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Sunday, 21 March 2021

Wildflower Lawn

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The spring equinox has arrived, the danger of frost is passing, and it is time to get some work done outside in the garden. I was hoping to ...
Sunday, 26 July 2020

Using Xbox Controller With LinuxCNC

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The use of a game controller is a nice addition to my LinuxCNC setup,  allowing me to jog axes and to zero axis home offsets while standi...
Sunday, 12 July 2020

Pi-hole Docker Install

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I'm a big fan of Docker and run a small stack of containers on the proverbial server under the stairs for some personal projects at h...
Sunday, 10 May 2020

Using Z Probe With LinuxCNC

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Z axis probing is a nice addition to a CNC allowing for accurate locating of the top surface of a workpiece. I made a touchplate from a 5mm...
Sunday, 16 February 2020

ESP32 WiFi Manager and mDNS

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The appeal of the ESP32 for personal projects is the combination of a performant WiFi enabled microprocessor and low cost. I find mysel...
Saturday, 18 January 2020

Pycon Ireland 2019 - MicroPython and ESP32 talk

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If anyone is interest, a video of the talk I gave at PyCon Ireland 2019  on MicroPython and ESP32 microcontrollers was uploaded this week...
Sunday, 5 January 2020

2019 Climbing at a Glance

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To paraphrase the legendary management consultant Peter Drucker, 'What gets measured gets improved'. This is the fourth year wh...
Tuesday, 15 October 2019

PyCon Ireland 2019

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This year's PyCon Ireland Conference was held over the weekend and as usual it was well attended, with speaker covering a wide range...