NEWLUG November 2012 Video - ZoneMinder

Here is the NEWLUG November 2012 presentation on ZoneMinder, a Linux video camera security and surveillance solution.

 

mutt - NEWLUG's Command of the Month! December 2012

Mike Putnam shows us a whole new world by displaying Gmail over IMAP using mutt, the NEWLUG Command of the Month!

December NEWLUG Meeting Video - LyX

Behold! A new NEWLUG video has appeared! It is the December presentation on LyX, by Tim Bolz. Here it is:

Here are the slides from the video presentation:

Lyx : A Book Writer's Dream - NEWLUG from NEWLUG

Here are some links that were mentioned in the video: LyX Tutorial: Part 1 http://youtu.be/SCo8-Fbx1xU



LyX Tutorial: Part 2 http://youtu.be/HvhdLJ0C6pk



Also, check out the LyX website at http://www.lyx.org/ and general help with Tex software (including LyX) at http://tex.stackexchange.com/ .

Enjoy!

Two NEWLUG Videos online- SSH Two Factor Authentication and Ubuntu 12.04

I've gotten a little behind in rendering and uploading videos.  However, better late than never.  With no further ado, here is the September 2012 meeting video, covering two factor SSH authentication!



As a blast from the past, I also found meeting video for May of 2012, concerning the (then new) Ubuntu 12.04!  The presenter is Anthony Hook, presenting via a Google+ Hangout.

MagPi: Issue 8, plus a Kickstarter!

Open publication - Free publishing - More education

Apparently, the makers behind the MagPi magazine are looking to take the magazine to the physical world, and have started a Kickstarter campaign to do it. The link is here. If you have found my links to the magazine interesting, consider backing them!

Layout refresh!

So, apparently my blog layout decided to die a horrible flaming death today, so I've updated the layout.

It looks like I've been able to restore the SyntaxHighlighter functionality, too. I gave the SyntaxHighlighter theme an update, because the white background didn't seem to fit in very well.

If you're interested about how to add SyntaxHighlighter to a Blogger Blog with minimal fuss, check out this tutorial from MyBloggerLab. Their customizable code widget is pretty nifty. Let me know if you run into any formatting issues.

Thanks for reading!

MagPi: November issue released!

It looks like I forgot to post October's issue, so I'll post that here, as well.

Excellent interactive voice changer and LED mask costume

This how-to comes courtesy of Adafruit!

Caine's Arcade: Then and Now

The story of Caine makes me smile. It's a triumph of ingenuity and heart.

MagPi - Issue 5 is out!

Check out the excellent article on XBMC amongst the other excellent coverage in this community magazine.

Open publication - Free publishing - More computer

Scenes from the August Linux Installfest!

This month, we held a Linux installfest and had a great time doing it. Here is video from the event.

Sega Genesis Cartridge Raspberry Pi Case Mod

Here is a case mod that I recently completed.  I decided to mount my Raspberry Pi into a Sega Genesis cartridge.

First, I found two inexpensive games that were unlikely to be missed.  I chose Madden '95 and Troy Aikman Football.  I removed the security screws using a ballpoint pen using the method I found on YouTube and posted in a previous post.

Here are the two opened cartridges, with my Raspberry Pi also in the picture for scale.  I also took a picture of the melted pen, because I was surprised it actually worked to remove the security screws.

I then created a cardboard mock-up of my Raspberry Pi and tested in the 3D printed case that I have. 

 After some love with a Dremel, I tried the mockup in the cartridge.

 I then tried out the real Raspberry Pi inside the cartridge.

 Here is the view from the back.  I decided to grind off the portion of the back so that the board would be flat inside the cartridge.

 Here are two pictures of the Raspberry Pi, inside of the cartridge, powered on.

 Here is a picture of the case for the cartridge.

 Because of the placement of the Raspberry Pi inside the cartridge, I didn't need to modify the case to use it.

NOTES ON MODDING A GENESIS CARTRIDGE:

The EA cartridge seems like a better fit, because it allowed for a vertical mounting of the Raspberry Pi. The yellow plastic clip on the side allows you to close the cartridge without messing with the security screws, but the screw on the left side can still be used if you're fairly certain that you won't be opening the cartridge in the future.  As a bonus, there are some plastic structural pieces that are almost perfectly spaced to the width of a Raspberry Pi.

