The next step in setting up my network was adding additional “LANS” to my network. So while before I was happy with two networks 192168.1.1/24 and 10.10.10.1/24. I really wanted more isolation from my IoT network, Security Camera Network, my Raspberry PI and Smart-Home network and the computers and devices we use all the time. […]
I always found it a pain to deal with Python libraries and virtual environments on my Raspberry Pis. I decided to give Docker a try as it would completely isolate my OctoPrint environment from the other stuff I had running on the PI. Step 1 – Installing Docker You should get an output like this: […]
I’ve been having network problems of late and also because of security I wanted to better isolate my network from IoT devices from Google, Amazon, Hue, Etc. I basically had a few ASUS routers (which have been great) and I’ve been using a Double NAT (Network Address Translation) with my more secure stuff behind another […]
While this is usually a trivial task it took me about an hour to get my permissions correct to get this to work. Here are the steps that finally let me get things working: Open the sshd_conf by entering: Then edit as follows: Then go to your command line and change some file permissions. If […]
You can take my ramblings about Big Tech a number of ways but ultimately it’s about decentralization. Don’t put all all your eggs in one basket. Diversify your portfolio. Own your own path. Explore alternatives. Grow.
So if you’re a cord-cutter and want to get rid of YouTube.TV or Cable. Check this out. https://www.suppose.tv/. It will let you select your channels and show you the best options available for you to pick. Today I canceled the following: Apple Developer Program Renewal – My app “Thors Hammer” will go away, but I […]
A bunch of Echoes will now sit in this bag until which time I’m confident these recordings are not shared with Facebook, Instagram, Advertisers… I’ve had too many things happen recently mentioning a company only to see ads an hour or so later….
I’ve not done much on my “blog” in the past several years. With FaceBook, Twitter & Instagram it’s been too easy to just post there, but given the censorship and potential Anti-Trust lawsuits I thought it best to get back to owning my own content and start blogging again. So things to look forward to: […]
As usual, instructions are not complete. I thought I’d share exactly what I did from bash history fresh install. I’ve excluded the fatal errors, with those and repeats excluded this is what I did: sudo apt-get install git python2.7-dev libyaml-dev libpython2.7-dev python -v git clone https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint.git curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py python get-pip.py –user ~/.local/bin/pip install […]
I’ve been using lots of different PLA filament, mainly Hatchbox PLA and Inland (From Microcenter). The old Inland Filament was from eSun, but recently they changed to a new brand and it’s not held up as nice. I definitely recommend Hatchbox PLA from Amazon.