Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

How to test if a web site requires a client certificate

Posted on June 20, 2019 by john | 3 views

Intro I can not find a link on the Internet for this, yet I think some admins would appreciate a relatively simple test to know is this a web site which requires a client certificate to work? The errors generated … Continue reading →

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Live stream to YouTube from a Raspberry Pi + webcam or USB microphone

Posted on April 3, 2019 by john | 40 views

Intro I’ve been looking at this off and on for awhile now. I finally made a breakthrough this week and started to generate some decent live streams on my Youtube channel, after a lot of misfires. Note this is applicable … Continue reading →

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Fishcam using Raspberry Pi and some network tricks

Posted on February 3, 2019 by john | 43 views

Intro There are more articles about running a webcam using Raspberry Pi than Carter has pills. Why bother to create another? This one is unique insofar as I created a fishcam at a school with a restricted network. None of … Continue reading →

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Evaluation of WPI’s multiple camera coprocessor using Raspberry Pi

Posted on January 12, 2019 by john | 99 views

Intro There’s some good and some not-so-good about the new WPI-provided way to handle multiple video streams using a Raspebrry Pi. ELP Cameras problems I have bought many of these ELP cameras last year and this. I may be a … Continue reading →

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Solution to this week’s NPR puzzle using simple Linux commands, again

Posted on September 23, 2018 by john | 65 views

Intro As I understood it, this week’s NPR puzzle is as follows. Think of a figure from the Bible with five letters. Move each letter three back, e.g., an “e” becomes a “b.” Find the Biblical figure which becomes an … Continue reading →

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Pi-hole: it’s as easy as pi to get rid of your advertisements

Posted on June 26, 2018 by john | 114 views

Intro I learned about pi-hole from Bloomberg Businessweek of all places. Seems right up my alley – uses Raspberry Pi in your home to get rid of advertisements. Turns out it was too easy and I don’t have much to … Continue reading →

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Whois information without the pushy hard sell tactics

Posted on April 19, 2018 by john | 69 views

Intro Did you ever want to learn about a domain registration but were put off by the hard sell tactics that basically all web-based whois searches subject you to? Me, too. Here’s what you can do. The details Linux – … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi as Retro Arcade Games emulator

Posted on March 31, 2018 by john | 114 views

Intro I am not going to attempt to provide a guide as there are much better guides out there than anything I can produce. In addition to the arcade function, we wanted to display a slidedeck when not being used … Continue reading →

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Multiple IPs on the Raspberry Pi

Posted on January 28, 2018 by john | 167 views

Intro In my previous post I showed how to turn a Raspberry Pi plus USB camera into something like an IP camera. In the course of that work I found it wasn’t so easy as it was in the past … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi USB webcam turned into IP camera

Posted on January 21, 2018 by john | 723 views

Intro Why would you even want to do this when you can buy a native IP webcam for less? I’m not sure, but i found myself in this situation so it could happen to others, and I found some things … Continue reading →

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