AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

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

Using A NetGear AC600 (A6100) With Linux Successfully!

Due to a few changes at work, I was in need of an USB WiFi adapter for my desktop computer. Of course, I'm running Linux, and while that shouldn't make things complicated, when it comes to hardware, sometimes it does.

There are tons of great WiFi adapters that work great …

BlueFruit Project: Added kill on too many start attempts

One of the perks of bench testing your newfangled autostart project is that you can start to see patterns of use that may lead to trouble. The other is that when you hook up a multi-meter to the relays with the diode audio turned on, you can listen to the …

Fool's Mate Friday?

Fool's Mate Friday is going to take a little detour, as I work on learning a new programming language.

If you have followed my blog at all, you will notice that I've made a bit of a shift away from Android. When I was working with Android, I was heavily …

Video to Gif Command Line Conversion

This is really just a side note for myself. I tend to do something only once in a blue moon, and then consequently forget how to do that again later. So, I'm writing this one down for my own future reference. Hopefully you will find it useful too.

Of course …

Fool's Mate Friday: Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

While looking at a few old chess programs for some ideas about my current programming lull, I stumbled across a rather useful old DOS program: Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. Of course, I knew it originally was a book, but I did not know that it was later turned into a …

BlueFruit Project: Stage 1 Relays!

autostart

Blinking lights! Yes, the first prototype of the first stage relay setup for my home made autostart is assembled. As you know, a small 3 to 5 vdc BlueFruit Feather can't crank an engine starter. That's just too much current to flow through such a small board. To make this …

Fool's Mate Friday: LaserChess

Okay, so this may seem a bit off topic, but I was exploring old chess games for some inspiration. While this didn't inspire me that much, it certainly was interesting to play Laser Chess, a DOS game circa 1994.

laserchess

The premise of the game is simple. There are 18 pieces …

Moving from GitHub to GitLab!

gitlab

I'm really not a conspiracy theorist. I don't truly believe that Microsoft embodies all things evil. But after the announcement of GitHub's purchase by Microsoft, I still decided to move away from GitHub and copy all my repositories over to GitLab.

I had several choices when making the move from …

BlueFruit Project: Time Out!

Zip created at /tmp/arduino_build_587243/sketch_dec29a.ino.zip
Using library Bluefruit52Lib at version 0.7.5 in folder: /home/alaskalinuxuser/.arduino15/packages/adafruit/hardware/nrf52/0.7.5/libraries/Bluefruit52Lib
Using library nffs at version 1.0.0 in folder: /home/alaskalinuxuser/.arduino15/packages/adafruit/hardware/nrf52/0.7.5 …

Fool's Mate Friday: Where to, Governor?

Today's update is pretty basic. Just cleaning up and filling in some blanks on my JustChess app. While I wont bore you with the whole commit, you are welcome to check it out.

jc9

Basically, I just added an about and settings page. Both pages are pretty basic, but the settings …