Subj : Re: Works here but not th To : Barry Martin From : Ky Moffet Date : Wed Sep 22 2021 21:49:00 BARRY MARTIN wrote: > Hi Ky! WHO? > KM> I have one that right-angles immediately, so you'd have to > KM> snuggle up to the PC to kick it. > > That should help reduce the Smack Factor. Of course some of us wonder > as the case is metal how come it doesn't block or at least severely > attenuate the signal. Or why internal wifi cards have an external antenna... once it's outside the case, apparently there's enough signal bouncing around. Tho have noticed unobstructed line of sight gets more important with distance. > > KM> Video "5 motherboards that shouldn't exist" -- one had like 25 > KM> USB ports. Supposedly for industrial control circuits, but sure > KM> looked odd. > > And then they still had to use a hub! LOL, probably. > Years ago I was getting towards that 25 number with the USB devices up > here. A motherboard with two dozen USB ports wouldn't quite work, but a > few USB hubs would: hang one to the left side of the desk, two to the > right. On the left side was the scanner, printer, a USB-powered light I > got as a gift, thumbdrive I used as a scratchpad. Also temporary > plug-in of various USB devices. Oh yeah... I've had hubs stuck to hubs... right now it's positively vacant, having only filled up all the working ports (some of Cash's have quit, likely the southbridge capacitor problem) and one hub. No longer need flash drives for overflow storage, which freed up about half of 'em! I'm not even sure what all of these are, but when I unplug one, something stops working. > > Yup!! ...And how come is 'route' as in "Route 66" can be pronounced > > 'root' or 'r-ow-t' but I've not heard 'router' as "root-er"?! > KM> So they wouldn't start singing about getting their kicks?? > > If only the Rockettes could sing! That's what the backup chorus is for! > KM> Oh, THAT little problem. I need to pick and process tomatoes. > KM> Vines already froze. There are a LOT of tomatoes. Maybe tomorrow! > > Well, guess you won't have to worry about crushing if the tomato is > frozen too! Won't be any frost and freeze warnings here for probably a > month, though doesn't seem like that will happen that soon from how it's > been lately. Has been in the upper 80's; today only the low 70's > because of last night's storm. By the weekend back into the 80's. 32 that night, 85 next day... make up my mind, is it long underwear or shorts? Anyway it frosted all the leaves off, and damaged a couple of the more-exposed fruits, but ... yesterday I picked around 30 pounds, including 4 gallons of cherry tomatoes, from just three plants. And that was just what was primo ripe; there's half again more that much a-comin' next week. Boxful on the porch for the neighbor too. Dunno why people can't get a tomato crop, I get more than I can possibly use. This year's keys seem to be peat moss and neglect. Need bigger freezer. Also a cook, since I hate cooking. For some reason preservable garden stuff needs cooking! > Haven't had the greatest luck with solar only because of positioning: if > good for the morning would be int he shade in the afternoon, etc. That's why you use a battery! Two AA should be enough to go through the Dark Times. > KM> You can probably block the light with a suitably placed bit of > KM> dangly, or an overhang -- place camera high and point camera more > I'd probably have to go with something to block the light as the peak of > the shed is probbaly only 4' above the light, and have to run the camera > view pretty much through (so 'at') the light. Easiest way is to put > some sort of light blocker on the shed side of the light globes. Something smaller than your finger and close to the camera might suffice, without blocking too much of its view. Just enough to keep the light out of its eyes, so to speak. > KM> ExplainingComputers did a Howto on that recently, with a PiCheap > KM> and whatever camera they sell. But I don't need to keep the > KM> pics.... > Should be able to configure to have just the live stream. Here I keep > the videos for 35 days and then delete with a script. Nothing special > about 35 days, just seems like a little over a month made sense. Just want to see what bad dogs are up to, don't care about posterity! > KM> Now that I mention it.... I suppose I could just use the > KM> cellphone's camera. It's a 3G phone so will be permanently > KM> obsoleted end of 2022. But it has great wireless range and > KM> connects painlessly, and takes tolerably decent video, so... > > Seems if the phone can connect to your WiFi that part's set. As you Yeah, that it does easily enough. Gets a good signal that far, tho haven't tested from inside the barn. I do have a range extender but could never get the durn thing to work! > said, the streaming part could be interesting, but there are probably > steaming apps out there -- and as you said hopefully not going through > the Cloud. Probably are, would need to find for old Android (this phone is about 8 years old and is already updated as far as it goes). Not going to pay for cloud for ephemera, plus dislike the anybody's business aspect. > One potential problem is the battery. Here I played with an old tablet > - was going to use it as a small monitor. Plugged in to a wall wart so > external power all the time. Noticed the battery level eventually going > down to zero; still working but a couple days later it died and had to > recharge. Did try a few different wall warts, well over the mA draw, > with the same issue. I don't recall if I tried just chargers or actual > power supplies. Some will work on just a wart, some need a good battery... my everyday retard phone doesn't care so long as juice comes from somewhere. > .. It's probably my age that tricks people into thinking I'm an adult. I figure mine missed a decimal point. þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .