does not mean you are useful”. This is usually labeled on a picture of a set of forks with one of them bent into a unique shape rendering it…
Piblet Assistant: Raspberry Pi Powered Tablet + Magic Mirror + Google Home Assistant
Ever since I put together the Raspberry Pi with a 7” touchscreen I haven’t exactly figured out what to do with it until I put it on top of a Google AIY Voice kit. What if I made a google home hub? I’ve built an Alexa with a Raspberry Pi and a ridiculously large microphone…
Twas the Night After Xmas
Not a creature was stirring in Micro Center, not even a mouse. So I went out and decided to throw caution to the wind and this is what happens. I “accidentally” buy a ton of random stuff from Micro Center! Here’s the breakdown: Raspberry Pi Zero W Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Raspberry Pi 7 inch…
A Rather Complicated Way to Turn on the Lights
Fitbit + AWS API Gateway + AWS SNS + AWS SQS + AWS Lambda + Particle Photon
Technical Insanities of a Mad Computer Scientist 