[ale] Raspberry Pi and ... Of all the projects for a microcontroller... OMG....

[Richard Bronosky]

I was expecting to find an excellent write up at that URL. In fact, I only
clicked it to confirm the validity of the "don't post that garbage to this
list even with OT in the subject" email I was planning. I'm very impressed
with the article, the work, and my ability to forget what she was actually
making. I wanted to comment about the Energizer brand USB battery packs I
bought on woot, but don't want to be associated with that flame baiting
article.

The battery packs I own have the host USB output and the micro USB input on
opposite ends of the device making it perfect for building into DYI
projects and not requiring you to make it removable for charging. I had
never thought of using them this way. I will look into using these to power
the raspberry pi power BBQ PID controller I plan to build this winter.
On Nov 24, 2012 7:03 PM, "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:

> Ok....
>
> There is no way I can post this without getting into a whole lotta
> trouble and yet there is no way I can NOT post this...  I'm sitting here
> laughing so hard I was in tears...  As old Red Skelton use to quip in
> his "bad little boy" skits "if I do dis, I get a whipping...  Yeah, I do
> dis..."
>
> Sooo...  We've been having this discussion over what we can do with the
> Raspberry Pi's and, by extension, the Ardunios (the Alamode is almost
> required for some sensors and the Ardunio Duo looks really attractive).
>
> I got my two RPs in on Wednesday right on schedule from Newark.  Both
> are running right now with Fedora (one with the Alamode on its bus).  I
> tried Raspian but was not real thrilled.  Only downside to Fedora 17 is
> that it doesn't fully support the 512M ram on the newer boards but I
> expect this to get fixed sooner or later.  At this point, well over half
> of my "no additional hardware required" project list is well within
> striking distance.  I've already had USB to serial connectors plugged in
> and could use these for remote USB console devices, easily.  Things for
> "syslog servers", "cron ssh little black boxes", "log harvestors", and
> "nagios servers" are trivial from where I have them already.  I'm
> getting ready to order several more for deployment into production
> environments.
>
> I'm already assembling the high voltage components for my big project
> (the power line disturbance analyzer) and I've got parts coming in for
> my sprinkler controller.  The IP KVM will have to wait...
>
> So, I'm on track...  Come middle of next year, if we want to have a
> meeting devote to Raspberry Pi and Ardunio projects, I will be there, no
> question, even if the line disturbance analyzer is not ready.
>
> But...  Then I ran into this.  I just don't know what to say.  I would
> have never thought of it, but...  Any further commentary from me will
> only dig me deeper...  I leave it to you all...  This is not for me to
> comment on...
>
> /me picks jaw up off floor and finds a nice quite place to hide in while
> waiting for the flash of light and mushroom cloud on the horizon...
>
> http://scanlime.org/2012/11/hacking-my-vagina/
>
> Regards,
> Mike
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