Author Archives: Siva

Little fun with Aurdino compatible board

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Siva

All my professional life had only been about software and I never really had any exposure to electronics. Arduino was in my radar but I thought I would just keep it in the box like I did with another large … Continue reading →

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Fix for iMac getting too hot

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Siva

Recently I noticed that my iMac was getting too hot. This even after running an external fan next to it. It’s late 2009 model and more than 3 yrs old. It is likely that it’s clogged inside with dust. I … Continue reading →

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Where to buy LEGO sets that are not retired

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Siva

Recently I was looking at a few LEGO sets for my son (and me :)) and did a bit of research on LEGO. I used to think LEGO was either their robotic edition (Mindstorms) or those simple rectangular blocks which … Continue reading →

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Securing mjpg streamer

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Siva

I mentioned that I turned my raspi with the camera module into a video streamer (actually image streamer). I did this by using a very nice software called mjpg_streamer. Once I got that working and with NAT on my router … Continue reading →

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Few more projects with my Raspberry Pi

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Siva

I tried out a few more projects with my Raspi. First was to convert Raspi to a portable bluetooth speakers. I used the steps in this article. Initially I had a problem with PulseAudio where only playing the music as … Continue reading →

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Preserving the past

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Siva

There is this concern that a lot of digital media will become inaccessible due to changes to storage formats (floppy, cd, dvd, bluray …), protocols (com, usb, bluetooth), operating systems (windows 95, 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows … Continue reading →

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Powering Raspberry Pi from iMac

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Siva

I just tried powering my Raspberry Pi by connecting it to the USB port on my iMac and it worked just fine. My Pi setup is that it only has a USB wifi dongle and nothing else and runs in … Continue reading →

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My first Raspberry Pi and what I got it for

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Siva

I switched from Linux to Mac a few years back (this is not an article debating which one is better or anything like that, so don’t bother). I have some content on the linux machine that I would prefer to … Continue reading →

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My first 3D printer, yet to come and hopefully it will

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Siva

I recently pledged on Kickstarter to for a 3d printer. Yes, the The Buccaneer. Hopefully there are no risks and everything goes well and it would arrive Feb 2014. Long wait, but may be worth it. I have been prepping … Continue reading →

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in-Vitro Meat: An invention that can spare killing animals

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Siva

I am a vegetarian by choice but still this news, Engineering the $325,000 burger attracted my attention. Apparently, they are trying to grow beef tissue in a lab. If this is successful, economical and no health issues for those who … Continue reading →

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