🚆 Repurposing the NYC Train Sign Project

A couple of years ago my friend Jeff was cleaning out his storage unit and he came across the NYC Train Sign that he received from a now-defunct Kickstarter campaign that never took off, err I should say it took off but the company only ended up sending out a handful of the signs and …
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💡 A cheaper Phillips Hue LED strip

While I am a huge fan of the Phillips hue lighting system, it is expensive there is no doubt about that. Whenever I visit Home Depot or any other big box store I try to look around the clearance sections as you would be surprised at how often Phillips Hue lights are sitting there selling …
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🪪 Setting up SSH on a headless Raspberry Pi

Along with setting up Wifi on your headless Raspberry Pi, you should likely set up SSH as well else the whole thing is kind of pointless since you won’t be able to connect to it even though it’s on your network. In order to enable SSH on the Raspberry Pi, you need to create the …
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🐟 Automating my aquarium

Years ago I purchased a decent size aquarium, around 36 gallons if I recall. Shortly after I started to travel more for work since I worked remotely and meetups pre-covid were more common. I remember around that same time as my trips got a bit longer than I was thinking I needed a way to …
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