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Redneck Bounce 2.0 is out

Dennis — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 14:28:51 +0000

Redneck Bounce is arcade style side scroller game for mobile platforms. You drive the truck. Help your redneck friend have a little fun bouncing down the road on a tramp. Shoot some ducks, collect some power ups. See how far … Continue reading →

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Additional tips for running a lightning node on a virtual server

Dennis — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 16:56:03 +0000

Ok, I’m learning a lot and there is a lot to be learned. Here are a few additional tips for running a lightning node on a virtual server. Tips Software lightning nodes have lots of front ends and tools available. … Continue reading →

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Running a bitcoin lightning node on a VPS

Dennis — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:48:50 +0000

I’ve been playing with owning some bitcoin for a while. Like long enough to own some but not long enough to have made any money. Like… I didn’t buy it when it was cheap before 2017. But that isn’t the … Continue reading →

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Redneck Bounce Beta Updated and Ready to Test

Dennis — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 17:13:57 +0000

Some time ago I set out to update Redneck Bounce to be playable on both Android and iPhones. I actually did a bit of work over the break and brought all the old power up features forward to the new … Continue reading →

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Pantech/Verizon UML295 USB cellular access on Linux.

Dennis — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:47:17 +0000

I recently had need to attach a Verizon USB dongle to a Raspberry PI device running Linux for mobile internet access. Documenting here in order so it won’t take so long to find this in the future if I need … Continue reading →

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Darn Server Software

Dennis — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:43:47 +0000

We commonly refer to software that you aren’t using all the time as becoming susceptible to bit rot. After discovering multiple things that didn’t work on my site, I went ahead and updated all the software to latest revisions. In … Continue reading →

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Seasons of Change

Dennis — Wed, 30 May 2018 14:07:14 +0000

It came time to renew an old domain name I had this week. Something about renewing a domain I’ve not used for years finally got to me and I decided to let it go. It seems weird to remove a … Continue reading →

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Server Updates

Dennis — Fri, 11 May 2018 15:20:45 +0000

I’ve tried to keep this server up to date but it seems like sometimes you just have to start over. Here are todays adventures. Try to find out why my contact form is blank Delete the old contact plugin that … Continue reading →

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Battling StackOverflow?

Dennis — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:34:53 +0000

I’ve been thinking about the state of this blog for the last several weeks. I upgraded my virtual server and had the opportunity to bring over the blog and associated software dependencies and data. When I first started this blog … Continue reading →

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How much filament is on the roll of plastic?

Dennis — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:18:38 +0000

So my slicer software of choice (Simplify3D) gives me some estimates on filament length for a printed part. That’s handy enough but my filament is wrapped around a spool and it’s a little bit unclear exactly how long that length … Continue reading →

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3d Printing in American Fork

Dennis — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:12:11 +0000

Been 3d printing quite a while. It’s easy for anyone with an object they need printed to just upload it and get it printed out. Come by and pick it up or I can mail it. It’s harder if you … Continue reading →

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Site Dust…

Dennis — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:18:05 +0000

Been years since I updated things on this site. I thought I’d take a bit and get a new theme. Pardon the dust for a bit while I work things out. Feel free to contact me if something on the … Continue reading →

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Slow site lately

Dennis — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:04:25 +0000

Over the last few weeks I noticed this site becoming steadily slower. Turns out I had an unusual amount of requests for /xmlrpc.php.. which in turn caused the server to use up all it’s http processes answering bogus rpc queries … Continue reading →

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3d printing services in American Fork

Dennis — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 03:26:58 +0000

So the last project I worked on at work required some hardware enclosures, handles and a couple odds and ends that we decided to design ourselves and 3D print. So lucky me, I’ve entered the 3D printing arena. Been having … Continue reading →

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Writing binary data with Verilator

Dennis — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:31:26 +0000

So you are simulating a verilog design with Verilator and you want to output part of your design data to a file in binary format. (Example you're outputting an image.) Continue reading →

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Printing on one line with Python

Dennis — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:54:48 +0000

You might be used to using sys.stdout when you want to print multiple items on one line with Python. Did you know you can do the same thing with the print statement? Continue reading →

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Fun with C++11 Lambdas

Dennis — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:26:02 +0000

Basic lambda syntax and usage in c++11. Illustrate the difference between context parameters passed by reference and value. Continue reading →

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git diff with color words

Dennis — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:10:57 +0000

I had these files with very very long lines of text on each line. It was paragraphs worth of words but not word wrapped. These files were stored in a git repository. Now and then, someone would change a word. … Continue reading →

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Storing Lipo batteries for faster charging times and longer lipo life

Dennis — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:33:58 +0000

I just finished a quick flight at the park with my Trex 550e. What a fun bird to fly. That picture was taken last year on a nice summer morning. No pictures today but it’s the same heli. Anyway, the … Continue reading →

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Quick convert raw g711 uLaw audio to a .au file

Dennis — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:31:13 +0000

I had reason to playback some raw g.711 audio data. I made the following script to convert the data to a .au file that is playable. From the AU file spec.. which is way simple by the way: You just … Continue reading →

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