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The ds106radio Summer of Love Camp

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Published: August 24, 2024 06:37

It’s more than a week since the ds106radio Summer Camp wrapped up, and the good vibes are still bouncing around the atmosphere of my little corner of the world wide web. The free and open lofi conference that Maren Deepwell … Continue reading →

RetroPie Fun on Reclaim TV

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Published: August 23, 2024 17:49

After a month of on-again, off-again attempts to get my RetroPie upgraded to the latest version—which included not only changing the Raspbian OS from Raspbian Stretch to Buster, but also migrating hardware from Raspberry Pi 3B to 4B—I’m now running ……

Greetings from Reclaim Hosting

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Published: July 30, 2024 11:58

Turns out a few days ago was Reclaim Hosting‘s 11th anniversary, crazy how time flies when you are providing a range of infrastructure options for higher ed and beyond. Recently Meredith Huffman and I sat down with Bryan Mathers to … Continue reading →

DS106Radio Summer Camp

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Published: July 29, 2024 07:31

While the Learning Management System may not be dead, I certainly feel better when it’s not around. In fact, the ds106radio Summer Camp from August 12th through the 16th is embedded in the idea that doing edtech is anything but … Continue reading →

Exploring Arduino Uno Motion Detector Options

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Published: July 17, 2024 11:32

As part of the Creepshow bav-o-rama installation for the bavastudio, I’m trying to get a motion detector hooked up to an HDMI switcher that will change inputs based on motion on the other side of the diorama window. It’s what … Continue reading →

Archiving Content and a Long View of the Web

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Published: July 9, 2024 11:27

While preparing for one of my retrocomputing streams for Reclaim TV I was searching for some of the major differences between Windows 95 and Windows 98. One of the first hits I got in Google was an archived help document … Continue reading →

Retrocomputing on Reclaim TV

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Published: July 7, 2024 18:18

Reclaim Hosting has been streaming every Fridays at 10 AM solidly for a while now. We use Reclaim TV as the channel, and Taylor Jadin and Pilot Irwin did a recent stream where they break down the details of our … Continue reading →

bav-o-rama: Of Windows and Walls

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Published: July 7, 2024 15:59

The build-out of the bav-o-rama exhibit space is finished, and I’m thrilled with how it turned out. The plan was to have a window space to recreate movie scenes: think of it like NYC’s Museum of Natural History, just with … Continue reading →

Raspberry Pi Video Looper on Zero Pi W

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Published: July 1, 2024 08:34

After some frustration with the motion detection bit of the Creepshow diorama, I took solace in getting a $10 Zero Pi W (version 1.1) up and running with Raspberry Pi Video Looper. Essentially this project turns the Pi into a … Continue reading →

Creepshow Diorama: Lights, Camera, Sand!

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Published: June 27, 2024 12:40

As the window area of the bav-o-rama is being finished, I’m trying to get the final pieces of the diorama figured out. If all goes according to plan, the inaugural Creepshow (1982) installation should be ready to go by mid-July. … Continue reading →