Power a Raspberry PI with the Mavic Battery
I've tried powering my Raspberry PI with several generic and cheap cell-phone charging battery packs.…
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Beacon Hill, June 2017
Beacon Hill is one of the neighbourhoods that was hard hit by the Fort McMurray…
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Acestream on Mac
So you want to watch a football stream using Acestream, but you're on a Mac. Here's how.…
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Panoramic 360-Photo of Athabasca and Fort McMurray
Here's a 360-degree Panoramic photo of the Athabasca River and Fort McMurray. You should be…
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Panoramic Photos of the Athabasca River
Three panoramic photos of the Athabasca River, near Fort McMurray. Click for the large versions.…
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Snow-covered Drone Flight
So I bought a drone... and here's a flight I took over the snow-covered Athabasca…
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Broken USB drive sadface.jpg
This USB thumb drive was bent, and stopped working :-( I'd previously fixed a couple…
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New Battery for my MacBook Air
This is my old Macbook Air. It's an 11" 2011 model. It's about 5…
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So I switched to Public Mobile
My usual advice for cellular phones and carriers: Don't sign a contract, ever. Don't buy…
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New Life for Old Macbook
This is my 8-year old original Unibody Macbook: It's a "late 2008" Core…
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Our Evacuation Story, in Photos
Before the evacuation Life was "normal." The day before, at the dog park:…
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Should I join Mexican Spotify for Free?
So I get a lot of e-mail sent to me by accident. Today I received…
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