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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« on: April 20, 2024, 05:47 AM »

I would get the latest and greatest Raspberry Pi with some specific task in mind and then it turned out that the CPU wasn't powerful enough, or the I/O wasn't fast enough, or it didn't have enough RAM, etc., and then it just collected dust. So even though I think I'd like to get one again I'm hesitant because I don't want to spend the money buying the SBC and accessories and the time to set it up and tinker with it only for it to ultimately sit unused like all the others thus far.

-Deozaan (April 20, 2024, 01:42 AM)

I have the opposite problem: I have three pi 4's in continuous use right now and I bet I could combine at least two of them, since I'm not really taxing them. Two are in the basement running Home Assistant and Pi.Hole. The third is in the attic connected to two software-defined radios providing ADS-B data to not just me but sites like FlightRadar24. I've got another couple sitting on my desk which I had been trying to set up as a sort of Sonos-lite whole-house music player. If that doesn't work out I may use one as a add-on screen to my PC, for flight sim software.
My brother, who lives where the northern lights are often visible, just set a pi 4 (I think) up as a all-sky camera in a tube on his roof. Has a 360° horizon and the whole sky hemisphere in shot, with this software running it.

My new gadget this weekend is going to be a (used) Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III, but it hasn't been delivered yet.

https://www.flightra...feed-stats/?id=48382
https://globe.adsbex...m/?feed=dx4kRzUqNE5p

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Post New Requests Here / Idea: combination metronome and slideshow. Practice tool

« on: February 09, 2023, 08:27 PM »

This is probably easier to code (for someone else!) than to explain. I think it's probably best as a web page rather than a windows or android executable, but maybe that's just where I'm most comfortable. It would be nice if it were cross-platform.

The basic idea is to have a metronome, audio and visual, and then every nth beat, a different image shows. At minimum the user should be able to control the tempo (beats per minute), though I have ideas for making it much more complicated 

Background: I'm a trumpet player (citation: check out the intro to one of mouser's "CO-OP FOR TWO" videos) and currently a full time student (final semester, masters degree, Eastman School).
An important skill is to be able to pick off a note from anywhere—to nail it every time. One way we train this skill is through "attack practice" where every four beats I have to play a single, different quarter note. We have a sheet with expanding intervals, so I start in the middle of my range... B - Bb - C - A... and gradually widen until there's a large gap and I'm playing the lowest note I can, then the highest.

The idea of the program would be that every fourth beat (or whatever) a new pitch would show, at random, instead of the pattern I'm used to on the sheet. I'd have four clicks to perfectly play that note, then on to the next one. The simplest version would be a set of pre-made images of musical notes, which would change every fourth click at the set tempo. A more complicated version could have perhaps three independent random fields, so I get a random note, a random articulation (staccato, tenuto, accent, etc.) and a random dynamic (p, mf, f, etc.). A neat feature would encode the slides in order so that I could select the highest and lowest allowed note.

I hope that makes sense. I'm pretty tired right now but it makes sense in my head!

Maybe this weekend I'll work on a mock-up that will make it clearer. Tomorrow's too busy - I'm playing the complete orchestral film score to 1989 Batman synced to a screening of the movie in downtown Rochester.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TinyEV (Everything integration) - 0.9.5 - 12 June 2009 (updated)

« on: February 20, 2022, 02:46 PM »

Tynyev : 9 items found
Everething : 31 items found

-tony01 (February 20, 2022, 12:52 PM)

In your screenshot, FARR says it has found 31 results (in the status bar at the bottom). Have you tried hitting PageDown to see the rest of the results, and are they the same? FARR only shows the first 9 results of anything, generally. This can be changed in Options→Settings→Display Options→Result Display Size. I wonder if there's a way to get TinyEV to automatically switch to "Extended results list" without pressing pagedown?

I use TinyEV all the time, many times each day, and it has always worked great.

Eric

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Living Room / Re: Need help recreating some music -- full band needed?

