AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

Engineering Pie Build for the Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra!

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So it's been a rough start for me, stepping into the modern world with a modern phone that has a/b partitioning and was Android 8.0+. I've built dozens of roms for dozens of phones, some that were even unsupported, and to God …

Still using AsteroidOS and loving it!

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A while back I switched my LG Watch Urbane (bass) from Android Wear to AsteroidOS. My initial reaction was really positive, but I wanted to come back to post later on how the long term use was going. Truth is, it's great!

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Don't get me wrong, Android Wear had some …

Fixing a Galaxy Note 9 with broken glass

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Well, at least attempting to. Unfortunately it didn't end very well. A friend of mine broke the glass screen of their Samsung Galaxy Note 9. They have a warranty on it, but they already broke the screen once, and now they would have to pay several hundred dollars to have …

3D Printer Supports, Anyone?

I've been having a great time with the 3D printer. It's a bit tedious to constantly adjust every setting to tweak things into a better print, but it really is a fun hobby! Lately, I've been working on the supports. For those who are new (like me) to 3D printing …

Colido 3D DIY Slic3r Settings

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As promissed, I wanted to make a post with my slicer settings that I use for my Colido 3D DIY printer in Slic3r. Why? Because I'm learning that slicer settings matter, big time. If the above picture loaded for you, then you can see that the same 3D model will …

Slicing the perfect 3D print....

Hopefully all of these higher resolution photos show up well in this post, as I wanted to show you what I've been working on. Previously, I talked about the difference between using Slic3r to slice my stl files into gcode, and I was pointing out that with the exact same …

Home Photo Server, Part 4: Battery Backup

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One of the problems that I have with a local server is that we frequently have power "blips". I don't want to say outages, because the power is on about 99% of the time. The issue that we have is occasional "brown outs" where the power dips, but doesn't drop …

Home Photo Server, Part 3: https, keys, and certificates

In the continuing saga of the Google Photos alternative, by running a home server with Dynamic Domain Name Service (DDNS), very secure FTP (vsftp), and an Apache web server coupled with Piwigo, we've automated the entire process of getting the photographs I take with my phone all put on the …

Home photo server, part 2: Apache, phpAlbum, and Piwigo

Last time we talked about how to set up the domain name with DDNS for free, and then using very secure FTP, vsftp, and SyncTool (the Android app) to automatically move photos from your phone to your home server. But that's only half of the battle. One of the big …