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An unknown device in my home network were doing something odd
I recently installed a new internet router at home to improve the wireless coverage and give me the option to set custom family friendly name servers for all connected devices [1]. While making sure the wireless network setup was the same way as the previous router, I noticed a few unknown devices in the DHCP […]
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Discovering the beauty of Unix operating systems
I have a confession to make: I follow nerdy news articles and comments on Hacker News. There, I have said it. Once I came across a beautiful description someone wrote on how he/she came to discover the unix operating system. I can relate to this, both the discovery and the feeling. Read on: Working in […]
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En ny titt på det finurlige fenomenet “kvadratrotord”
Jeg blogga for en god stund siden om en matematisk finurlighet jeg leste om på futilitycloset.com, noe som de kalte root words. Jeg ga det da et norskt navn kvadratrotord. Jeg tror ikke det ordet finnes allerede. Av en eller annen grunn så fascinerte denne underlige egenskapen til tall og språk meg med en gang, […]
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Hvorfor Wargames fra 1983 er en av mine topp fem favorittfilmer
Kona var ute og jeg benyttet anledning til å se en av mine favorittfilmer, Wargames fra 1983. Det er nok flere ting med den filmen som jeg liker, men for å nevne noen, så er det at det hele foregår på 80-tallet. Jeg er selv fra det tiåret, men var nok kanskje noen år yngre […]
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A few Raspberry Pi tricks when using it in a digital signage or exhibition installation
Having worked with and used Raspberry Pi for a few different use cases, I have learned a few smart configurations to make them extra useful as digital signage installations or backstage computers in professional exhibitions at work. Here are three such use cases. Make the Pi automatically open a webpage in kiosk mode after booting […]
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Make a backup of a raspberry pi installation remotely using ssh and dd
At work we have a learning and experience centre that have a few exhibitions on display. Some of these are set up using raspberry pi microcomputers. They are actuelly very handy for that purpose, exspecially if you use the two-cell micro sd cards instead of the regular ones. The advantage is that they can run […]