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Install MongoDB on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on October 22, 2023January 14, 2025 by myrandombits

Background At the current time (October 2023) your options for installing 64 bit MongoDB directly on a Raspberry Pi are

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Linux, Networking
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Capello alarm clock

Hack A Capello Alarm Clock To Auto-Dim at Night

Posted on March 25, 2023October 22, 2023 by myrandombits

Hack auto dimming into an alarm clock

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Electronics
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OctoPrint Settings for the Raspberry Pi

Posted on February 14, 2023March 30, 2023 by myrandombits

Restart and shutdown commands for OctoPrint / OctoPi on a Raspberry Pi

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3D Printing
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Set Up Time Machine With macOS Monterey

Posted on March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 by myrandombits

Configuring Time Machine on Mac OS Monterey to use a USB drive that already has volumes (eg APFS volumes containing

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macOS
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Change Default Raspberry Pi OS Username/Password

Posted on October 6, 2021October 7, 2021 by myrandombits

By default, new installations of Raspberry Pi OS/Raspbian provide a username of pi with a password of raspberrypi. What if

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Linux
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Unifi PiHole

Unifi and PiHole for Home Networking

Posted on December 18, 2020October 31, 2023 by myrandombits

Updated October 2023 to reflect that Unifi controller now requires 64 bit OS. These instructions detail how to set up

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Networking
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Format Apple Music for Playback in Kia UVO Vehicle Entertainment System

Posted on October 27, 2020May 28, 2021 by myrandombits

The Kia UVO entertainment system supports playback of music stored on a USB flash drive plugged into the USB port

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Audio / Video
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FlashForge Finder 3D Printer

FlashForge Finder 3D Printer Tips and Tricks

Posted on July 31, 2019October 6, 2021 by myrandombits

The FlashForge Finder is a great 3D printer for someone new to 3D printing thanks to its color touch screen

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3D Printing
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How to Sniff USB Traffic/Reverse Engineer USB Device Interactions Using Wireshark

Posted on July 18, 2019December 30, 2023 by myrandombits

I was trying to reverse engineer the protocol used to communicate with a 3D printer and was thinking about hooking

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3D Printing, Electronics
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Raspberry Pi Media Player – Part 2, LibreELEC/Kodi Software

Posted on April 18, 2018October 28, 2024 by myrandombits

Continuing on from Part 1 of the Raspberry Pi Media Player setup. Install LibreELEC (Kodi) Updated for LibreELEC v12 /

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Audio / Video
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