Category: Computer stuff

Accessing a Wifi VLAN in Debian Live

01/08/2022
Filed under Computer stuff

Quite a challenge: how to get Debian Live to join a Wifi network on a VLAN?
Installing a linux virtual machine on ARM64/Odroid N2

22/02/2022
Filed under Computer stuff

Some fun adventures in time-wasting with another great innovation: virtual machines in Linux.
Adding Over the Air (OTA) Firmware updates to a battery-powered MySensors Node

01/01/2022
Filed under Computer stuff

The MySensors node can automatically update itself over the air, a process called OTA. Normally this is done with SPI flash chips, but I chose to use some I2C EEPROMs that I had lying around. Thankfully, some work by others has made this doable.
Upgrading OpenWRT on x86 (PC Engines APU2)

09/04/2021
Filed under Computer stuff

It should be trivial to upgrade OpenWRT, but there are some things that you need to remember.
A battery powered Mysensors node from an Arduino Pro Mini clone

10/09/2018
Filed under Computer stuff

It is not very difficult to build a reasonably nice MySensors node based on very affordable hardware. This is a reminder for myself in order to be able to reproduce one.
Installing LibreElec 8 on an Odroid C2

22/12/2017
Filed under Computer stuff

I had to do quite a few small changes to make LE 8 work as I want on my Odroid C2
Setting PATH for Emacs when launched from Dock

22/12/2014
Filed under Computer stuff

How to get Emacs' PATH setup properly so that python-mode will work
Switching to GNU Emacs 24 on Mac OS X

15/12/2012
Filed under Computer stuff

The new GNU Emacs 24 has native Cocoa support, so I wanted to switch. Not completely trivial, but possible.
Installing OpenWRT on a TL-WR703N router using a USB stick as storage

22/09/2012
Filed under Computer stuff

Installing openwrt onto the TL-WR703N using a USB flash drive as the root is not hard. It did however take me a serious amount of research to figure everything out. Here's my try at documenting how to do it.
Some notes on using Aquamacs

13/07/2012
Filed under Computer stuff

Because I keep forgetting all the little details, I am writing them down.
Using Nanoc to fill Github Pages

04/07/2012
Filed under Computer stuff

Learning to use git to update GitHub Pages -- a free web server.
Easy new page creating using Emacs and Template.el

14/11/2011
Filed under Computer stuff

How I installed Template.el to help make blogging quick in Emacs
Making a personal website using Nanoc

12/11/2011
Filed under Computer stuff

How I used Nanoc to create this personal webpage
Installing sitecopy on OS X Snow Leopard and using it with Nanoc

12/11/2011
Filed under Computer stuff

I use Sitecopy to upload my Nanoc site to the server. This is how I managed to do it.