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Raspberry Pi 1080p Resolution Fix
I recently wrote up my new raspberry pi workstation with a nice new ViewSonic VA2246M but by default the Pi would only output 1600×1200. The configuration for the HDMI lives in the config.txt file in /boot. I had to work through a few different hdmi_group and hdmi_mode settings to find the right combination. I found…
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Raspberry Pi – failed to open vchiq instance [Solved]
I’ve been working on my timelapse camera setup with my raspberry pi and when trying to run my python script I got the following error. This is a permissions error because I had created a new user that wasn’t in the video group. All you have to do is make sure that your new user…
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Raspberry Pi Workstation
After a few weeks of using my 50″ television as a display while working on my time-lapse project it quickly became hard to work with. I decided to downsize to a desktop workstation solution. I don’t have much space in my apartment so I needed a compact solution that I could pack up when I’m…
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Beetroot Brownie Cake
I’ve wanted to attempt to make a paleo/gluten free brownie. I checked my cupboards and I had what I assumed was everything I needed for a brownie minus some chocolate/cocoa. I also had some beetroot and decided I would try and incorporate these into the recipe. After reading a bunch of recipes around the place…
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BuddyPress and WordPress Search
I had a site that needed private messaging so I decided to use BuddyPress as it already has a great messaging system. It appeared to work well with all the existing plugins until I tried to use the site search. I use Facetious Search which is a really nice search plugin for WordPress. I have custom post types and a…
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Gems when using Ruby via Software Collections
In my previous article I outlined how to get Ruby installed via RedHat Software Collections (SCL) and this works for basic ruby commands until I tried to install my backup gem. I got an install error when trying to build the native extensions. This guide will show you how to install gems when using ruby…
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Centos 6.5 and Ruby 1.9.3 via Software Collections
I wanted to cut the amount of repositories that my systems were running and I recently came across Red Hats Software Collections (SCL). Software collections is a relatively new system that allows you to run some newer versions of popular packages including ruby, php, postgreSQL and more. I needed a newer version of Ruby (1.9.3) for…
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Raspberry Pi Camera Module Samples
After getting the wireless network card working on my raspberry pi I got straight to work on testing out the camera module on the pi. I found a lot of websites talking about how the module works and how to hook it up. The commands you need to take photos and stills but a severe…
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Raspberry Pi + Asus N10 wireless
I’ve finally got some time to do some work on my time-lapse project when I hit a brick wall straight off the bat. My $15 tiny wireless adaptor from Asus wasn’t working so I did some digging to try to work out what was going on. I first tried to use the GUI WiFi Config and…
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Synology FTP with an Airport Extreme Firewall
If you have read some of my other posts you’d know that I’ve got a couple of Network Attached Storage devices from QNAP and Synology. I’ve settled on using the Synology as my primary array with the QNAP as a backup. I recently moved into a new apartment with 100mbit fibre Internet and this has…
