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What makes crema? Crema is a foam comprising coffee oils, carbon dioxide created during coffee roasting and air trapped in coffee grounds. There are several exhaustive Coffeegeek articles in the...
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I just overhauled my Rockshox Reverb seatpost, and found out how it works in the process. I own an X-Fusion Hilo too, so after I finished, I got curious and watched a video of its overhaul, so I now...
View ArticleJailing IoT devices with OpenWRT
Most IoT devices communicate with servers on the Internet. How to ensure they are not used for malicious purposes by the manufacturer, government, or some random hacker? My PetWant cat feeder has...
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NuHeat floor thermostats are great but have a couple of drawbacks: they cost a lot and they fail from electricity spikes. After two replacements, I decided that a cost of a NuHeat thermostat is...
View ArticleMonitoring Backyard Soil with Xiaomi Mi Flora Plant Monitor, InfluxDB and...
Xiaomi Mi Flora plant monitor is a cool high tech device for measuring plant’s soil moisture, and fertility, as well as light and temperature. The data is accessible via Bluetooth using the mobile app....
View ArticleBoot Ubuntu 18.04.1 Live USB on MacPro 1,1
Problem – MacPro 1,1 is 32-bit EFI while having 64-bit architecture. There are other ways to boot that bypass EFI mode, but – booting in EFI mode on MacPro 1,1 allows for 2 more SATA ports (located on...
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After installing a Windows Remote Desktop client access licenses, commonly known as CALs, on an AWS EC2-based Windows machine, I made a mistake of not specifying my RD license server in the terminal...
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