« on: June 10, 2021, 03:53 PM »

It was a little iterative. I composed something, sent a midi over to Mouser, got feedback, went back and forth a bit. I started with the form of the music he used in the original post, just rewriting the melody. The chords and most of the melody fragments are borrowed and adapted from the TV theme. Actually it was adapted a bit more, but we wound up with something that came back closer to the original Once he was liking it, I started doing recordings. I personally play trumpet, bass guitar, and drums, so those are the instruments I used. Recordings were done using a Zoom H1 into Audacity, in my house when the dog was asleep. There's some recordings I have when the dog wasn't quite as asleep as I thought.
Screenshots by Screenshot Captor

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Living Room / Re: Need help recreating some music -- full band needed?

« on: June 09, 2021, 09:26 AM »

There's some weird phasing things happening in the first one, maybe from when you sped it up? I can probably produce a cleaner version of that.

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Living Room / Re: Need help recreating some music -- full band needed?

« on: May 31, 2021, 06:26 AM »

Mouser, I sent you a message with a demo.

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Living Room / Re: Need help recreating some music -- full band needed?

« on: May 29, 2021, 07:57 PM »

I found what I needed, thanks. Might have time to think about this on Tuesday. Is 22s the ideal time? or is shorter better?

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Living Room / Re: Need help recreating some music -- full band needed?

« on: May 29, 2021, 05:34 PM »

Has anyone bought that sheet music? I might try at it.

Eric

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« on: July 27, 2019, 10:35 AM »

I posted the gif above of turkeys walking in front of my game-camera. I get lots of shots like that, plus plenty of deer, squirrels, groundhogs, and the odd cat. But this one was new:

I am not aware of any neighbors with these animals; no idea where they came from or where they went. The picture was taken three months before I saw it. The camera did not capture any other frames that day.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Gmail complaint, fixed

« on: June 12, 2019, 12:01 PM »

Maybe, not sure. I'm not using it. I was thinking most firefox users would have one or the other of those installed. Apparently "Stylus" does the same thing and is Free. https://addons.mozil...irefox/addon/styl-us

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General Software Discussion / Gmail complaint, fixed

« on: June 11, 2019, 12:56 PM »

I have gmail set up to poll my private email address, via POP3. It does this on its own, uncontrollable schedule, based on how often it thinks you might get mail. There is a "refresh" button in the (desktop) webmail interface, which re-polls your POP3 account. There is one quirk, though, which annoys me a lot: the "Refresh" button only appears when no message is selected (I use 2-pane mode; maybe it's different if you don't do this). Once you have a message selected a bunch of new toolbar items appear (delete, spam, move, etc.) and refresh disappears.

Here's the really annoying part. The only way to return to a no-message-selected state is with the keyboard hotkey "U" — there is no on-screen clickable button to do this. And the only way to hit that "refresh" button is with the mouse—there is no hotkey, assignable or not, to invoke that process. So the procedure involves both a right-hand keypress and a mouse action.

I was looking into it and it turns out the refresh button is only hidden with CSS - its div gets a "display:none" when a message is loaded. So here's how you fix it, recorded here both in case someone else finds it handy, and in the event I need to set this up on a new browser.

Option one: "Stylish" is a firefox addon which lets you apply CSS to a page. Create a new rule, applying to URLs starting with "https://mail.google.com", as follows:

[Select]

div.G-Ni:nth-child(5) {
    display:inline-flex !important
}

Option two: Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey is a firefox/chrome addon which lets you apply javascript to a page. Create a new userscript, as follows:

[Select]

// ==UserScript==
// @name          Gmail refresh
// @description
// @author
// @homepage
// @include       https://mail.google.com/*
// @version
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {var css = ["div.G-Ni:nth-child(5) {display:inline-flex !important}"].join("\n");

 var node = document.createElement('style');
 node.type = 'text/css';
 node.appendChild(document.createTextNode(css));
 var heads = document.getElementsByTagName('head');
  heads[0].appendChild(node);
})();

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« on: May 03, 2019, 11:55 AM »

Can you use it wired with just the power cable? Or do you need 2 USB ports, one for the wireless dongle, and one for the charging cable?

