Jezra.net Rambling and Rolling

oh.. I'm retiring this site

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Yup. retiring. New posts will be made at jezra.net

yet another Media Machine

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:00:00 +0000

After five years of decent service and running 24/7, Wind, my media playing machine started having hardware failure issues as well as lingering problems decoding large video files. For a few years now, I had been hoping to find a SBC that would be able to handle my video decoding needs, as well as be able to fit inside of a phone body.

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orb

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 15:00:00 +0000

A few days ago, the urge to create an internetted thingy was upon me. Recently, I had been reading documentation regarding machine to machine communication using MQTT as well as BLE, and then I took a quick look at my tinker pile. The amount of neat things that I purchased for use in a project was far too high.... and then it hit me: LESS HOARDING, MORE MAKING!

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Floaty Planter

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:00:00 +0000

Recently, I was given a 1 gallon pot with some yellow water lilies in it. The lilies could be planted near the edge of my pond, but my pond is seasonal and the edge is always changing. There is no point in planting a flower on the edge of a pond when, in a few weeks, the edge will be 10 feet from where the flowers were planted.

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Growler Lamp

Wed, 04 May 2016 15:00:00 +0000

A few months ago, a special someone told me they were going to be traveling to Petaluma and asked if there was anything I would like them to get for me. As it so happens, one of my favorite beers is brewed in that area: Oyster Stout by HenHouse. Unfortunately, it isn't possible to get Oyster Stout in a bottle. Fortunately, the beer is available in a growler . :)

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Regarding Stockton

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 15:00:00 +0000

Years ago, when I first heard that Ubuntu Touch would have apps written in QML, I decided to write a Qt based front end for MuttonChop!. My logic was, if Ubuntu is using QML then there will be support for Qt. With my favorite text editor at the ready, I began to hack together some Python code to make a Qt application using Pyside.

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Stained Glass Lamp

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:00:00 +0000

While looking for treasure at my local ReStore, I happened upon a stained glass lamp that "needs some love". $19 later, I was heading home with a lamp that most certainly needed some love.

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Queue Five Mermen

Sun, 06 Mar 2016 15:00:00 +0000

A state of semi-focused relaxation, with a smidgeon of oomph, and a smattering of zing, is just the thing to help me unwind. For some reason, the tones of The Mermen always seem to direct me towards that state. Live recordings of Instrumental Surfadelic music puts my mind in a wonderful place for coding, crafting, sleeping, driving, creating, and simply breathing.

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irrigator backup

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:00:00 +0000

For the last 2 days, my solar irrigation system has been unable to work due to the lack of sunlight. Because of the high heat, the plants definitely needed some water, and I really didn't feel like lugging buckets of water up a hill. Fortunately, I had some crap in the Wreckroom that could make my job easier.

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Solar Irrigation #1

Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:00:00 +0000

My neighbors are nice and all, but there are no plants growing on our shared property line and it would be absolutely splendid if I could enjoy my morning coffee while gazing at greenery and not simply staring at their back porch. Privacy between neighbors is a wonderful thing to have, and it didn't take long for me to hatch a sweet privacy screen plan: plant evergreens along the property line and irrigate them!

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