This was my first major Dremel job, and I was a little too ambitious with some of the grinding.  A cardboard mockup doesn't very accurately represent the depth of the grinds that I had to make.  There was probably enough room above the headphone out that I didn't need to grind it out.  Top mounted hardware like the composite out, headphone out, and USB micro power don't really need much grinding on the bottom half.  It's possible that the Raspberry Pi board still might have fit without grinding out the curve on the back side, but I'm still happy with the result.

As an added bonus, the LED status light indicators are near the bottom right edge of the cartridge, and are pretty easy to see when the device is on.

For HDMI people, I'd probably notch out a small spot and hook up an HDMI male to female extension cable from someplace like Monoprice, and then just leave the cable connected and sticking out of the cartridge.

STILL TO DO:

From here, I will probably work on getting emulators to work in a reliable fashion on this device.  I will eagerly be watching the Super Pi Adventures website, as well as anywhere else that provides news on emulation for the RPi.

MagPi Issue 4 is out!

Another excellent issue of MagPi has been released:

Open publication - Free publishing - More computer

Google I/O 2012 Videos

Here are some Android presentations from Google I/O 2012. I'm amazed at the quality of the content that Google gives away to its developers.

 Android WebView:

For Butter or for Worse- Amoothing out Android UI Performance:

What's new in Android Development Tools:

MagPi - Issue 3

Here is issue 3 of MagPi, an Excellent online magazine for Raspberry Pi users.

Open publication - Free publishing - More computer

MagPi -Issue 2

Here it is!  Issue number 2 of MagPi, the online magazine for Raspberry Pi users.

Open publication - Free publishing - More computer

Raspberry Pi and ARM Linux Devices - NEWLUG - July 2012

I recently gave a presentation about the Raspberry Pi.  I had received it in the mail the day before this presentation, so I hadn't even booted it up yet, but I was excited enough to tell others about it, as well as other Linux hardware projects that rely on ARM hardware.
The video is here:

If you are interested in some of the devices I mentioned, I'd suggest taking a look at this excellent compendium of small Linux devices by Raymii.org. As well, here are some pictures of my Raspberry Pi booting Debian Linux. I was unable to get it working at the meeting because I wrote the image to the SD card's partition instead of the device itself.

When writing an image to a SD card, here is a good rule of thumb:

If your device name has a number in it, you're probably doing it wrong. 

Take it from someone with experience.

Ubuntu Quickly - NEWLUG - July 2012

Ubuntu Quickly is an excellent application development platform for Ubuntu Linux. Recently, Tim Bolz gave a presentation on Quickly to NEWLUG. The video is here:
The slides that Tim used are also available:

Quickly programming from NEWLUG

Opening up retro cartridges without special tools

I was getting quite frustrated with my old Sega Genesis carts until I found this video.  It was quite helpful in helping me get them open.

NEWLUG - June meeting video - Linux Games

Here is the video from June's NEWLUG (NorthEast Wisconsin Linux Users Group) meeting. The subject was "Linux Games".
Here are the slides that go along with the Linux Games presentation:

Linux games from NEWLUG

There was also a brief "Command of the Month" talk, so we separated that into a separate video.

Google I/O Livestream

Let's do this!

Light Table : An IDE for the future?

Light Table is a new IDE that is currently on Kickstarter, and was also recently funded by YCombinator. The future is bright for this IDE, and it will be interesting to see how it evolves as development continues on the project. Here are some videos that help explain the project:

MagPi! -- A Raspberry Pi Magazine

I've got to hand it to Raspberry Pi. Their community support is awesome. Check out MagPi, the first community supported Raspberry Pi online magazine.

Open publication - Free publishing - More community

Everything is a Remix

Here is an excellent web video series called Everything is a Remix that explains the history of derivative works and copyright. It is an excellent series. Check it out!
Part 1:
 

Part 2:
 

Part 3:
 
Link to Episode 3 Soundtrack

Part 4:

Link to Episode 4 soundtrack

Along with these videos, an excellent bibliography of samples and references has been provided, if you're interested in the content that was shown. It's very impressive.

NEWLUG meeting video for January, February, and March!

I got a little behind on NEWLUG meeting videos, but I was able to get caught up this weekend. Here are the videos for the last three months of NEWLUG meetings!

 January: Trello

February: SSH


March: RabbitMQ and Message Queuing


Enjoy!

Copyright in five minutes, with doodles

Here is an excellent video explaining the far reaches of copyright policy as the world becomes more and more integrated with computing devices. It's well worth your time.

The Evolution of Programming

Via: ServicesANGLE

Open Data and Public Transportation: A perfect match?

A Case for Open Data in Transit from Streetfilms on Vimeo.