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Donut Media coolest youtube Car channel

Jun

11

2018

This is a short post, I came across a neat little youtube channel Donut.media, which is an awesome car channel , To quote their tag line “Making Car Culture.. Pop Culture.” Here’s a typical episode: Its a very slick and nicely produced channel that not only highlights popular makes and models in their “Up To ...

Easy battery powered Mailbox Door IoT sensor using ESP32 38

Apr

16

2018

This post is how I took my rusty (literally) old mailbox and made it into a battery powered smart mailbox (an IoT device) , that sends you an SMS (text messagE) or MQTT alerts, and in the process how I learned about Arduino and particularly the ESP32 chip which lets us relatively easily setup with minimal ...

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Apr

13

2018

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Running Mosquitto MQTT on Windows 10 super easy 26

Mar

29

2018

So I’ve been playing with IoT lately, using platforms such as Arduino ,ESP32, Raspberry Pi and when it comes to being able to have these devices communicate with a hub or server, the de facto standard is to use a MQTT server and protocol . Unfortunately, prior to Windows 10 finding a native Windows version is ...

Raspberry Pi Zero W LED matrix stock ticker code and demo 4

Feb

28

2018

So I was recently intrigued by Raspberry Pi Zero W, it’s small ARM-based Linux PC with integrated WiFi and ability to connect shields (known as Hats or pHats in Raspberry lingo) , got me thinking what kinds of interesting applications could I use it for. After coming across the Scroll Phat HD in my electronics ...

Honest Review : Trackimo GPS dot live tracker

Dec

26

2017

Do you need near real-time GPS tracking for persons or property such as drones, baggage or other valuables in transit or anything that moves and you need to keep an eye-on? The Trackimo GPS tracker can be purchased as low as $99 /for 1-year free tracking or $139 new from their website. The device allows you to view it’s ...

Review: Viper SmartStart Remote Car Starter

Dec

23

2017

Viper SmartStart is a new all-encompassing car remote start and alarm system that allows you to simply push a button on your smartphone in order to lock or unlock your car, remote start your car, or locate your car. You can even connect to this service through your smartwatch. This new system uses cloud services ...

next US stock market correction like 90’s Japan Nikkie bubble? 1

Dec

11

2017

Could the next stock market correction / crash be like the 1990’s Japan Nikkie Bubble? A question to ponder, as the stock market as of this writing at the close of 2017 has reaches all-time highs levels for all the major indexes. Could we see a correction so severe and long lasting that it might ...