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Quick hack stand for Waveshare Raspberry Pi display and Raspberry Pi
https://www.waveshare.com/4.3inch-hdmi-lcd.htm
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Kivy on Raspbian using EGL without installing X11
This is aimed more at using the Raspberry Pi with a touch screen for embedded uses, and is not relevant to using it in the Raspbian desktop environment. Unfortunately, it seems that to just pip install kivy appears to work, but then when you run an example, it complains about missing libraries, and installing those…
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Substance Designer SBSPRS/SBSAR file format notes
I have never used Substance Designer, so I’m basing this off of looking at example files. The SBSPRS files are XML that appear to specify the list and type of parameters used in the SBSAR substance. The SBSAR file is just a 7-zip file. It expands to: ./assemblies ./assemblies/content ./assemblies/content/0000 ./assemblies/content/0000/icon1234567890.png ./assemblies/content/0000/Example.xml ./assemblies/content/0000/Example.sbsasm The Example.xml…
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In case anyone is interested in making USB connectors a bit more kid proof, I recently bought these magnetic USB cables: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074TB8XTLFor the kid’s tablet, I super glue the micro-usb adapter in place. It sticks out about 1/8 in. No more kid destroying USB ports.It’s like Apples MagSafe for tablets.For their claim that it will…
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Makita Reciprocating Saw cord replacement
I was planning to nicely document this, but on review, some photos don’t really show what is needed, then I got caught up in finishing it and didn’t take appropriate finishing photos. Oh well, here is what I got.
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Just built new shelves for games in closet. Turned out I still needed the old shelves.
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Logitech K780 and M720 mini review
I rather like the K780 keyboard and M720 mouse from Logitech (alas, not sold as combo). Just picked it up a week ago, so I can’t say about longevity yet, but they feel solid. The key shape on the keyboard is odd, but I’m already used to it from a K380 elsewhere. I had 2…
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We had a guest today. A post shared by Joshua Boyd (@joshua_d_boyd) on Jan 22, 2018 at 1:44pm PST
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Probably her most serious picture face every. A post shared by Joshua Boyd (@joshua_d_boyd) on Dec 5, 2017 at 10:01am PST
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Theory: Raspberry Pi is the closest thing to a meaningful new Amiga.