Wireless is nice when you need to get up and move away from your PC, but I use my headset 99%+ of the time while seated at my PC and hate the inevitable connectivity issues that occur with wireless headsets.

-Deozaan (May 03, 2019, 11:31 AM)

This question was asked at the amazon page as well. Sounds like audio transmission is wireless only; the USB cord is power only. The headset can be used while charging, in which case two USB ports would be used.

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« on: November 15, 2018, 09:52 AM »

I actually found some that were an upgrade for my headphones. I had a Sony MDR 7506 and the vinyl eventually flaked off the cushions. The replacement pads, with a velour covering, were not only better than the originals, but outlasted the headphones, and actually fit the replacement headphones I bought (ATH-M50x).

https://smile.amazon...-Black/dp/B0016MF7W2

Searching amazon for "/brand/ ear pads" turns up loads of options.

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Android Apps / Re: Updating my Android Apps

« on: August 18, 2018, 07:21 PM »

Well, I got an update (not sure how long since I updated) and I have to say it's a lot better even at 100% font scaling. The current score is easier to see at a glance, plus it's a bigger target to open the calculator screen.

I was using ScoreTracker just yesterday during a game of Mölkky. It also is handy for Pass the Pigs

I was going to come here to request a screen keep-awake option, but it's already there!

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Wanted: Android app to transfer new pictures from card reader

« on: August 14, 2018, 01:52 PM »

OK, I've made progress. There's a few apps that allow automated copy, but first I had to root the device, which enables the use of an app called "StickMount" which mounts the attached card drive as a local directory in an accessible location (i.e. it appears to be in the internal memory).

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Wanted: Android app to transfer new pictures from card reader

« on: August 11, 2018, 06:11 PM »

Picasa is for PC, I'm looking for Android. He still uses Picasa.

I'm interested in getting pictures from a SD card onto an android tablet.

Thanks,
eric

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Non-Windows Software / Wanted: Android app to transfer new pictures from card reader

« on: August 11, 2018, 05:42 PM »

I'm trying to set up my dad with a way to back up his camera SD card to his new android tablet. I'm doing some testing on my tablet first.

The procedure is pretty straightforward (for me). I use Total Commander to navigate to the usb (OTG) card-reader device, select the desired files, copy/paste to a local directory.

This is not going to work for my dad. He's used to Picasa which magically opens when he inserts a card, offers to transfer new pictures (no duplicates), and also imports them to his library. He doesn't know (nor care) where on the PC they're stored.

So I'm looking for either

• A photo-editing program for android which incorporates import-from-USB, or
• A small utility which copies files without much fuss, selecting only new pictures/videos automatically.

As usual there are hundreds, if not thousands, of apps in the Play store which have names relating to what I want, but the dozen or so most promising all failed to achieve this.

I'm also looking into creating some sort of TotalCommander macro which may help, but a dedicated app would be better.

Thanks,
Eric

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General Software Discussion / Re: Giving up on "The Bat" email client. Who needs my unused key?

« on: May 09, 2018, 05:55 AM »

I'm currently migrating from PostBox to The Bat so I would be glad to get that key...

Regards,
highend

-highend01 (May 08, 2018, 11:26 PM)

Great, sending you a PM.

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General Software Discussion / Giving up on "The Bat" email client. Who needs my unused key?

« on: May 08, 2018, 09:23 AM »

I won a key to "The Bat" professional in the fundraiser drawing last month. However after using the 30 days of free trial I've decided I just don't get along with it and I'm going back to Claws Mail.

I'd be happy to forward the key that I was given to another DCer (but do try the trial first to make sure it's for you!)

