Category: Tech
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SSH ports and who’s on them
So I have a server that I use as a bounce point. I have servers connecting in to this server on semi-random ports and being the lazy sys admin, I needed to see what was connected using the least number of commands possible. The original method was just running: $ sudo netstat -lenp | grep…
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Soon to come
Sorry I haven’t posted it’s been quite a busy fall and winter. I’ve been working full bore working on OSCAR development alongside other client work. Some of which I will attempt to detail here soon. I’ve got two projects in the works that I’ll detail. Both are frivolous, but really cool. Mood lighting…
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Arduino serial programming using a Nokia phone cable
My last article briefly described my first Arduino built on a breadboard. I also talked about loading the bootloader with an AVRISP MKII programmer. Once you’ve written your code for your Arduino you need a way to get your code onto your chip. The bootloader makes it as easy as a serial cable and the…
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Build your own Arduino
So as the weather gets colder and my bank account doesn’t have the funds to continue on the Mustang for a while… back to playing with microprocessors. Yeah, I know I’m a geek… but who cares. I’ve continued reading about hobby electronics and robotics over the summer (Shout out to Mythbuster Grant Imahara). I found…
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Microprocessor fun
Last winter as I wondered through the Internet, I stumbled upon The Society of Robots. This website had gobs of information on building little robots and looked like fun. As I read more I found their $50 dollar robot project and decided to try it. I took an old iPhone box and used that as the body.…