Captain Bodgit
Things I Do
Thursday 25 July 2024
Wednesday 10 July 2024
Pi-Hole; network ad blocker
Adverts can bog you down.
They slow down the loading of web pages, especially on modest machines.
So its high time I setup a network ad-blocker!
Thursday 6 June 2024
OpenWRT + Plusnet Hub One: #4 the verdict
It's not for me!
It has been an interesting project, but I have had to ditch the OpenWRT software.
Monday 27 May 2024
BirdNet-Pi: upgrading the drive
Time to replace the uSD drive for a larger USB drive.
This is not rocket science...
...but once again, due to my poor memory, I need to record the procedure.
Labels:
BirdNET,
BirdNET-Pi,
dd,
GParted,
Linux,
Raspberry Pi,
sd card
Wednesday 8 May 2024
BirdNet-Pi: Species Stats
We are well into the 2024 BirdBox season.
Last year, blue tits made use of our new woodcrete bird box...
...but this year the great tits are having a turn.
Wednesday 17 April 2024
whoBIRD: running in Costa Rica
Costa Rica has around 900 species of birds!
It is possibly the most bio-diverse country in the world.
So where better to take a bird call id application like whoBIRD which stores all detections in a readable database?
Friday 15 March 2024
The Hacker RP33 "Autocrat": refurb time
The Hacker brothers were great engineers.
But along the way, they built great equipment, and lost 2 companies.
Seems like the best route to success is to sell rubbish!
Labels:
AF117,
Autocrat,
BC557,
Dynatron,
Ekco,
germanium,
Golborne Vintage Radio,
Hacker Brothers,
Hacker Radio,
Hackerradiogroup,
Mark Hennessy,
Radio Caroline,
radio-tv,
Roberts Radio,
RP33,
silicon,
tin whiskers
Thursday 22 February 2024
OpenWRT + Plusnet Hub One: #3 software install & basic config
Installing the OpenWRT software should have been easy.
I don't think it was all my fault that it wasn't.
OpenWRT + Plusnet Hub One: #2 hardware mods
The router needs wires soldered to the board.
Sounds easy!
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