Eric

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« on: April 29, 2018, 05:10 PM »

I did see this myself (I checked via an API I use which snapshots websites without you needing to actually visit them)

-Stephen66515 (April 29, 2018, 04:47 PM)

Wow, my precaution was to move my hand nearer to the mute button on my keyboard before I clicked...

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« on: April 29, 2018, 04:44 PM »

I know Hammerhead said they won't be back, but the website is (at the moment) completely safe and it's a great picture - hint: check out the background.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Bat! advice needed

« on: April 18, 2018, 11:48 AM »

Yes, but (at least according to their chart) it only works on POP3 accounts. I'm all IMAP.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Bat! advice needed

« on: April 18, 2018, 11:38 AM »

There's no (free) spam filter available either. Hmph.

I did figure out that if I display HTML by default (instead of Text first, with HTML available in a tab) I consistently get the "show images" button, so that must just be a bug. However there's no way to download images "just for this message" - I have to whitelist the source.

I got my key today, but haven't entered it yet. I suppose I should post some of these questions over at their support forum.

Eric

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General Software Discussion / The Bat! advice needed

« on: April 15, 2018, 07:40 AM »

Hi,
Perhaps I should post this at TheBat! forums but I know we have some active users here so I thought I'd try here first. I received "The Bat!" email client in the April 2018 giveaway (100% happiness!) and I've been using the trial while I wait (and wait...) for my key to be delivered. I'm switching from years of using Claws Mail, and I had a couple questions that maybe someone can help me with.

First, I wonder if there's a way to make IMAP access be "asynchronous" ... I'll explain what I mean. In Claws Mail, when I delete a message it is marked for deletion (shown by a lighter font in the message list), when I move a message it is marked with an arrow, when I mark as spam it gets both. Then when I've marked all the actions I intend to take I hit a button "Execute" and all the moves are made. There is no need for a "Compact" option. In The Bat! (must I always type this exclamation mark?) deleted items are instantly gone, but I keep finding when I visit my webmail page from another computer, for example, that the messages are still there, just marked with strikethrough until I hit "compact". So is there a way to get things the way I'm used to, or can you suggest your workflow for IMAP mail deletion/compaction (i.e. what combination of checkboxes have you chosen in the mail options pages)?

Also, and this might be related, in Claws mail (as I have it configured) highlighting a message (i.e. by deleting the one above, or by using arrow keys on the message list) does not load it automatically - only once the Enter key is pressed or the message clicked on directly is it loaded in the preview pane. Can I do that in The Bat!?

Second, I'm finding the IE-based HTML renderer much better than the built-in one, especially in terms of layout, but there seems to be no way to see the destination of a link. The status bar shows nothing, and while the built-in HTML viewer shows link destinations in a pop-up tooltip, there is no such thing in the IE viewer. This is such a huge security flaw that I won't even consider clicking on a link... am I missing a simple checkbox somewhere to get this information, preferably in a status bar?

I'm still getting my head around the new system so there may be more things I need to ask but these are two that are bugging me for the moment. Thanks in advance!

Eric

EDIT TO ADD:

A couple more questions: First, the "show images" button for the HTML message preview pane appears inconsistently. How can I get that button to always appear?

Second, I'm having trouble getting filtering to work the way I want. As an example, I'd like messages in my "Junk" folder to be deleted after a month. I can either create a filter to do this or set a age limit in the folder settings. But when are filters triggered for existing messages? It seems they only fire when a message is downloaded, or read. And if I set an age limit, the rules can apparently be set run "on exit" which I assume means when exiting the program.... but I never exit the program. My last email client would sit in my taskbar for months until a windows 10 update finally killed it. Claws mail ran filter rules whenever I opened a folder.

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Living Room / Re: Thread on 3d Printing Cody Model

« on: April 07, 2018, 06:44 AM »

I printed out the 8"x8"x8" baby cody model.

-mouser (April 07, 2018, 02:05 AM)

How long did it take? And how much filament?